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View article: Overcoming disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma outcomes in First Nations Australians: a strategic plan for action
Overcoming disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma outcomes in First Nations Australians: a strategic plan for action Open
Every year, about 1800 Australians die of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver cancer.1 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia (hereon respectfully referred to as First Nations Australia…
View article: ‘We know what our communities need’: What the Indigenous health sector reveals about pandemic preparedness in urban Indigenous communities in Australia
‘We know what our communities need’: What the Indigenous health sector reveals about pandemic preparedness in urban Indigenous communities in Australia Open
Highlights•The benefit of systems thinking lies in its capacity not to 'fix the problem' but in its ability to provoke new ways of thinking and approaching complex problems to find common solutions.•Applying this approach to complex proble…
View article: Responding to COVID‐19: How group model building can assist the health and well‐being of urban Indigenous communities in Australia
Responding to COVID‐19: How group model building can assist the health and well‐being of urban Indigenous communities in Australia Open
In this paper, we discuss a rapid‐fire study involving Indigenous and non‐Indigenous stakeholders from the urban Indigenous health sector who collaborated to produce an “Urban COVID‐19 Systems Map.” The map outlines the behaviours, actions…
View article: Experiences of Kinship and Connection to Family for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Young Men with Histories of Incarceration
Experiences of Kinship and Connection to Family for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Young Men with Histories of Incarceration Open
Epidemiological approaches have brought important attention to the issues surrounding the over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, and the enormous health and socio-economic disparities they face. An implic…
View article: Mapping pandemic responses in urban Indigenous Australia: Reflections on systems thinking and pandemic preparedness
Mapping pandemic responses in urban Indigenous Australia: Reflections on systems thinking and pandemic preparedness Open
Indigenous voices and communities must lie central to health responses/policies for Indigenous peoples. When systems thinking is done by or in collaboration with stakeholders it provides a visual language that can help design public health…
View article: Evaluating the prevalence of current hepatitis C infection and treatment among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who inject drugs in Australia: The <scp>ETHOS</scp> engage study
Evaluating the prevalence of current hepatitis C infection and treatment among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who inject drugs in Australia: The <span>ETHOS</span> engage study Open
Introduction Evaluating progress towards hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is critical given the disproportionate burden of infection. We examined factors associated with current HCV in…
View article: Burden of the Beast
Burden of the Beast Open
Introduction Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and its fluctuating waves of infections and the emergence of new variants, Indigenous populations in Australia and worldwide have remained at high risk. Indigenous populations are all too fami…