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Journal articles - health


2008

Armstrong JE, Laing DG, Wilkes FJ (2008)
Olfactory function in Australian Aboriginal children and chronic otitis media.
Chemical Senses ;33(6):503-507
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Gunasekera H, Knox S, Morris PS, Britt H, McIntyre P, et al. (2008)
Spectrum and management of otitis media in Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous children: a national study.
Pediatrics;121(Supplement):S128
View abstract: Pediatrics
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Gunasekera H, Morris PS, Daniels J, Couzos S, Craig J (2008)
Management of children with otitis media: a survey of Australian Aboriginal Medical Services.
Pediatrics;121(Supplement):S98-S99
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Leach AJ, Morris PS, Mathews JD (2008)
Compared to placebo, long-term antibiotics resolve otitis media with effusion (OME) and prevent acute otitis media with perforation (AOMwiP) in a high-risk population: a randomized controlled trial.
BMC Pediatrics;8:Article 23.
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Lehmann D, Arumugaswamy A, Elsbury D, Finucane J, Stokes A, et al. (2008)
Kalgoorlie Otitis Media Research Project: rationale, methods, population characteristics and ethical considerations.
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology;22(1):60-71
View abstract: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (PDF - 191KB)
View website: Blackwell Synergy

McDonald E, Bailie R, Brewster D, Morris P (2008)
Are hygiene and public health interventions likely to improve outcomes for Australian Aboriginal children living in remote communities? A systematic review of the literature.
BMC Public Health;8:Article 153.
View abstract: BMC Public Health
View article: BMC Public Health (PDF - 218KB)
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Smith-Vaughan H, Byun R, Halpin S, Nadkarni MA, Jacques NA, et al. (2008)
Interventions for prevention of otitis media may be most effective if implemented in the first weeks of life.
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology;72(1):57-61
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2007


Gunasekera H, Knox S, Morris P, Britt H, McIntyre P, et al. (2007)
The spectrum and management of otitis media in Australian Indigenous and nonIndigenous children: a national study.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal;26(8):689-692
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Hopkins S (2007)
Indigenous ear health and hearing problems in the news: about time!
The Chronicle;10(4):19
View article: The Chronicle (PDF - 10.6MB - large file warning)
View website: Chronic Diseases Network

Jacoby P, Watson K, Bowman J, Taylor A, Riley TV, et al. (2007)
Modelling the co-occurrence of streptococcus pneumoniae with other bacterial and viral pathogens in the upper respiratory tract.
Vaccine;25(13):2458-2464
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Leach AJ, Morris PS (2007)
The burden and outcome of respiratory tract infection in Australian and Aboriginal children.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal;(26):1
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Ling SS, Sader C, Lannigan FJ (2007)
First report of congenital cholesteatoma in an Indigenous Australian child [letter].
ANZ Journal of Surgery;77(6):492-493
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing
View abstract: ANZ Journal of Surgery
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Morris PS, Leach AJ, Halpin S, Mellon G, Gadil G, et al. (2007)
An overview of acute otitis media in Australian Aboriginal children living in remote communities.
Vaccine;25(13):2389-2393
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing
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Rothstein J, Heazlewood R, Fraser M (2007)
Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in remote Far North Queensland: findings of the Paediatric Outreach Service.
Medical Journal of Australia;186(10):519-521
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Smith-Vaughan H, Byun R, Nadkarni M, Jacques NA, Hunter N, et al. (2007)
Measuring nasal bacterial load and its association with otitis media.
BMC Ear, nose and throat disorders;6(10)
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing
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Stuart J (2007)
The antiquity of chronic ear disease in Australian Aboriginal children.
Health and History;9(2):155-158
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing
View article: Health and History
View website: Australian Society of the History of Medicine

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2006

Burrow S, Thomson N (2006)
Summary of Indigenous health: ear disease and hearing loss.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;30(1):10-12
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Coates H (2006)
Non-ototoxic and effective: why we need Ciprofloxacin ear drops [letter].
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;42(4):222-223
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing
View abstract: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
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Dunbar M, Moberley S, Nelson S, Leach A, Andrews R (2006)
Clear not simple: an approach to community consultation for a maternal pneumoccocal vaccine trial among Indigenous women in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Vaccine;25(13):2385-2388
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Jones R, Smith F (2006)
Are there health benefits from improving basic nutrition in a remote Aboriginal community?
Australian Family Physician;35(6):453-454
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2005

