Background The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community has an increased risk of developing chronic illnesses including diabetes. Among people with diabetes, foot complications are common and make a significant contribution to the morbidity and mortality associated with this disease. The aim of this review was to systematically evaluate the literature comparing the rates of diabetes rela...

INTRODUCTION In Australia, Home Medicines Review (HMR) has been found to be an important tool to raise awareness of medication safety, reduce adverse events and improve medication adherence. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 'underserviced' by the HMR program and are the most likely of all Australians to miss out on HMRs despite their high burden of chronic disease and high rates...

BACKGROUND Statistical time series derived from administrative data sets form key indicators in measuring progress in addressing disadvantage in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia. However, inconsistencies in the reporting of Indigenous status can cause difficulties in producing reliable indicators. External data sources, such as survey data, provide a means of asses...

Sharin Ab Ghani*, Zulkarnain Ahmad Noorden, Nor Asiah Muhamad, Hidayat Zainuddin, Mohd Aizam Talib Institute of High Voltage and High Current (IVAT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal ...

1. Introduction The South China Sea (SCS) is a semi-enclosed tropical and subtropical sea located between the Asian land mass (including Taiwan) to the west and north, the Phillipine Islands to the east and Malaysia and Borneo to the south (Figure 1), a total of 3.5×10 6 km 2 surface area. It includes the shallow Gulf of Thailand and connections to the East China Sea (through the Taiwan Strait)...

The study is about An Exploration of Interest in Kompang Formasi among Secondary School Students Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia. This a qualitative that used Google Form to collect data through organized interviews. interviews were conducted on six (6) secondary school teachers; three (3) from urban area and rural different schools Johor. will focus identify the student’s interest Formasi. Second...

In 2001, a publicly funded 7 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPCV) program commenced for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged less than 2 years. This study updates early estimates of 7vPCV coverage in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children using Australian Childhood Immunisation Register data between 31 December 2004 and 30 September 2007. We chose four 3-month bi...

This study documented ethnomedical knowledge of plants used for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) and its related symptoms as practiced by the Jakun community of Kampung Peta, situated in Endau Rompin Johor National Park, Johor, Malaysia. Eight key informants were selected by snowball sampling technique and data about medicinal plants were collected by semistructured interviews, participatory ...

Citation: McCalman J, Bainbridge RG, Redman-MacLaren M, Russo S, Rutherford K, Tsey K, Ungar M, Wenitong M and Hunter E (2017) The Development of a Survey Instrument to Assess Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students’ Resilience and Risk for Self-Harm. Front. Educ. 2:19. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2017.00019 The Development of a survey instrument to assess aboriginal and Torres strait islander st...

Australia has two distinct Indigenous peoples: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples belong to diverse, contemporary communities, each containing individuals with different perspectives, life experiences and aspirations. While there are many shared interests based on their status as Indigenous Australians, it should be expected that there is a div...