First Nations road toll research prompts call for community-led safety initiatives
A new study reveals the scale of road trauma among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in NSW, highlights factors that help keep travellers safe, and […]
Top End lung disease burden
The burden of bronchiectasis among Indigenous adults in the Top End of the Northern Territory is significant, but more research is needed to develop targeted strategies […]
Help for remote heart disease patients
Australia’s First Nations populations are among the world’s highest sufferers of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), yet only one in five patients […]
Fighting liver disease in remote Indigenous communities
Indigenous Australians who live in remote parts of Australia can maintain connections to Country and culture including maintaining Indigenous languages, however this can come at the […]
Striving for equity in kidney health care
Inequity in kidney health care continues to impact the lives, wellbeing and health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Australia says a […]
Dog care needed to aid Indigenous scabies problem
Quality veterinary care for dogs in Indigenous communities is necessary to improve human health. This includes control of dog scabies which may have direct and flow-on […]
Praise for NT health service
The benefits of ‘Aboriginal health in Aboriginal hands’ has received endorsement from a wide-ranging investigation of Australian primary health care services. The Central Australian Aboriginal Congress […]
Hard conversations ‘will improve Indigenous health’
A new framework for Aboriginal health care and training will help remove racism from the system and improve Indigenous health generally, according to Flinders Professor Dennis McDermott.
Smoothing the path to city care for rural Aboriginal patients
The South Australian health system can improve treatment of rural Aboriginal patients in city hospitals by focusing on the whole patient journey, a Flinders University report has found.