The burden of bronchiectasis is disproportionately high in Aboriginal adults, with early mortality. Bronchiectasis precursors, that is, protracted bacterial bronchitis and chronic suppurative lung disease, often commence in early childhood. ...

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• 2022
• September 2022

The Report summarises the evidence-base for what works in Indigenous community-led suicide prevention ...

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• 2016
• November 2016

The Lililwan Project was the first Australian population-based prevalence study of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) using active case ascertainment. Conducted in 2010-2011, the study included 95% of all eligible children aged 7-9 years living in the very remote Aboriginal communities of the Fitzroy Valley, Western Australia. ...

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• 2022
• April 2022

A population-based, stepped wedge, cluster randomized controlled trial of an enhanced model of early infant primary care ...

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• 2016
• February 2016

Indigenous children in colonised nations experience high rates of health disparities linked to historical trauma resulting from displacement and dispossession, as well as ongoing systemic racism. Skin infections and their complications are one such health inequity, with the highest global burden described in remote-living Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (hereafter respectfully referred to as Aboriginal) children. Yet despite increasing urbanisation, little is known about the skin infection burden for urban-living Aboriginal children. ...

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• 2024
• January 2024

The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Helen Milroy Pat Dudgeon Roz Walker The 2nd Edition of Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing ...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia have an inequitable burden of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), concentrated among young people and necessitating ongoing medical care during adolescence. There is an unmet need for improved well-being and support for these young people to complement current biomedical management. ...

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• 2021
• August 2021

Brad Carol Shelley Farrant Michie Gorman Investigators BM C S Andrea Begley Dr Andrea Begley is an advanced accredited practicing dietitian with a focus on public health nutrition. Andrea is currently an Associate Professor in the School of ...

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Methodological issues and implications for interventions to support young Aboriginal people's adaptation are discussed. ...

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• 2013
• October 2013

We review findings from our previous studies which show the application of a person-based resilience framework of analysis in the context of WA aboriginal youth ...

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• 2018
• April 2018

Bring together experts, leaders and members of the national and international Indigenous community to identify culturally appropriate approaches to suicide prevention ...

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• 2019
• April 2019

This paper explores the meaning of these seven domains of social and emotional well-being. ...

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• 2017
• July 2017