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School of Population Health
School of Population Health
Indigenous Health Research

Recent publications by School staff in the field of Indigenous Health include:

Arkles RS, Hill P, Pulver LR. Overseas-trained doctors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services: many unanswered questions. Medical Journal of  Australia. 2007 186(10):528-30.

Shannon C, Leon D, Marks G. Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Food and Nutrition Strategy, a report to Queensland Health, Brisbane. 2007.

Vlack S, Foster R, Menzies R, Williams G, Shannon C, Riley I. Immunisation coverage of Queensland Indigenous two-year-old children by cluster sampling and by register. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2007 Feb;31(1):67-72.

Hill K, Barker B, Vos T. Excess Indigenous mortality: are Indigenous Australians more severely disadvantaged than other Indigenous populations? International Journal of Epidemiology. 2007 Apr 3;36:580-9.

Margolis S, Ypinazar V, Muller R. The impact of supply reduction through alcohol management plans on serious injury in remote indigenous communities in remote Australia: A ten-year analysis using data from the royal flying doctor service. Alcohol and Alcoholism  2007 (doi:10.1093/alcalc/agm152).

Chan LCK, Ware R, Kesting J, Marczak M, Good D, Shaw JTE. Short term efficacy of a lifestyle intervention programme on cardiovascular health outcome in overweight Indigenous Australians with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus - The healthy lifestyle programme (HELP). Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2007 Jan;75(1):65-71.

Chan LC, Ware RS, Kesting J, Marczak M, Good D, Shaw JT. Association Between Anthropometric Measures of Obesity and Insulin Resistance in a Self-Selected Group of Indigenous Australians. Heart Lung Circ. 2007.

Schlesinger CM, Ober C, McCarthy MM, Watson JD, Seinen A. The development and validation of the Indigenous Risk Impact Screen (IRIS): a 13-item screening instrument for alcohol and drug and mental health risk. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2007 Mar;26(2):109-17.

Vos T, Barker B, Stanley L and Lopez AD 2007.  The burden of Disease and Injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Brisbane: School of Population Health, The University of Queensland.