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This section provides recent references compiled from our bibliographic database addressing gastrointestinal health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. References are divided into general and specific topics and include journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature. To access our complete database please use our bibliography.
2009
Grimwood K, Forbes DA (2009)
Acute and persistent diarrhea
Pediatric Clinics of North America; 56(6): 1343-1361
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Ritchie B, Brewster D, Tran CD, McNeil Y, Zacharakis B, Davidson GP, Butler RN (2009)
Lack of diagnostic accuracy of the monoclonal stool antigen test for detection of helicobacter pylori infection in young Australian Aboriginal children
Pediatric infectious disease journal; Epub ahead of print:
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- View abstract: Lack of diagnostic accuracy of the monoclonal stool antigen test for detection of helicobacter pylori infection in young Australian Aboriginal children
- View website: PubMed
Ritchie BK, Brewster DR, Davidson GP, Tran CD, McNeil Y, Hawkes JS, Butler RN (2009)
C-sucrose breath test: novel use of a noninvasive biomarker of environmental gut health
Pediatrics; eFirst(5 July 2009): doi:10.1542/10.1542/peds.2008-2257
2008
Moore A, Vu H, Herceg A, Al-Yaman F (2008)
Hospital procedures for diseases of the digestive tract in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
For Indigenous people rates of hospitalisation for diseases of the digestive system are lower compared with non-Indigenous Australians. For those Australians hospitalised with a disease of the digestive system, Indigenous people are less likely to have a procedure recorded than other Australians. This study examined the patterns of undergoing a procedure for diseases of the digestive tract, once admitted to hospital for Indigenous people compared with other Australians. Adjustments were made for a number of variables, for example, urgency of admission, hospital sector and patient characteristics. It was recommended that consideration should be given to these findings when Indigenous specific health programs are implemented.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
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Population Health Division (NSW) (2008)
The health of the people of New South Wales – report of the Chief Health Officer, data book – Aboriginal peoples
Sydney: NSW Department of Health
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- View report: The health of the people of New South Wales – report of the Chief Health Officer, data book – Aboriginal peoples (PDF - 3.1 MB)
- View information: The health of the people of New South Wales – report of the Chief Health Officer
- View information: The health of the people of New South Wales – report of the Chief Health Officer, data book – Aboriginal peoples: summary
- View website: NSW Department of Health
2007
Carville KS, Lehmann D, Hall G, Moore H, Richmond P, de Klerk N, Burgner D (2007)
Infection is the major component of the disease burden in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian children: a population-based study
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; 26(3): 210-216
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- View abstract: Infection is the major component of the disease burden in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian children: a population-based study
- View website: Paediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Nagy C, Roberts C, Cook H, Krause V (2007)
Introducing rotavirus vaccine in the Northern Territory (NT)
The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin; 14(1): 3-6
2006
Barnes GL, Bishop RF (2006)
Rotavirus: time to act [editorial]
Medical Journal of Australia; 185(7): 352-353
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Ming Ho K, Finn J, Dobb GJ, Webb SAR (2006)
The outcome of critically ill Indigenous patients
Medical Journal of Australia; 184(10): 496-499
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Yohannes K, Roche P, Roberts A, Liu C, Firestone S, Bartlett M, East I, Hull BP, Kirk MD, Lawrence GL, McDonald A, McIntyre PB, Menzies RI, Quinn HE, Vadjic C (2006)
Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2004: annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
Communicable Diseases Intelligence; 30(1): 1-79
In 2004, 60 diseases and conditions were nationally notifiable in Australia. States and Territories reported a total of 110,929 cases of communicable diseases to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS): an increase of 4 per cent on the number of notifications in 2003. In 2004, the most frequently notified diseases were sexually transmissible infections (46,762 cases; 42% of total notifications), gastrointestinal diseases (25,247 cases; 23% of total notifications) and bloodborne diseases (19, 191 cases; 17% of total notifications). There were 13,206 notifications of vaccine preventable diseases, 6 000 notifications of vectorborne diseases, 1,799 notifications of other bacterial infections (includes, legionellosis, leprosy, meningococcal infections and tuberculosis) and 8,787 notifications of zoonotic diseases.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence abstract - copyright Commonwealth of Australia reproduced by permission. Available on the Communicable Diseases Australia website
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2005
Johnston FH, Morris PS, Speare R, McCarthy J, Currie B, Ewald D, Page W, Dempsey K (2005)
Strongyloidiasis: a review of the evidence for Australian practitioners.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 13(4): 247-254
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- View website: Australian Journal of Rural Health
Miller M, Roche P, Yohannes K, Spencer J, Bartlett M, Brotherton J, Hutchinson J, Kirk M, McDonald A, Vadjic C (2005)
Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2003: annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
Communicable Diseases Intelligence; 29(1): 1-60
This report details 58 diseases and conditions that were notifiable at a national level in Australia in 2003. The most frequently notified diseases were sexually acquired infections, gastrointestinal diseases and bloodborne viruses. The national dataset included a field for Indigenous status and Indigenous status was reported for 43 per cent of notifications nationally. There are references to diseases notified among Indigenous people, comparisons with non-Indigenous people and trend analyses.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
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- View article: Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2003: annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (PDF - 1.6 MB)See page 1, Communicable Diseases Intelligence
- View website: Department of Health and Ageing
Valery PC, Torzillo PJ, White AV, Stewart PA, Wheaton GR, Purdie DM, Walkerman J, Chang AB (2005)
Zinc and vitamin A supplementation in Australian Indigenous children with acute diarrhoea: a randomised controlled trial
Medical Journal of Australia; 182(10): 530-535
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2004
Gracey M, Lee AH, Yau KK (2004)
Hospitalisation for gastroenteritis in Western Australia
Archives of Disease in Childhood; 89: 768-772
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- View abstract: Hospitalisation for gastroenteritis in Western Australia
- View article: Hospitalisation for gastroenteritis in Western Australia
- View article: Hospitalisation for gastroenteritis in Western Australia (PDF - 130.3 KB)
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