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Current Literature

This page is updated monthly and contains current and previous updates in reverse chronological order.

August/September 2024

Lalovic A, Dowden G, Markey L, Bynder M, Yappo L, Cox KL, Mateo-Arriero I, Flicker L, Bessarab D, Thompson S, Kickett C, Woods D, Pestell CF, Edgill P, Hill K, Etherton-Beer C, LoGiudice D, Almeida OP, Lin I, Milte R, Ratcliffe J, Hyde Z, Smith K. Community-based dementia risk management and prevention program for Aboriginal Australians (DAMPAA): a randomised controlled trial study protocol. BMJ Open. 2024 Sep 13;14(9):e088281. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088281. PMID: 39277208.

Tinessia A, Clark K, Randell M, Leask J, King C. Strategies to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in First Nations peoples: a systematic review. Glob Health Action. 2024 Dec 31;17(1):2384497. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2024.2384497. Epub 2024 Sep 4. PMID: 39230093; PMCID: PMC11376305.

Katzenellenbogen JM, White J, Robinson M, Thompson SC, Epstein A, Stanley M, Klobas J, Haynes E, Armstrong EA, Coffin J, Skoss R. Process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial intervention designed to improve rehabilitation services for Aboriginal Australians after brain injury: the Healing Right Way Trial. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Aug 20;24(1):946. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11390-5. PMID: 39164676; PMCID: PMC11334317.

Pecar KD, Hopkins S, Anderson PJ, Rallah-Baker KR, Bentley SA. Implementation of the optometry Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health curriculum framework. Clin Exp Optom. 2024 Aug 18:1-8. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2024.2388136. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39155461.

March 2024

Anderson, K., Elder-Robinson, E., Ferguson, M., Fredericks, B., Sherriff, S., Dickson, M., Howard, K., & Garvey, G. (2024). Pathways between foodways and wellbeing for first nations AustraliansBMC public health24(1), 502. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18005-y

Gilroy, J., Henningham, M., Meehan, D., Nila, F., McGlone, J., McAtamney, A., Whittaker, K., Brown, B., Varlow, M., & Buchanan, T. (2024). Systematic review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' experiences and supportive care needs associated with cancerBMC public health24(1), 523. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18070-3

Nursing and Midwifery Board. (2024). New guidance document published for nurses and midwives working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitionershttps://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/News/2024-02-06-Working-with-Aboriginal-and-Torres-Strait-Islander-Health-Practitioners.aspx

Smith, P., Rice, K., Schutte, N., & Usher, K. (2024). Development and validation of the Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Measure (CRAM): A self-reflection tool for mental health practitioners when working with First Nations peopleThe International journal of social psychiatry70(1), 190–200. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640231204211

Whittington, V. (2024). Memorialisation, Reconciliation and Truth-Speaking: The Role of Explorer and Massacre Memorials in Settler-Colonial Australia, Journal of Australian Studies, 48(1), 87-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/14443058.2023.2260397

February 2024

So, N., Price, K., O'Mara, P., & Rodrigues, M. A. (2024). The importance of cultural humility and cultural safety in health careThe Medical journal of Australia220(1), 12–13. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52182

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. (2023). Essential elements for safe and high-quality end-of-life care: National Consensus Statementhttps://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-12/national_consensus_statement_-_essential_elements_for_safe_and_high-quality_end-of-life_care.pdf

Gee, G., Hulbert, C., Kennedy, H., Dwyer, J., Egan, J., Holmes, L., Mobourne, A., & Paradies, Y. (2023). Development of an Aboriginal Resilience and Recovery Questionnaire - a collaboration between practitioners and help-seeking clients of a Victorian Aboriginal community controlled health serviceBMC medical research methodology23(1), 290. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-023-02091-4

Lin, I., Flanagan, W., Green, C., Lowell, A., Coffin, J., & Bessarab, D. (2023). Clinical yarning education: development and pilot evaluation of an education program to improve clinical communication in Aboriginal health care - participant, and health manager perspectivesBMC medical education23(1), 908. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04843-8

McCormack, H., Wand, H., Bourne, C., Ward, J., Bradley, C., Mak, D., & Guy, R. (2023). Integrating testing for sexually transmissible infections into annual health assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people: a cross-sectional analysisSexual health20(6), 488–496. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH23107

November/December 2023

Adane, A. A., Shepherd, C. C., Walker, R., Bailey, H. D., Galbally, M., & Marriott, R. (2023). Perinatal outcomes of Aboriginal women with mental health disordersThe Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry57(10), 1331–1342. https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674231160986

Dimopoulos-Bick, T., Follent, D., Kostovski, C., Middleton, V., Paulson, C., Sutherland, S., Cawley, M., Files, M., Follent, S., Osten, R., & Trevena, L. (2023). Finding Your Way - A shared decision making resource developed by and for Aboriginal people in Australia: Perceived acceptability, usability, and feasibilityPatient education and counseling115, 107920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107920

Harkus, S., Marnane, V., O'Keeffe, I., Kung, C., Ward, M., Orr, N., Skinner, J., Kong, K., Fonua, L., Kennedy, M., & Belfrage, M. (2023). Routine ear health and hearing checks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged under 6 years attending primary care: a national consensus statementThe Medical journal of Australia219(8), 386–392. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52100

