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Cultural security is a key element of accessible services for Indigenous peoples globally, although few studies have examined this empirically. We explored the scope, reach, quality, and cultural security of health and social services available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families in Western Australia (WA), from the point of view of staff from the services.

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Collaboration between clinicians and researchers is required to establish the prevalence and disease burden of type 2 diabetes among Indigenous young people

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Ensuring that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children removed from their families by child protection services remain connected to their kin, Country and culture is a priority to begin to redress the intergenerational trauma and harm caused by colonisation. This article describes the views of staff working in three mainstream out-of-home care organisations, where children are cared for by non-Indigenous foster carers.

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In Australia, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is almost exclusively restricted to Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people with children being...

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Globally, ARF and RHD cause more than a quarter of a million deaths and substantial disability each year.

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There is a lack of data on the out-of-hospital burden of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in developed countries.

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We begin to bridge this knowledge gap by assessing evidence on social gradients in indigenous health in Australia.

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This exciting new edition includes several new chapters that deliver an even more robust and high quality resource. It examines issues across the life course,..

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We investigated predictors of nasopharyngeal carriage in Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children.

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