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Social gradients in the health of indigenous australiansWe begin to bridge this knowledge gap by assessing evidence on social gradients in indigenous health in Australia.
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Bold bid to end rheumatic heart diseaseSome of the nation’s leading medical researchers will converge on Darwin this week to step out a plan to wipe out rheumatic heart disease.
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Hot weather, maternal health, and pregnancy experiences, impacts and responses: A systematic review of global qualitative researchExtreme heat exposure is a major global public health threat that is affecting people across the life course, including the pregnancy period. Studies have linked extreme heat with adverse pregnancy and newborn health outcomes globally.
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‘Defying the odds’: Exploring the impact of perinatal outcomes, maternal social and health outcomes and level of culturally appropriate service availability on the health of Western Australian Aboriginal infants and childrenCarrington Fiona Shepherd Stanley PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP HonMD HonFRCPCH HonLLB (honoris causa)
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Indigenous young people's resilience and wellbeingCarrington Shepherd PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Population health; Aboriginal and Torres
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Bereaved parent involvement in co-designed stillbirth research: Experiences of Project EngageWhile benefits of involving consumers in research are well established, bereaved parents face unique challenges, and descriptions of their experiences with co-designed stillbirth research are lacking. The collective experience of ‘Project Engage’ involved co-designing resources to support bereaved parents’ involvement in research.
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Associate Professor Glenn PearsonDirector of First Nations Strategy and Leadership; Head, First Nations Health and Equity Research
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Ideas Grants to support innovative researchTwo research teams, led by The Kids Research Institute Australia, have been awarded more than $2 million to fund innovative projects.
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Adjusting for under-identification of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander births in time series produced from birth recordsStatistical time series derived from administrative data sets form key indicators in measuring progress.
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Social Gradients in Indigenous HealthThe pattern of association between socioeconomic factors and health outcomes has primarily depicted better health for those who are higher in the social...