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Health System Enablers and Barriers to Continuity of Care for First Nations Peoples Living with Chronic Disease

Failings in providing continuity of care following an acute event for a chronic disease contribute to care inequities for First Nations Peoples in Australia, Canada, and Aotearoa (New Zealand).

HipHop2SToP a community-led health promotion initiative empowering Aboriginal youth in the Kimberley region of Western Australia: a process evaluation

For millennia, Aboriginal people's ways of knowing, doing and being were shared through art, song, and dance. Colonisation silenced these ways, affecting loss of self-determination for Aboriginal people. Over the past decade in Australia, hip-hop projects have become culturally appropriate approaches for health promotion. 

Closing the gaps in and through Indigenous health research: Guidelines, processes and practices

Research in Aboriginal contexts remains a vexed issue given the ongoing inequities and injustices in Indigenous health.

The interaction between respiratory viruses and pathogenic bacteria

Data on asymptomatic identification rates of respiratory viruses are limited, particularly in Indigenous populations, who suffer a high burden of OM.

The changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease

We investigated trends in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Western Australia (WA).

Start Stronger, Live Longer National Aboriginal Health Worker Symposium: Final Report

The Rio Tinto Aboriginal Health Partnership marries Rio Tinto's commitment and dedication to community investment with research expertise of the Telethon Inst

Awareness and impact of the ‘Bubblewrap’ advertising campaign among Aboriginal smokers in Western Australia

Antismoking mass media campaigns have been shown to reduce smoking prevalence in the mainstream community.

The Second Research Report: patterns and trends in mortality of Western Australian infants, children and young people 2004-2005

This report was commissioned by the Department for Child Protection as an ongoing initiative to continue the work initiated by researchers at the Telethon Kids

Antenatal services for Aboriginal women: the relevance of cultural competence

Due to persistent significantly poorer Aboriginal perinatal outcomes, the Women's and Newborns' Health Network, require a comprehensive appraisal...

Indigenous well-being in four countries

Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand consistently place near the top of the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Index...

Incidence and associated risk factors for falls in adults with intellectual disability

People with intellectual disability fall at a younger age compared with the broader community

The incidence, prevalence and clinical features of MECP2 duplication syndrome in Australian children

MECP2 duplication syndrome is a rare but important diagnosis in children because of the burden of respiratory illness and recurrence risk

Assessing the quality, efficiency and usefulness of the Western Australian population-based Intellectual Disability Exploring Answers (IDEA) surveillance system

The IDEA system is a valuable resource to address the needs of people living with intellectual disability

Recurrence Risk of Autism in Siblings and Cousins: A Multinational, Population-Based Study

The present estimates of relative recurrence risks for autism spectrum disorder and childhood autism will assist clinicians and families in understanding autism risk