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Errol Roberts
Born in 1953 in Worrabinda, (local Aboriginal word for 'where the kangaroo sits down'), Errol comes from the Tjuri language group of Carnavon Gorge, Central Queensland.
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The artwork displayed here is obtained from the Culcha Disc: Australian Indigenous Images Vol 1
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Publications: specific topics
Publications about various aspects of Indigenous cardiovascular disease have been collected under the topics listed below. Included on this page are journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature.
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Publications
- General
- Specific topics
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Clinical management
- » Rheumatic heart disease
- Risk factors for CVD
- Stroke
- Key references
- Bibliography
- Conference presentations
Rheumatic heart disease
2007
Brown A, McDonald MI, Calma T (2007)
Rheumatic fever and social justice.
Medical Journal of Australia;186(11):557-558
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 114KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Carapetis J, Couzos S (2007)
Rheumatic fever
In: Couzos S, Murray R, eds.
Aboriginal primary health care: an evidence-based approach. 3rd ed.
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press:445-482
View details: Oxford University Press
Chronic Diseases Network (2007)
The Chronicle;10(1)
Casuarina: Chronic Diseases Network
View articles: The Chronicle (PDF - 1.85MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Health and Community Services
Carapetis JR, Brown A, Wilson NJ, Edwards KN (2007)
An Australian guideline for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: an abridged outline.
Medical Journal of Australia;186(11):581-586
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 266KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Edwards K (2007)
Acute rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease program: an update.
Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin;14(2):26-28
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 382KB)
View website: Department of Health and Community Services
Experience with cardiac valve operations in Cape York Peninsula and the Torres Strait Islands, Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia;186(11):560-563
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 204KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Stewart T, McDonald R, Currie B (2007)
Acute rheumatic fever: adherence to secondary prophylaxis and follow up of Indigenous patients in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory.
Australian Journal of Rural Health;15(4):234-240
View abstract: Australian Journal of Rural Health
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)
Roberts K (2007)
Rheumatic fever: licks the joints, bites the heart (and nibbles the brain...).
Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin;14(4):1-6
View publication: Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin (PDF - 583KB)
View website: Department of Health and Community Services
2006
Harrington Z, Thomas DP, Currie BJ, Bulkanhawuy J (2006)
Challenging perceptions of non-compliance with rheumatic fever prophylaxis in a remote Aboriginal community.
Medical Journal of Australia;184(10):514-517
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 182KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Harrington Z, Visvanathan K, Skinner NA, Curtis N, Currie BJ, et al. (2006)
B-cell antigen D8/17 is a marker for rheumatic fever susceptibility in Aboriginal Australians and can be tested in remote settings.
Medical Journal of Australia;184(10):507-510
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 245KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Maguire GP, Nelson C (2006)
Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: an insight into Aboriginal health disadvantage and remote Australia [editorial].
Medical Journal of Australia;184(10):506
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 83KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
McDonald MI, Benger N, Brown A, Currie BJ, Carapetis JR (2006)
Practical challenges of conducting research into rheumatic fever in remote Aboriginal communities.
Medical Journal of Australia;184(10):511-513
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 181KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
National Heart Foundation of Australia, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (2006)
Diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia: an evidence based review.
Sydney: National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 1.2MB - large file warning!)
View website: National Heart Foundation of Australia
View website: Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Ralph A, Jacups S, McGough K, MCDonald M, Currie BJ (2006)
The challenge of acute rheumatic fever diagnosis in a high-incidence population: a prospective study and proposed guidelines for diagnosis in Australia's Northern Territory.
Heart, Lung and Circulation;15(2):113-118
View abstract: Heart, Lung and Circulation
View website: ScienceDirect (Elsevier - publishers)
2005
Eissa S, Lee R, Binns P, Garstone G, McDonald M (2005)
Assessment of a register-based rheumatic heart disease secondary prevention program in an Australian Aboriginal community.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 29(6):521-525
View website: Public Health Association of Australia
Hanna JN, Heazlewood RJ (2005)
The epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever in Indigenous people in north Queensland.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;29(4):313-317
View website: Public Health Association of Australia
Harrington Z (2005)
B Cell antigen D8/17 as a marker of susceptibility to rheumatic fever in Australians and the sharp end of the needle: rheumatic fever prophylaxis and concepts of care for Yolngu patients: a thesis in two parts.
Unpublished Master of Science (Health Sciences) thesis, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia
View abstract and thesis: Australian Digital Theses Program
Stewart T, McDonald R, Currie B (2005)
Use of the Jones Criteria in the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever in an Australian rural setting.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;29(6):526-529
View website: Public Health Association of Australia
2003
Brown A, Purton L, Schaeffer G, Wheaton G, White A (2003)
Central Australian Rheumatic Heart Disease Control Program. A report to the Commonwealth November 2002.
The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin;10(1):1-8
View article: The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin (PDF - 773KB)
Couzos S, Murray R (2003)
Aboriginal primary health care: an evidence-based approach.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press
View abstract: HealthBulletin
Edwards K (2003)
Rheumatic Heart Disease Program (register, treatment guidelines and priority assessment).
Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin;10(2):13-15
View article: The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin (PDF - 2.5MB - large file warning!)
Kelly A (2003)
Top End Rheumatic Heart Disease Program. A Report to the Commonwealth: February – November 2002 (abbreviated).
The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin;10(1):9-11
View article: The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin (PDF - 773KB)
McDonald M (2003)
Rheumatic fever and streptococcal pyoderma: searching for a link.
Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin;10(2):11-12
View article: The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin (PDF - 2.46MB - large file warning!)
2002
Currie B, Brewster D (2002)
Rheumatic fever in Aboriginal children [editorial].
Journal of Paediatric Child Health;38:223-225.
View abstract: HealthBulletin
2001
Carapetis JR, Currie BJ (2001)
Rheumatic fever in a high incidence population: the importance of monoarthritis and low grade fever.
Archives of Disease in Childhood;85:223-227.
View abstract: HealthBulletin
2000
Angeles G (2000)
A brief report on the efficacy of an information package designed to expand awareness and help address the control of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
Casuarina: Menzies School of Health Research
View abstract: HealthBulletin
Brandt ER, Sriprakash KS, Hobb RI, et al. (2000)
New multi-determinant strategy for a group A streptococcal vaccine designed for the Australian Aboriginal population.
Nature Medicine;6(4):455-460
View abstract: HealthBulletin
Prior to 2000
Carapetis JR (1998)
Ending the heartache: the epidemiology and control of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the Top End of the Northern Territory.
Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney
View abstract
View website: University of Sydney
Carapetis JR, Currie B (1999)
Mortality due to acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the Northern Territory: a preventable cause of death in Aboriginal people.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;23(2):159-163
View abstract: HealthBulletin
Carapetis JR, Currie BJ (1998)
Preventing rheumatic heart disease in Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia;168:428-429
View article: Medical Journal of Australia
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Johnson G (1997)
A descriptive epidemiological study of rheumatic fever in Western Australia, 1981 to 1994.
Unpublished Bachelor of Medical Science thesis, University of Western Australia, Perth
View website: University of Western Australia
Markey P (1996)
The prevalence of ischaemic and rheumatic heart disease and risk factors in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal footballers.
Unpublished Master of Public Health thesis, University of Adelaide, Adelaide
View abstract
View website: University of Adelaide
Mincham C (1999)
The quality of management of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the Kimberley population.
Unpublished Bachelor of Medical Science thesis, University of Western Australia, Perth
View website: University of Western Australia
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