Mainstream mental health programs often do not meet Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s needs due to their individualistic approach, use of western conceptualisations of health, and lack of recognition of the unique factors impacting the mental health and social and emotional wellbeing of...
Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled health sector came together in Brisbane today to assist in launching a suite of Deadly Choices preventative health promotional assets, including a series of television advertisements, aimed at limiting the number of community members ...
Fifteen experts participated in the face and content validity process, with a recruitment response rate of 40%. Table1describes the participant characteristics. There was an almost equal split between males and females, with a mean age of 44.5 ± 12.6 years and mean years of practice of...
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/272312. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO Acuin CS, Khor GL, Liabsuetrakul T, Achadi EL, Htay TT, Firestone R, et al. Maternal, neonatal, and child health in southeast Asia: towards greater regional ...
Queensland SRH: Sexual and reproductive health SA: South Australia STI: Sexually transmitted infection SToP: Surgical termination of pregnancy TAS: Tasmania WA: Western Australia VIC: Victoria References Article Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Rural and remote health. Australian Institute of ...
In a community-led initiative, Flinders University Rural and Remote Health and Wakaid Tribal Council are working together to plan the building of a new renal unit that will provide vital dialysis treatment for patients with advanced kidney disease on Badu Island (Queensland). The project has recei...
No enriched biological processes or pathways were found (PFDR > 0.05). The most common Reactome pathway identifier was neutrophil degranulation (R-HSA-6798695) for six of the proteins. Fig. 2 Meta-analysis of EpiScore associations with general cognitive function in three cohorts. The plot ...
Queensland Department of Health, PO Box 902, Cairns Qld 4870, Australia and 5Statewide Renal Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia Email: Jeannie Devitt* - jeannie.devitt@menzies.edu.au; Alan Cass - acass@george.org.au; Joan Cunningham - joan.cunningham@menzies....
“Their human rights have been ignored for political gain in the Northern Territory and Queensland; there have been more deaths in custody, reports of maltreatment, and sky-high rates of out-of-home care.” This year’s theme for International Human Rights Day,Our Rights, Our Future, Right ...
so consumers often feel unheard and alienated. For Aboriginal people in particular, the western medical model has done very little for them to feel culturally safe. Cultural safety requires an understanding of their specific needs, as well as the time and commitment of service providers to be res...