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Emerging diabetes and metabolic conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young peopleCollaboration 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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Community-based participatory action research on rheumatic heart disease in an Australian Aboriginal homeland: Evaluation of the ‘On track watch’ projectBased in 'both-way learning', the aim of this study was to co-design, implement and evaluate community-based participatory action research to achieve this vision
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A large proportion of poor birth outcomes among Aboriginal Western Australians are attributable to smoking, alcohol and substance misuse, and assaultA large proportion of adverse outcomes were attributable to the modifiable risk factors of substance use and assault
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New national guideline set to tackle skin infectionsWhen health organisations in the north-west of WA requested urgent action to address the region’s high rate of skin infections, Dr Asha Bowen answered the call.
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Development of the Aboriginal Communication Assessment After Brain Injury (ACAABI): A screening tool for identifying acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians.Acquired communication disorders (ACD), following stroke and traumatic brain injury, may not be correctly identified in Aboriginal Australians
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Decolonising Psychology: Validating Social and Emotional WellbeingThis paper explores the meaning of these seven domains of social and emotional well-being.
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Twenty-five-year survival for aboriginal and caucasian children with congenital heart defects in Western Australia, 1980 to 2010Long-term survival was lower for Aboriginal children with congenital heart defects
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The emerging role of the urban-based aboriginal peer support worker: A Western Australian studyAboriginal Peer Support Workers identified their emerging integral role in the development of this unique culturally acceptable home visiting support for Aboriginal parents
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Visual-motor integration, visual perception, and fine motor coordination in a population of children with high levels of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderAboriginal children living in remote Western Australia have poor visual-motor integration skills regardless of prenatal alcohol exposure or FASD
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Ethnic differences in the quality of the interview process and implications for survey analysisComparable survey data on Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians are highly sought after by policymakers to inform policies aimed at closing ethnic...