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A qualitative study of rural and remote Australian general practitioners' involvement in high-acuity patients
- Authors: Turner, Sinead, Isaac, Vivian, Lim, David
- Published: 2023
This study aimed to understand the experiences, barriers, and facilitators of rural general practitioners’ involvement with high-acuity patients. Semi-structured interviews with rural general practitioners in South Australia who had experience…
Communities setting the direction for their right to nutritious, affordable food: Co-design of the Remote Food Security Project in Australian Indigenous communities
- Authors: Ferguson, Megan, Tonkin, Emma, Brimblecombe, Julie, Lee, Amanda, Fredericks, Bronwyn, Cullerton, Katherine, Mah, Catherine L., Brown, Clare, McMahon, Emma, Chatfield, Mark D., Miles, Eddie, Cadet-James, Yvonne
- Published: 2023
Despite long histories of traditional food security, Indigenous peoples globally are disproportionately exposed to food insecurity. Addressing this imbalance must be a partnership led by Indigenous peoples in accordance with…
Perspectives of Aboriginal people affected by cancer on the need for an Aboriginal navigator in cancer treatment and support: A qualitative study
- Authors: Thackrah, Rosalie D., Papertalk, Lenelle P., Taylor, Karen, Taylor, Emma V., Greville, Heath, Pilkington, Leanne G., Thompson, Sandra C.
- Published: 2023
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians suffer higher rates of cancer and poorer outcomes than the wider population. These disparities are exacerbated by rurality and remoteness due to reduced access…
A retrospective cohort study of red cell alloimmunisation in rural, remote, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples admitted to intensive care in the Northern Territory, Australia
- Authors: Noutsos, Tina, Perry, Maree A., Secombe, Paul J., Roxby, David J., Sinha, Romi, Campbell, Lewis T.
- Published: 2023
Red cell (RC) alloantibodies occur on exposure to non-self RC antigens in transfusion and pregnancy (typically IgG and clinically significant) or in association with non-RC immune environmental factors (typically IgM…
Out of print: What the pandemic-era newspaper crisis in Australia teaches us about the role of rural and regional newspapers in creating sustainable communities
- Authors: Muurlink, Olav, Marx, Elizabeth V.
- Published: 2023
Print newspapers tend to form part of the conversation on sustainable development goals in terms of the ability to communicate goals to the public, but to what degree are print…
Community-led data collection: Enhancing local-level scabies surveillance in remote Aboriginal communities in Australia
- Authors: Glennie, Miriam, Dowden, Michelle, Scolyer, Meg, O’Meara, Irene, Angeles, Geoffrey, Woerle, Hannah, Campbell, Patricia T., Gardner, Karen
- Published: 2023
Novel approaches to geohealth data analysis offer major benefits to neglected tropical disease control by identifying how social, economic and environmental elements of place interact to influence disease outcomes. However,…
Barriers and facilitators to hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in rural South Australia: A service providers' perspective
- Authors: Lim, David, Phillips, Emily, Bradley, Clare, Ward, James
- Published: 2023
This study explored the barriers and facilitators to hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in rural South Australia as viewed from a healthcare provider…
Yarning about diet: The applicability of dietary assessment methods in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians - a scoping review
- Authors: Davies, Alyse, Coombes, Julieann, Wallace, Jessica, Glover, Kimberly, Porykali, Bobby, Allman-Farinelli, Margaret, Kunzli-Rix, Trinda, Rangan, Anna
- Published: 2023
Conventional dietary assessment methods are based predominately on Western models which lack Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges, methodologies, and social and cultural contextualisation. This review considered dietary assessment methods…
Tracks to postgraduate rural practice: Longitudinal qualitative follow-up of nursing students who undertook a rural placement in Western Australia
- Authors: Crossley, Caroline, Collett, Marjorie, Thompson, Sandra C.
- Published: 2023
The nursing workforce is the backbone of healthcare provision in rural and remote Australia. Introducing student nurses to rural clinical placements is one strategy used to address the shortfall of…
Utilizing locally available bioresources for powering remote Indigenous communities: A framework and case study
- Authors: Trombley, Jeremy B., Sangha, Kamaljit K., Andersen, Alan N., Thennadil, Suresh N.
