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Circulating epigenomic biomarkers correspond with kidney disease susceptibility in high-risk populations with type 2 diabetes mellitusTo investigate epigenomic indices of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) susceptibility among high-risk populations with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Skin Health in Northern AustraliaAchieving healthy skin requires the prevention of infectious diseases that affect the skin. Prevention activities range from environmental health improvements to address inequities in living situations, through to community-wide treatment programs to reduce transmission and improve skin health.
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Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL): Australian research network in human health and environmental changeThe HEAL Network aims to strengthen the Australian health system and community resilience to climate change, extreme events, and environmental degradation.
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“Sometimes Our Mob Don't Really Take It Serious Until It's Serious”: The Experiences of Western Australian Aboriginal Adolescents Living With Type 2 Diabetes, Their Parents, and Their Family MembersIn Australia, Aboriginal children experience disproportionate rates of type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared with non-Aboriginal children. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of Aboriginal adolescents with T2D and their family members to better understand the influences of T2D on self-management, with findings used to inform an enhanced service model of care.
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Exploring self-determined solutions to service and system challenges to promote social and emotional wellbeing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a qualitative studyMany Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living on Kaurna Country in northern Adelaide experience adverse health and social circumstances. The Taingiwilta Pirku Kawantila study sought to understand challenges facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and identify solutions for the health and social service system to promote social and emotional wellbeing.
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Hospital use in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients with chronic diseaseAboriginal people use health services in a different manner when compared to non-Aboriginal people
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and child sexual abuse in institutional settingsThe Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse commissioned The Kids Research Institute Australia to collaborate on a report
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The impact of racial discrimination on the health of Australian Indigenous children aged 5–10 years: analysis of national longitudinal dataDirect and persistent vicarious racial discrimination are detrimental to the physical and mental health of Indigenous children in Australia
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First genome-wide association study in an Australian Aboriginal population provides insights into genetic risk factors for body mass index and type 2 diabetesA body mass index (BMI) >22kg/m2 is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Aboriginal Australians.
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PneuMum: Impact from a trial of maternal pneumococcal vaccination on middle ear disease amongst Indigenous infantsThis study was unable to demonstrate efficacy of 23vPPV in pregnancy against the co-primary outcomes of either all-cause infant ear disease.