Coates H (2005)
Ototoxic eardrops and tympanic membrane perforations: time for a change?
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;41:401-404
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Couzos S, Lea T, Culbong M (2005)
"We are not just participants: we are in change": the NACCHO ear trial and the process for Aboriginal community-controlled health research.
Ethnicity and Health;10(2):91-111
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Gibney KG, Morris PS, Carapetis JR, Skull SA, Smith-Vaughan HC, et al. (2005)
The clinical course of acute otitis media in high-risk Australian Aboriginal children: a longitudinal study.
BMC Pediatrics;5:16
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Morris PS, Leach AJ, Silberberg P, Mellon G, Wilson C, et al. (2005)
Otitis media in young Aboriginal children from remote communities in Northern and Central Australia: a cross-sectional survey.
BMC Pediatrics;5(27)
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Stubbs E, Hare K, Wilson C, Morris P, Leach AJ (2005)
Streptococcus pneumoniae and noncapsular haemophilus influenzae nasal carriage and hand contamination in children: a comparison of two populations at risk of otitis media.
Pediatric Infectious Disease;24(5):423-428
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2004

Adams K, Dixon T, Guthrie J (2004)
Evaluation of the Gippsland Regional Indigenous Hearing Health Program, January to October 2002.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;15(3):205-210
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Brewster DR (2004)
Management of chronic suppurative otitis media [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia;180(2):91-92
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Couzos S, Lea T, Culbong M, Mueller R, Murray R (2004)
Management of chronic suppurative otitis media [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia;180(2):92-93
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Couzos S (2004)
Practical measures that improve human rights: towards health equity for Aboriginal children.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;15(3):186-192
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Dugdale AE (2004)
Management of chronic suppurative otitis media [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia;180(2):91
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Jeffries-Stokes C (2004)
Aboriginal perspective on middle ear disease in the arid zone of Western Australia.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;40(5-6):258-264
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Mak D, MacKendrick A, Bulsara M, Coates H, Lannigan F, et al. (2004)
Outcomes of myringoplasty in Australian Aboriginal children and factors associated with success: a prospective case series.
Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences;29(6):606-611
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2003

Couzos S, Lea T, Mueller R, Murray R, Culbong M (2003)
Effectiveness of ototopical antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media in Aboriginal children: a community-based, multicentre, double-blind randomised controlled trial.
Medical Journal of Australia;179(4):185-190
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Edwards K (2003)
Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). Ear Toilet has not gone far enough!
Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin;10(4):11-16
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Lehmann L, Tennant M, Silva D, McAullay D, Lannigan F, Coates H, Stanley F (2003)
Benefits of swimming pools in two remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia: intervention study
British Medical Journal;327(7412):415-419
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Mak DB, MacKendrick A, Bulsara MK, Weeks S, Leidwinger L, et al. (2003)
Long-term outcomes of middle-ear surgery in Aboriginal children [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia;179(6):324-325
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Stuart J, Butt H, Walker P (2003)
The microbiology of glue ear in Australian Aboriginal children
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;39(9):665-667
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Sweet M (2003)
Aboriginal study prompts push for action on children's hearing loss
British Medical Journal;327(7412):413
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2002

Bryce S, Diplock R, Dewing J (2002)
A single dose treatment for suppurating ear disease in Aboriginal children
Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin;9(4):9-11
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Coates HL, Morris PS, Leach AJ, Couzos S (2002)
Otitis media in Aboriginal children: tackling a major health problem [editorial]
Medical Journal of Australia;177:177-178
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2001

Leach AJ, Morris PS (2001)
Perspectives on infective ear disease in Indigenous Australian children.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;37(6):529-530
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2000

Mak D, MacKendrick A, Weeks SA, Plant AJ (2000)
Middle-ear disease in remote Aboriginal Australia: a field assessment of surgical outcomes.
Journal of Laryngology and Otology;114(1):26-32
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