Improving the accessibility of health services in urban and regional settings for Indigenous people [PDF]
Introduction: Even though a wide range of health services exist in most urban and regional centres, they are not necessarily accessible. Accessible health services are physically accessible, affordable, appropriate and acceptable (that is, culturally ...
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Equity, discrimination and remote policy: Investigating the centralization of remote service delivery in the Northern Territory [PDF]
, 2015 Two hypotheses have been advanced to explain the spatial patterning of service accessibility. The bureaucratic hypothesis holds that spatial inequalities are unpatterned and result from the application of decisions rules, while the competing political ...
Doran, Bruce, Markham, Francis
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The Health Status of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians [PDF]
We use unique survey data to examine the determinants of self-assessed health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. We explore the degree to which differences in health are due to differences in socio-economic factors, and examine the sensitivity
Alison Booth, Nick Carroll
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Survival disparities in Indigenous and non-Indigenous New Zealanders with colon cancer: the role of patient comorbidity, treatment and health service factors [PDF]
, 2010 Background Ethnic disparities in cancer survival have been documented in many populations and cancer types. The causes of these inequalities are not well understood but may include disease and patient characteristics, treatment differences and health ...
Blakely, Tony +11 more
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2017 Objective: To examine reported outcomes of health services delivered by telehealth to Indigenous Australians. Methods: Systematic review of the literature.
Liam J. Caffery +4 more
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Education programs for Indigenous Australians about sexually transmitted infections and bloodborne viruses [PDF]
As a group, Indigenous Australians experience poorer health outcomes than other Australians, including in the area of sexual health. Indigenous Australians have substantially higher rates of STIs, BBVs and teen pregnancy than non-Indigenous Australians ...
James Ward, Natalie Strobel
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Evolution and Complementarity? Traditional and Complementary Medicine as Part of the International Human Rights Law Right to Health [PDF]
, 2020 In International Human Rights Law, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights defines the right to health as the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
Carne, Greg, Doolan, Angela
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Structural modelling of wellbeing for Indigenous Australians: importance of mental health
BMC Health Services Research, 2019 Background Australia provides health care services for Indigenous peoples as part of its effort to enhance Indigenous peoples’ wellbeing. However, biomedical frameworks shape Australia’s health care system, often without reference to Indigenous wellbeing
Rosalie Schultz +4 more
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Timing impact assessment for COAG Closing the Gap targets: child mortality [PDF]
This report outlines the main drivers impacting on the Council of Australian Governments target to halve the gap in child mortality within a decade. Summary In 2008, one of the 6 Closing the Gap targets agreed by the Council of Australian Governments ...
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Effective strategies to strengthen the mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people [PDF]
Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to draw on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) perspectives, theoretical understandings, and available evidence to answer questions about what is required to effectively address Indigenous people ...
Carrington Shepherd +5 more
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