Publications: general

References and links for general publications about the kidney health of Indigenous peoples are provided here. Included are journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature.

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General

2007

Australian Bureau of Statistics (2007)
Australian social trends 2007: selected chronic conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report (PDF - 281KB)
View website: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Gracey MS (2007)
Nutrition-related disorders in Indigenous Australians: how things have changed.
Medical Journal of Australia;186(1):15-17
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 252KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Haysom L, Williams R, Hodson E, Roy LP, Lyle D, et al. (2007)
Early chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian children: remoteness, socioeconomic disadvantage or race?
Kidney International; [in press].
View abstract: PubMed
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information

Hoy W, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Smith J, Sharma S (2007)
Western Australian Chronic Disease Outreach Program: Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service, final report.
Brisbane: Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland and Kidney Disease Research and Prevention
View report (PDF - 913KB)
View website: University of Queensland

Mathew TH, Johnson DW, Jones GRD, on behalf of the Australasian Creatinine Consensus Working Group (2007)
Chronic kidney disease and automatic reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate: revised recommendations.
Medical Journal of Australia ;187(8):459-463
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 260KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Preston-Thomas A, Cass A, O'Rourke P (2007)
Kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;31(1):3-5
View website: Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal

Thomas MC (2007)
Early detection of patients with kidney disease.
Nephrology;12(s1):S37
View abstract: Nephrology
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)

2006

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)

Hazel TJ, Hill PS (2006)
Renal disease in the Aboriginal community of Woorabinda.
Australian Journal of Rural Health;14:20-23
View abstract: Australian Journal of Rural Health
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)

Howard K, Salkeld G, White S, Chadban S, Craig J, et al. (2006)
The cost-effectiveness of early detection and intervention to prevent the progression of chronic kidney disease in Australia. Melbourne: Kidney Health Australia
View report (PDF - 2.2MB - large file warning!)
View website: Kidney Health Australia

Hoy W, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Smith J, Sharma S (2006)
Western Australian Chronic Disease Outreach Program: Bega Garnbirringu Health Service, final report.
Brisbane: Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland and Kidney Disease Research and Prevention
View report (PDF - 815KB)
View website: University of Queensland

Smith JD, O'Dea K, McDermott R, Connors C, Schmidt B (2006)
Educating to improve population health outcomes in chronic disease: an innovative workforce initiative across remote, rural and Indigenous communities in northern Australia [project report].
Rural and Remote Health;6(3):Article 606.
Available from http://www.rrh.org.au/home/defaultnew.asp
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View website: Rural and Remote Health

Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Statistical Information Management Committee (2006)
National summary of the 2003 and 2004 jurisdictional reports against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance indicators.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

2005

Hoy WE, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Scheppingen J, Sharma S, Katz I (2005)
A chronic disease outreach program for Aboriginal communities.
Kidney International;68(Supplement 98):S76-S82

NSW Department of Health (2005)
NSW Aboriginal chronic conditions: area health service standards.
Sydney: NSW Department of Health
View summary (HTML)
View report (PDF - 432KB)
View website: NSW Health

Shephard MDS, Gill JP (2005)
An innovative Australian point-of-care model for urine albumin: creatinine ratio testing that supports diabetes management in Indigenous medical services and has international application.
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry; 42:208-215
View abstract: HealthBulletin

Wakerman J, Chalmers EM, Humphreys JS, Clarence CL, Bell AI, et al. (2005)
Sustainable chronic disease management in remote Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia;183(10):s64-s68
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 266KB)
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

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2004)
Australia's health 2004: the ninth biennial report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 5.7MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Hoy W, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S (2004)
Final report on the Aboriginal Chronic Disease Outreach Program.
St Lucia: Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland
View report: University of Queensland (PDF - 962KB)
View website: University of Queensland

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 - 1.4MB - large file warning!)
View website: South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Health

Statistical Information Management Committee 2004 (2004)
National summary of the 2001 and 2002 jurisdictional reports against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance indicators.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 962KB)

Thomas M (2004)
Antecedents of renal disease in Aborigines.
Nephrology;9(Supplement 4):s113-s116
View abstract: HealthBulletin

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.

Burrow S, Thomson N (2003)
Disorders of the renal-urologic system
In: Thomson N, ed.
The health of Indigenous Australians.
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press
View abstract: HealthBulletin

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

McDonald S, Maguire GP, Hoy W (2003)
Renal function and cardiovascular risk markers in a remote Australian Aboriginal community.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation;18(8):1555-1561.
View abstract: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
View website: Oxford Journals

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 article: Rural and Remote Health (HTML)
View article: Rural and Remote Health (PDF - 335KB)
View website: Rural and Remote Health

2002

Cass A, Lowell A, Christie M, et al. (2002)
Sharing the true stories: improving communication between Aboriginal patients and healthcare workers.
Medical Journal of Australia;176:466-470.
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 118KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Department of Health Western Australia (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

Kneipp E (2002)
Review of the statewide renal dialysis program and renal disease in Western Australia. Summary.
Perth: Department of Health
Contains information relating to renal disease in a number of different Australian populations including Indigenous Australians
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

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: Medical Journal of Australia
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Prior to 2000

Van Buynder P (1991)
The epidemiology of renal disease in Aboriginal Australians.
Unpublished Master of Public Health thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney.
View website: University of Sydney

Walker K (1996)
Trends in birthweight and infant weights: relationships between early undernutrition, skin lesions, streptococcal infections and renal disease in an Aboriginal community.
Unpublished Bachelor of Medical Science thesis, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
View abstract
View website: University of Melbourne

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