Kidney health
Publications:
specific topics
Publications about various aspects of kidney health have been provided under the specific topics listed below. Included are journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature.
Chronic kidney disease
2007
Couzos S, Thomas M, Cass A (2007)
Chronic kidney disease
In: Couzos S, Murray R, eds.
Aboriginal primary health care: an evidence-based approach. 3rd ed.
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press:575-621
View details: Oxford University Press
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
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View paper: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View paper: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 260KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
2006
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
Irving MJ, Craig JC, Gallagher M, McDonald S, Polkinghorne KR, et al. (2006)
Implementing iron management clinical practice guidelines in patients with chronic kidney disease having dialysis.
Medical Journal of Australia;185(6):310-314
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 332 KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Thomas MC, Weekes AJ, Broadley OJ, Cooper ME, Mathew TH (2006)
The burden of chronic kidney disease in Australian patients with type 2 diabetes (the NEFRON study).
Medical Journal of Australia;185(3):140-144
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 342KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Dialysis
2007
McCarthy A, Martin-McDonald K (2007)
'A politics of what': the enactment of peritoneal dialysis in Indigenous Australians.
Sociology of Health and Illness;29(1):82-99
View abstract: Sociology of Health and Illness
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)
2006
Irving MJ, Craig JC, Gallagher M, McDonald S, Polkinghorne KR, et al. (2006)
Implementing iron management clinical practice guidelines in patients with chronic kidney disease having dialysis.
Medical Journal of Australia;185(6):310-314
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 332 KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Rivalland P (2006)
'It's more than machines and medicine: they should understand there's a Yanangu way': Yanangu providing their own kidney dialysis services as Indigenous people from the Western Desert, Central Australia: summary report.
Casuarina, NT: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 1.23MB - large file warning!)
View website: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
2005
Lim WH, Johnson DW, McDonald SP (2005)
Higher rate and earlier peritonitis in Aboriginal patients compared to non-Aboriginal patients with end-stage renal failure maintained on peritoneal dialysis in Australia: Analysis of ANZDATA.
Nephrology; 10:192-197
View abstract: HealthBulletin
2002
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
End-stage renal disease
2008
Bonner A, Wellard S, Caltabiano M (2008)
Levels of fatigue in people with ESRD living in far North Queensland.
Journal of Clinical Nursing;17(1):90-98
View abstract: Blackwell Synergy
View website: Blackwell Synergy
Devitt J, Devitt J, Cass A, Cunningham J, Preece C, et al. (2008)
Improving access to kidney transplants (IMPAKT): a detailed account of a qualitative study investigating barriers to transplant for Australian Indigenous people with end-stage kidney disease [study protocol].
BMC Health Services Research;8(31):1-70
View article: BMC Health Services Research (PDF - 529KB)
View website: BMC Health Services Research
2007
Andreasyan K, Hoy WE (2007)
Renal-related deaths in Indigenous people in Queensland, Australia.
Nephrology;12(5):514-519
View abstract: PubMed
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information
Preston-Thomas A, Cass A, O'Rourke P (2007)
Trends in the incidence of treated end-stage kidney disease among Indigenous Australians and access to treatment.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;31(5):419-421
View abstract: ANZJPH
View website: Blackwell Synergy
Thomson N, Stumpers S (2007)
Summary of Indigenous health: end-stage renal disease.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;31(1):33-35
View article: Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal (PDF - 64KB) (Reproduced here with the permission of the Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal: view website: Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal)
2006
Cass A, Chadban S, Craig J, Howard K, McDonald S, et al. (2006)
The economic impact of end-stage kidney disease in Australia.
Sydney: The George Institute
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 932 KB)
View website: The George Institute
2005
Lim WH, Johnson DW, McDonald SP (2005)
Higher rate and earlier peritonitis in Aboriginal patients compared to non-Aboriginal patients with end-stage renal failure maintained on peritoneal dialysis in Australia: Analysis of ANZDATA.
Nephrology; 10:192-197
View abstract: HealthBulletin
2004
Cass A, Cunningham J, Snelling P, Wang Z, Hoy W (2004)
Exploring the pathways leading from disadvantage to end-stage renal disease for Indigenous Australians.
