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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience high burden of cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic conditions, often manifesting in multimorbidity and contributing to over one third of life expectancy differentials. This article explores cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) health within an Aboriginal cohort by documenting the burden of early risk, disease and factors associated with disease progression.
There remains a glaring disparity between the health of an Australian Aboriginal child when compared with that of a non-Aboriginal Australian child. In recent years, studies have advocated for the adoption of culturally sensitive health care provision if significant improvements are to be made in the health of Australian Aboriginal children.
Children spend almost one-third of their waking hours at school. Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A) is a common childhood bacterial infection that can progress to causing serious disease. We aimed to detect Strep A in classrooms by using environmental settle plates and swabbing of high-touch surfaces in two remote schools in the Kimberley, Western Australia.
Are you a young person (14-25 years old) who is Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and LGBTIQ?
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Honorary Emeritus Fellow
Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership; Head, First Nations Health and Equity Research
Head, Infectious Disease Implementation Research
Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG)
Families living in remote Kimberley communities are paying up to twice as much for everyday items needed to support healthy living, according to new research led by The Kids Research Institute Australia.