- Published: 2023
We establish a framework to examine the feasibility of using local vegetation for bioenergy power systems in small-scale applications and remote settings. The framework has broad application, and we present…
Capturing household structure and mobility within and between remote Aboriginal communities in northern Australia using longitudinal data: A pilot study
- Authors: Goldsmith, Jessie J., Campbell, Patricia T., Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan P., Chisholm, Rebecca H., McKinnon, Melita, Gurruwiwi, George G., Dhurrkay, Roslyn G., Dockery, Alfred M., Geard, Nicholas, Tong, Steven Y. C., McVernon, Jodie, Gibney, Katherine B.
- Published: 2022
Cultural practices and development level can influence a population’s household structures and mixing patterns. Within some populations, households can be organized across multiple dwellings. This likely affects the spread of…
Using genomics to understand the epidemiology of infectious diseases in the Northern Territory of Australia
- Authors: Meumann, Ella M., Krause, Vicki L., Baird, Robert, Currie, Bart J.
- Published: 2022
The Northern Territory (NT) is a geographically remote region of northern and central Australia. Approximately a third of the population are First Nations Australians, many of whom live in remote…
"I don't think it's on anyone's radar": The workforce and system barriers to healthcare for Indigenous women following a traumatic brain injury acquired through violence in remote Australia
- Authors: Fitts, Michelle S., Cullen, Jennifer, Kingston, Gail, Wills, Elaine, Soldatic, Karen
- Published: 2022
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience high rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a result of violence. While healthcare access is critical for women who have experienced a…
Transitivity marking in Light Warlpiri, an Australian mixed language
- Authors: O’Shannessy, Carmel, Carter, Amelia, Kalyan, Siva
- Published: 2022
Light Warlpiri is a newly emerged Australian mixed language that systematically combines nominal structure from Warlpiri (Australian, Pama-Nyungan) with verbal structure from Kriol (an English-lexified Creole) and English, with additional…
Real-world gestational diabetes screening: Problems with the oral glucose tolerance test in rural and remote Australia
- Authors: Jamieson, Emma L., Spry, Erica P., Kirke, Andrew B., Atkinson, David N., Marley, Julia V.
- Published: 2019
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common antenatal complication in Australia. All pregnant women are recommended for screening by 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). As part of…
Cross-cultural, Aboriginal language, discovery education for health literacy and informed consent in a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory, Australia
- Authors: Shield, Jennifer M., Kearns, Thérèse M., Garŋgulkpuy, Joanne, Walpulay, Lisa, Gundjirryirr, Roslyn, Bundhala, Leanne, Djarpanbuluwuy, Veronica, Andrews, Ross M., Judd, Jenni
- Published: 2018
Background: Education for health literacy of Australian Aboriginal people living remotely is challenging as their languages and worldviews are quite different from English language and Western worldviews. Becoming health literate…
Argument for inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List
- Authors: Beknazarova, Meruyert, Whiley, Harriet, Judd, Jenni A., Shield, Jennifer, Page, Wendy, Miller, Adrian, Whittaker, Maxine, Ross, Kirstin
- Published: 2018
Strongyloidiasis is an infection caused by the helminth, Strongyloides stercoralis. Up to 370 million people are infected with the parasite globally, and it has remained endemic in the Indigenous Australian…
Using the Healthy Community Assessment Tool: Applicability and adaptation in the Midwest of Western Australia
- Authors: Tsou, Christina, Green, Charmaine, Gray, Gordon, Thompson, Sandra C.
- Published: 2018
Population-based studies have associated poor living conditions with the persistent disparity in the health of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. This project assesses the applicability of the Health Community Assessment Tool…
Trends in Strongyloides stercoralis faecal larvae detections in the Northern Territory, Australia: 2002 to 2012
- Authors: Mayer-Coverdale, Johanna K., Crowe, Amy, Smith, Pamela, Baird, Robert W.
- Published: 2017
Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted helminth (STH) endemic to tropical and subtropical areas. We reviewed the temporal detection trends in patients with S. stercoralis larvae present in faecal samples, in…
Application of PCR-based tools to explore Strongyloides infection in people in parts of northern Australia
- Authors: Robertson, Gemma J., Koehler, Anson V., Gasser, Robin B., Watts, Matthew, Norton, Robert, Bradbury, Richard S.
- Published: 2017
Strongyloidiasis, which is caused by infection with the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis, is endemic to areas of northern Australia. Diagnosis in this region remains difficult due to the distances between endemic…
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