Rates of acute rheumatic fever, a sequelae of group A Streptococcal (GAS) infection, remain unacceptably high in Indigenous Māori and Pacific children in New Zealand. This prospective study aimed to describe GAS antibody titres in healthy children (5–14 years) by ethnicity, and to determine how paired titres vary with GAS culture positive and negative pharyngitis, and GAS skin infections. ...

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• 2021
• October 2021

Efforts to eliminate ARF and RHD in Australia over the past decade have so far been unsuccessful, but this can change ...

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• 2019
• September 2019

A vaccine to prevent rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and other life-threatening conditions caused by the common Strep A bacteria is a step closer thanks to funding announced by Minister for Indigenous Health, Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP, in Perth today. ...

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• 2019
• February

Francis Ha Steve Mitrou Nguyen Zubrick FG HN SR BEc PhD FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development ...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not enjoy equal access to specialist health services that adequately meet their needs. Clinical genetics services are at the vanguard of realising the health benefits of genomic medicine. As the field continues to expand in clinical utility and implementation, it is critical that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are able to participate and benefit equally to avoid further widening of the existing health gap. This is the first study to explore barriers to accessing clinical genetics services among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which has been acknowledged as a key strategic priority in Australian genomic health policy. ...

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• 2021
• April 2021

Establishing a genomic reference for Australian Aboriginal populations ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

Helen Alix Milroy Woolard HM AW MBBS; FRANZCP; CATCAP BPsych (Hons), PhD Honorary Research Fellow Senior Research Fellow 08 6319 1823 Alix.woolard@ ...

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To review and synthesise qualitative literature regarding the psychological outcomes following paediatric burn injuries, and to determine if children and adolescents who experience a burn injury have elevated risk of psychopathology following the injury. ...

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• 2021
• December 2021

Mainstream Australian mental health services are failing Aboriginal young people. Despite investing resources, improvements in well-being have not materialised. Culturally and age appropriate ways of working are needed to improve service access and responsiveness. This Aboriginal-led study brings Aboriginal Elders, young people and youth mental health service staff together to build relationships to co-design service models and evaluation tools. ...

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• 2021
• May 2021

In endemic areas, RHD has long been a target of screening programmes that, historically, have relied on cardiac auscultation. ...

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• 2013
• January 2013