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Crowding and other strong predictors of upper respiratory tract carriage of otitis media-relatedWe investigated predictors of nasopharyngeal carriage in Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children.
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Antenatal services for Aboriginal women: the relevance of cultural competenceDue to persistent significantly poorer Aboriginal perinatal outcomes, the Women's and Newborns' Health Network, require a comprehensive appraisal...
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Indigenous well-being in four countriesCanada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand consistently place near the top of the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Index...
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Theories of otitis media pathogenesis, with a focus on Indigenous childrenOtitis media is a common childhood illness associated with hearing loss, social disadvantage and medical costs. Prevalence and severity are high among...
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Homes crucial for healthy earsThe Kids researchers discovered that overcrowding is the strongest predictor of carriage of bacteria that cause otitis media
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Pneumonia rates improve in Aboriginal childrenNew research from The Kids for Child Health Research shows that the pneumococcal vaccine program has contributed to closing of the gap
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Little improvement in Aboriginal educational performanceThe most comprehensive survey every undertaken of Aboriginal education has found little significant improvement in outcomes for children in more than 30 years
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Breastfeeding Duration and Residential Isolation amid Aboriginal Children in Western AustraliaThe objective of this study was to examine the factors that impact on breastfeeding duration among Western Australia Aboriginal children. We hypothesised...
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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...