Nguyen, T., Ullah, S., Looi, J. C., Allison, S., Mulder, R., & Bastiampillai, T. (2023). Indigenous suicide rates in the United States, Australia and New Zealand between 2006 and 2019The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry57(10), 1324–1330. https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674231167327

Purcell-Khodr, G., Conigrave, J. H., Lee, K. S. K., Vnuk, J., & Conigrave, K. M. (2023). Low rates of prescribing alcohol relapse prevention medicines in Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health ServicesDrug and alcohol review42(7), 1606–1616. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13708

Smith, P., Rice, K., Schutte, N., & Usher, K. (2023). Development and validation of the Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Measure (CRAM): A self-reflection tool for mental health practitioners when working with First Nations peopleThe International journal of social psychiatry, 207640231204211. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640231204211

Westerman, T. G., & Dear, G. E. (2023). The need for culturally valid psychological assessment tools in Indigenous mental health, Clinical Psychologist, 27:3, 284-289. https://doi.org/10.1080/13284207.2023.2247532

September 2023

Cheok, T., Berman, M., Delaney-Bindahneem, R., Jennings, M. P., Bray, L., Jaarsma, R., Poonnoose, P. M., Williams, K., & Jayasekera, N. (2023). Closing the health gap in Central Australia: reduction in Indigenous Australian inpatient self-discharge rates following routine collaboration with Aboriginal Health Workers. BMC health services research, 23(1), 874. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09921-7

DeLacy, J., Burgess, L., Cutmore, M., Sherriff, S., Woolfenden, S., Falster, K., Banks, E., Purcell, A., Kong, K., Coates, H., Curotta, J., Douglas, M., Slater, K., Thompson, A., Stephens, J., Sherwood, J., McIntyre, P., Tsembis, J., Dickson, M., Craig, J., … Gunasekera, H. (2023). Ear health and hearing in urban Aboriginal children. Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, 47(4), 100075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100075

Keramat, S. A., Perales, F., Alam, K., Rashid, R., Haque, R., Monasi, N., Hashmi, R., Siddika, F., Siddiqui, Z. H., Ali, M. A., Gebremariam, N. D., & Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, S. (2023). Multimorbidity and health-related quality of life amongst Indigenous Australians: A longitudinal analysis. Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-023-03500-3

Leonard, R., Paton, J., Hinton, P., Greenaway, S., & Thomson, J. (2023). The end-of-life needs of Aboriginal and immigrant communities: a challenge to conventional medical models. Frontiers in public health, 11, 1161267. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1161267

Rissel, C., Tate, N., Moore, L., Hughes, J., Campbell, N., Smith, C., Lew-Fatt, A., & Ullah, S. (2023). Assessing pain using facial recognition software among Aboriginal aged care residents with cognitive impairment: A retrospective cohort study. Australasian journal on ageing, 42(2), 317–324. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13170

Urquhart, L., Roberts, K., Duncanson, K., Brown, L. J., & Fisher, K. (2023). Sustaining an Aboriginal wellbeing program: Informing health promotion practice and policy. Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.776

August 2023

Christie, V., Green, D., Skinner, J., Riley, L., O'Shea, R., Littlejohn, K., Pyke, C., McCowen, D., Rambaldini, B., & Gwynne, K. (2023). "Everyone needs a Deb": what Australian indigenous women say about breast cancer screening and treatment servicesBMC health services research23(1), 672. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09633-y

Culbong, H., Ramirez-Watkins, A., Anderson, S., Culbong, T., Crisp, N., Pearson, G., Lin, A., & Wright, M. (2023). "Ngany Kamam, I Speak Truly": First-Person Accounts of Aboriginal Youth Voices in Mental Health Service ReformInternational journal of environmental research and public health20(11), 6019. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20116019

Jennings, W., Egert, S., Fisher, C., Renouf, S., Bryce, V., Grugan, S., Wang, W., & Askew, D. (2023). Better cardiac care - the patient experience - a qualitative studyInternational journal for equity in health22(1), 122. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-01931-5

Naidoo, T., Chamunyonga, C., Burbery, J., & Rutledge, P. (2023). Identifying methods to best integrate indigenous knowledge and perspectives within the radiation therapy undergraduate curriculumJournal of medical radiation sciences70(2), 183–191. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.660

Ralph, A. P., McGrath, S. Y., Armstrong, E., Herdman, R. M., Ginnivan, L., Lowell, A., Lee, B., Gorham, G., Taylor, S., Hefler, M., & Kerrigan, V. (2023). Improving outcomes for hospitalised First Nations peoples though greater cultural safety and better communication: the Communicate Study Partnership study protocolImplementation science : IS18(1), 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-023-01276-1

Coombes, J., Holland, A. J. A., Hunter, K., Bennett-Brook, K., Ryder, C., Finlay, S. M., Orcher, P., Scarcella, M., Briscoe, K., Forbes, D., Jacques, M., Wilson, R., Bourke, E., & Kairuz, C. (2022). Discharge Interventions for First Nations People with Injury or Chronic Conditions: A Protocol for a Systematic ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health19(18), 11301. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811301

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