Social Science and Medicine;58(4):767-785
View abstract: Social Science and Medicine
View website: ScienceDirect (Elsevier - publishers)
Preston-Thomas A (2004)
Regional variation of end stage renal disease in Indigenous Australians. Unpublished Master of Public Health thesis,
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland.
View thesis (PDF - 498KB)
View website: University of Queensland
Stewart JH, McCredie MRE, McDonald SP (2004)
The incidence of treated end-stage renal disease in New Zealand Maori and Pacific Island people and in Indigenous Australians.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation;19(3):678-685
View abstract: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
View website: Oxford Journals
2003
McDonald SP, Russ GR (2003)
Burden of end-stage renal disease among Indigenous peoples in Australia and New Zealand.
Kidney International; 63(Supplement 83):S123-S127
View abstract: HealthBulletin
McDonald SP, Russ GR (2003)
Current incidence, treatment patterns and outcome of end-stage renal disease among Indigenous groups in Australia and New Zealand.
Nephrology;8(1):42-48
View abstract: HealthBulletin
2002
Cass A, Cunningham J, Hoy W (2002)
The relationship between the incidence of end-stage renal disease and markers of socioeconomic disadvantage.
NSW Public Health Bulletin;13(7):147-151
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View article: NSW Public Health Bulletin (PDF - 243KB)
View website: NSW Health
You J, Hoy W, Zhao Y, Beaver C, Eagar K (2002)
End-stage renal disease in the Northern Territory: current and future treatment costs.
Medical Journal of Australia;176:461-465.
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 248KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
2001
Cass A, Cunningham J, Wang Z, Hoy W (2001)
Regional variation in the incidence of end-stage renal disease in Indigenous Australians.
Medical Journal of Australia;175:24-27.
View article: Medical Journal of Australia
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Prior to 2000
Cass A, Gillin AG, Horvath JS (1999)
End-stage renal disease in Aboriginals in New South Wales: a very different picture to the Northern Territory.
Medical Journal of Australia;171:407-410.
View article: Medical Journal of Australia
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Devitt J, McMasters A (1998)
Living on medicine. A cultural study of end-stage renal disease among Aboriginal people.
Alice Springs: IAD Press.
View review: Medical Journal of Australia
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Transplantation
2008
Devitt J, Devitt J, Cass A, Cunningham J, Preece C, et al. (2008)
Improving access to kidney transplants (IMPAKT): a detailed account of a qualitative study investigating barriers to transplant for Australian Indigenous people with end-stage kidney disease [study protocol].
BMC Health Services Research;8(31):1-70
View article: BMC Health Services Research (PDF - 529KB)
View website: BMC Health Services Research
2003
Cass A, Cunningham C, Snelling P, Wang Z, Hoy W (2003)
Renal transplantation for Indigenous Australians: identifying the barriers to equitable access.
Ethnicity and Health;8(2):111-119
View abstract: HealthBulletin
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
Treatment and management
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)
2005
Hoy WE, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan SN, Nicol JL (2005)
Clinical outcomes associated with changes in a chronic disease treatment program in an Australian Aboriginal community.
Medical Journal of Australia;183(6):305-309
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 262KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
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
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 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
Gorham G (2003)
Prevention and treatment options for renal disease in the Northern Territory (with particular reference to the Barkly region).
Casuarina: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 1.8MB - large file warning!)
View website: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health
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
Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
2001
Atkins RC (2001)
How bright is their future? Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis in Indigenous communities in Australia [editorial].
Medical Journal of Australia;174:489-490.
View article: Medical Journal of Australia
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
White AV, Hoy WE, McCredie DA (2001)
Childhood post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis as a risk factor for chronic renal disease in later life.
Medical Journal of Australia;174:492-496.
View article: Medical Journal of Australia
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Prior to 2000
Ashbridge D (1992)
Community control of acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis.
Unpublished Master of Public Health thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney.
View abstract
View website: University of New South Wales
Other kidney conditions
2006
Peter JV, Biradar V, Peake SL (2006)
Emphysematous pyelonephritis.
Medical Journal of Australia;184(10):533
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article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
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article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 207KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
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