Kidney health
Programs, projects and lessons
Details and links (where available) relating to relevant programs, projects and lessons learned are provided here.
Programs and projects
2006
Hunter New England Area Health Service (2006)
Aboriginal Renal Disease Prevention and Education Program.
Sydney: NSW Health
View program information
View website: Australian Research Centre for Healthcare Innovations (ARCHI)
2004
Illawarra Aboriginal Vascular Health Program (2004)
Aunty Jean's good health team - listening to the voices of the Elders to create an Aboriginal Chronic and Complex Care program.
Unanderra: Illawarra Health
View report (PDF - 1.42MB - large file warning!)
View website: South Eastern Sydney Illawarra, NSW Health
NSW Department of Health (2004)
Evaluation of the NSW Aboriginal vascular health program 2000-2003.
North Sydney: NSW Department of Health
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report (PDF - 387KB)
View website: NSW Health
2003
Baker PRA (2003)
Preventing renal failure in Australian Aborigines: an effective and cost analysis of a screening and treatment program.
Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
View website: University of Queensland
Centre for Kidney Research (2003)
Antecedents for Renal Disease in Aboriginal Children (ARDAC).
Westmead: The Children's Hospital at Westmead
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View website: Centre for Kidney Research
Hoy WE, Wang Z, Baker P, Kelly A (2003)
Reduction in natural death and renal failure from a systematic screening and treatment program in an Australian Aboriginal community.
Kidney International; 63(Supplement 83):S66-S77
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Kidney International
Shephard MDS, Allen GG, Barratt LJ, et al. (2003)
Albuminuria in a remote South Australian Aboriginal community: results of a community-based screening program for renal disease.
Rural and Remote Health;3 (online):156.
View abstract: Rural and Remote Health
View website: Rural and Remote Health
2002
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2002)
Harkness Fellowship examining Indigenous Australians' access to kidney transplantation
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;2(1), Current topic 1
View current topic: HealthBulletin
Kneipp E (2002)
Review of the statewide renal dialysis program and renal disease in Western Australia - summary.
East Perth: Department of Health Western Australia
View report (PDF - 1.1MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Health Western Australia
Scott M (2002)
NSW Aboriginal Vascular Health Program.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;2(4), Brief report 3
View brief report: HealthBulletin
View website: South Eastern Sydney Illawarra, NSW Health
2000
Hoy WE, Baker PR, Kelly AM, Wang Z (2000)
Reducing premature death and renal failure in Australian Aboriginals: a community-based cardiovascular and renal protective program.
Medical Journal of Australia;172:473-478.
View article
View website: The Medical Journal of Australia
Prior to 2000
Hoy W, Baker P, Kelly A, Jacups S (1999)
A renal and cardiovascular protective treatment program in an Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory: report of persons completing 12 months of treatment.
Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research
View website: Menzies School of Health Research
Lessons learned
2004
Illawarra Aboriginal Vascular Health Program (2004)
Aunty Jean's good health team - listening to the voices of the Elders to create an Aboriginal Chronic and Complex Care program.
Unanderra: Illawarra Health
View report (PDF - 1.42MB - large file warning!)
View website: South Eastern Sydney Illawarra, NSW Health
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