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Students’ experiences of placements in urban Indigenous health contexts: developing a culturally responsive workforce [PDF]

BMC Medical Education
Background A culturally responsive health workforce is essential to ensure the delivery of culturally safe health services that meet Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples needs.
Kate Odgers-Jewell, Alison Nelson, Renee Brown, Nicole Hunter, Tiffany Atkins, Kelly Menzel   +5 more
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Transformation to a patient-centred medical home led and delivered by an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, and association with engagement and quality-of-care: quantitative findings from a pilot study

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background The patient-centred medical home (PCMH) is a model of team-based primary care that is patient-centred, coordinated, accessible, and focused on quality and safety.
Saira Mathew, Federica Barzi, Anton Clifford-Motopi, Renee Brown (Nunuccal), James Ward (Pitjantjatjara and Nukunu), Richard Mills, Lyle Turner, Antoinette White (Palawa and Iningai), Martie Eaton, Danielle Butler   +9 more
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Salt and Health: public awareness, attitudes, and practices in Sri Lanka to inform a behaviour change communication campaign to reduce dietary salt

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2022
Introduction: Sri Lankan citizens consume almost double the recommended daily amount of salt.   Objectives: To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices related to health effects of dietary salt among adults and adolescents in Sri Lanka to inform ...
Achala Upendra Jayatilleke, Nalika Gunawardena, Angela de Silva, Champika Wickramasinghe, Lakshman Gamlath, Thilak Siriwardena, Janaki Vidanapathirana, Shanthi Ginawardena, Vindya Kumarapeli, AMAAP Alagiyawanna, Ishanka Thalagala, Aravinda Wickramasinghe, Prabha Kumari, Prasad Ranatunga, Sapumal Dhanapala, Razia Pendse   +15 more
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Improving recruitment process for nurses, professions supplementary to medicine and paramedical staff

Journal of Health Technology Assessment in Midwifery, 2020
The recruitment process of nurses, professions supplementary to medicine and paramedical staffs had been a lengthy and labourers work for the Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medical Services (MoHIMS) of Sri Lanka.
Pamila Sadeeka Adikari, Dileep De Silva, Sunil De Alwis, KYPK Weerasekara, Parmelalagapillai Karthikeyan, HHDAU Hettiarachchi, Kapuge Ranjith Kumara, HW Sunil Shantha   +7 more
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Improving the Policy Utility of Cause of Death Statistics in Sri Lanka: An Empirical Investigation of Causes of Out-of-Hospital Deaths Using Automated Verbal Autopsy Methods

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Setting public health policies and effectively monitoring the impact of health interventions requires accurate, timely and complete cause of death (CoD) data for populations.
Lene Mikkelsen, Sunil de Alwis, Sridharan Sathasivam, Vindya Kumarapeli, Ajith Tennakoon, Palitha Karunapema, Kapila Jayaratne, Rajitha Jayasuriya, Saman Gamage, Roshan Hewapathirana, Rangana Wadugedara, Manoj Dissanayake, Chamika H. Senanayake, Pasyodun Koralage Buddhika Mahesh, Deirdre McLaughlin, Alan D. Lopez   +15 more
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Designing accountability measures for health professionals: results from a community-based micro-credential: case study on Indigenous cultural safety

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background: There is a widespread commitment to implementing anti-Indigenous racism with health organizations in Canada by introducing cultural safety staff training. In partnership with a public health unit in Ontario, Canada, we developed an evaluation
Angela Mashford-Pringle, Sharon Tan, Sterling Stutz, Gabriel Tjong   +3 more
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Quinolinic acid impairs mitophagy promoting microglia senescence and poor healthspan in C. elegans: a mechanism of impaired aging process

Biology Direct, 2023
Senescent microglia are a distinct microglial phenotype present in aging brain that have been implicated in the progression of aging and age-related neurodegenerative diseases.
Anjila Dongol, Xi Chen, Peng Zheng, Zehra Boz Seyhan, Xu-Feng Huang   +4 more
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Indigenous Health [PDF]

Microbiology Australia, 2009
This issue of Microbiology Australia is devoted to Microbes that cause disease particularly in our Indigenous populations. We have for example the worldwide highest rates of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Michael F Good, Katja Fischer
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Food worry and mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background There is limited and inconsistent literature examining the relationship between food worry and mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brenna B. Han, Eva Purkey, Colleen M. Davison, Autumn Watson, Dionne Nolan, Dan Mitchell, Sheldon Traviss, Jennifer Kehoe, Imaan Bayoumi   +8 more
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Study protocol: primary healthcare transformation through patient-centred medical homes—improving access, relational care and outcomes in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, a mixed methods prospective cohort study

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction For over 40 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community-Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) in Australia have led strategic responses to address the specific needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.
James Ward, Raymond Lovett, Lyle Turner, Danielle Butler, Yvette Roe, Yu Gao, Karen Gardner, Anton Clifford-Motopi, Saira Mathew, Carmel Nelson, Renee Brown, Leanne Coombe, Adrian Carson   +12 more
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