Bulletin 6

Public Health Conference
Our place, our health: local values and global directions.
26-29 September 1999, Carlton Hotel, The Esplanade, Darwin.

Lisa Jackson and Jeanette Ward
A decade of Aboriginal health in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA): how can we improve?

The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) has been published fortnightly since 1914, aiming to be 'the premier forum for information and commentary on clinical medicine and health care in Australia'. Over this same period, the mortality and morbidity of most Australians have improved, the notable exception being the Aboriginal peoples whose mortality and morbidity constantly exceeds that of other Australians. We conducted this review to quantify the amount of material published in the MJA about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health over the decade of 1989 to 1998 and, secondly, to determine the number, percentage and position in authorship order of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander authors writing about Aboriginal health in that period. This presentation also will describe data currently being collected about authorship. This study has been approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the Central Sydney Area Health Service.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bulletin An electronic publication from the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Issue 6, November 1999 : ISSN 1329-3362 Conference abstracts Return to conference index Public Health Conference Our place, our health: local values and global directions. 26-29 September 1999, Carlton Hotel, The Esplanade, Darwin. Lisa Jackson and Jeanette Ward A decade of Aboriginal health in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA): how can we improve? The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) has been published fortnightly since 1914, aiming to be 'the premier forum for information and commentary on clinical medicine and health care in Australia'. Over this same period, the mortality and morbidity of most Australians have improved, the notable exception being the Aboriginal peoples whose mortality and morbidity constantly exceeds that of other Australians. We conducted this review to quantify the amount of material published in the MJA about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health over the decade of 1989 to 1998 and, secondly, to determine the number, percentage and position in authorship order of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander authors writing about Aboriginal health in that period. This presentation also will describe data currently being collected about authorship. This study has been approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the Central Sydney Area Health Service. Return to conference index