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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
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Risk factors
2007
Chronic Diseases Network (2007)
The Chronicle;10(1)
Casuarina: Chronic Diseases Network
View articles: The Chronicle (PDF - 1.8MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Health and Community Services
Gracey M, Burke V, Martin DD, Johnston RJ, Jones T, et al. (2007)
Assessment of risks of lifestyle diseases including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes by anthropometry in remote Australian Aborigines.
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition;16(4):688-697
View abstract: PubMed
View website: PubMed
Maple-Brown L, Piers LS, O'Rouke M, Celermajer D, O'Dea K (2007)
Increased arterial stiffness in remote Indigenous Australians with high risk of cardiovascular disease.
Journal of Hypertension;25(3):585-591
View website: Journal of Hypertension
Wang Z, Rowley K, Best J, McDermott R, Taylor M, et al. (2007)
Hemostatic factors in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.
Metabolism;56(5):629-635
View abstract: PubMed
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information
2006
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006)
Chronic diseases and associated risk factors in Australia, 2006. (AIHW category no. PHE 81)
Canberra: Australian Insititute of Helath and Welfare
View report (PDF - 1MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Bailie R, Robinson G, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan SN, Halpin S, Wang Z (2006)
Investigating the sustainability of outcomes in a chronic disease treatment programme.
Social Science and Medicine;63:1661-1670
View abstract: Social Science and Medicine
View website: ScienceDirect (Elsevier - publishers)
Briffa TG, Maiorana A, Sheerin NJ, Stubbs AG, Oldenburg BF, Sammel NL, Allan RM (2006)
Physical activity for people with cardiovascular disease: recommendations of the National Heart Foundation of Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia; 184 (2): 71-75
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 164KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Burns J, Thomson N (2006)
Overweight and obesity - a major problem for Indigenous Australians.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;6(4): Brief reports 1.
View article: HealthBulletin (HTML)
View article: HealthBulletin (PDF - 92KB)
Callaway LK, Prins JB, Chang AM, McIntyre DH (2006)
The prevalence and impact of overweight and obesity in an Australian obstetric population.
Medical Journal of Australia; 184 (2): 56-59
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 256KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Nankervis AJ, Conn JJ, Knight RL (2006)
Obesity and reproductive health.
Medical Journal of Australia; 184 (2): 51
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 72KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Salmon J, Campbell KJ, Crawford DA (2006)
Television viewing habits associated with obesity risk factors: a survey of Melbourne schoolchildren.
Medical Journal of Australia; 184 (2): 64-67
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 220KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Shemesh T, Rowley K, Jenkins A, Brimblecombe J, Best JD, et al. (2006)
Differential association of C-reactive protein with adiposity in men and women in an Aboriginal community in northeast Arnhem Land of Australia.
International Journal of Obesity;31:103-108
View abstract: International Journal of Obesity
View website: International Journal of Obesity
Stanton RA (2006)
Nutrition problems in an obesogenic environment
Medical Journal of Australia; 184 (2): 76-79
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 184KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
2005
Angeles GA (2005)
Winning essay: Fish traps — a significant part of our health and wellbeing.
Medical Journal of Australia;182(10):541-543
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 581KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Bambrick H (2005)
Relationships between BMI, waist circumference, hypertension and fasting glucose: rethinking risk factors in Indigenous diabetes.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;5(4)
View abstract: HealthBulletin
D'Souza RM, Butler T, Petrovsky N (2005)
Assessment of cardiovascular disease risk factors and diabetes mellitus in Australian prisons: is the prisoner population unhealthier than the rest of the Australian population?
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;29(4):318-323
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Public Health Association of Australia
O’Brien K (2005)
Living dangerously: Australians with multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This bulletin provides a summary of the risk factor profile of Australian adults using self-reported data collected in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2001 National Health Survey.
View information (HTML)
View summary (PDF - 168KB)
View report (PDF - 418KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Scott Kinlay S (2005)
Is the Framingham coronary heart disease absolute risk function applicable to Aboriginal people? [letter - In reply]
Medical Journal of Australia;182(11):597-598
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 506KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Wang Z, Hoy WE (2005)
Is the Framingham coronary heart disease absolute risk function applicable to Aboriginal people?
Medical Journal of Australia;182(2):66-69
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 160KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Wang Z, Hoy WE (2005)
Is the Framingham coronary heart disease absolute risk function applicable to Aboriginal people? [letter - In reply]
Medical Journal of Australia;182(11):598
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 506KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Wang Z, Hoy WE (2005)
Albuminuria and incident coronary heart disease in Australian Aboriginal people.
Kidney International; 68:1289-1293
View abstract: HealthBulletin
2004
Clough AR, Wang Z, Bailie RS, Burns CB, Currie BJ (2004)
Case-control study of the association between kava use and ischaemic heart disease in Aboriginal communities in eastern Arnhem Land (Northern Territory) Australia.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health; 58:140-141
View abstract: HealthBulletin
Garrard J, Lewis B, Keleher H, et al. (2004)
Planning for health communities: reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes through healthier environments and lifestyles.
Melbourne: Victorian Government Department of Human Services
Contains information on reducing the risks of cardiovascular disease in the Australian population, as well as socially disadvantaged groups
View report (PDF - 712KB)
View website: Victorian Government Department of Human Services
Maple-Brown L, Brimblecombe J, Chisholm D, O'Dea K (2004)
Diabetes care and complications in a remote primary health care setting.
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice;64(2):77-83
View abstract: HealthBulletin
Shilton TR, Brown WJ (2004)
Physical activity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities.
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport;7(1):39-42
View abstract: HealthBulletin
Wang Z, Hoy WE (2004)
Association between diabetes and coronary heart disease in Aboriginal people: are women disadvantaged?
Medical Journal of Australia; 180(10):508-511.
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 275KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
2003
Raja C, Hansen RD, Colagiuri S, Allen BJ (2003)
Body composition of Aboriginal Australian women: comparison with age-matched Caucasians.
Acta Diabetologica;40(Supplement 1):S314-S316
View abstract: HealthBulletin
Rowley K, Walker KZ, Cohen J, Jenkins AJ, O'Neal D, Su Q, Best JD, O'Dea K (2003)
Inflammation and vascular endothelial activation in an Aboriginal population: relationships to coronary disease risk factors and nutritional markers.
Medical Journal of Australia; 178:495-500.
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 365KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Singh GR, Hoy WE (2003)
The association between birthweight and current blood pressure: a cross-sectional study in an Australian Aboriginal community.
Medical Journal of Australia;179(10):532-535
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 164KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Thompson PL, Bradshaw PJ, Veroni M, Wilkes ET (2003)
Cardiovascular risk among urban Aboriginal people.
Medical Journal of Australia;179(3):143-146
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 124KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Wang Z, Hoy WE, Thompson PL, Bradshaw PJ, Veroni M, Wilkes ET (2003)
Cardiovascular risk among urban Aboriginal people [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia;179(10):557
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 236KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
2002
Leonard D, McDermott R, O'Dea K, et al. (2002)
Obesity, diabetes and associated cardiovascular risk factors among Torres Strait Islander people.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;26(2):144-149.
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Public Health Association of Australia
2000
National Health and Medical Research Council (2000)
Nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council
View summary (HTML)
View report (PDF - 2.26MB - large file warning!)
View website: National Health and Medical Research Council
Prior to 2000
Benedict I (1988)
Blood pressure of children in Gove, a mining town in Arnhemland and of Aboriginal children in neighbouring Yirrkala.
Unpublished Master of Public Health thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney
View abstract
View website: University of Sydney
Guest C (1991)
Glucose intolerance and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Aborigines and Europids of South-Eastern Australia.
Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
View abstract
View website: University of Melbourne
Iser D (1995)
Microalbuminuria and cardiovascular risk factors in central Australian Aboriginal communities.
Unpublished Bachelor of Medical Science thesis, St Vincents Hospital, Melbourne
View abstract
Sladden T (1987)
Cardiovascular disease risk factors in an Aboriginal community.
Unpublished Master of Science thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney
View abstract
View website: University of Sydney
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