Wang Z, Hoy W.E. (2010) C-reactive protein: an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease in Aboriginal Australians Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 34(s1): (S25-S29)
The Commonwealth government has contributed $805.5 million to deliver the Indigenous Chronic Disease Package, as part of the COAG National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes.
Tibby D, Corpus R, Walters DL (2010) Establishment of an innovative specialist cardiac Indigenous outreach service in rural and remote Queensland. Heart, Lung and Circulation;19:(361-366)
Bradshaw PJ, Alfonso HS, Finn J, Owen J, Thompson PL (2010) A comparison of coronary heart disease event rates among urban Australian Aboriginal people and a matched non-Aboriginal population. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health;Online first:(1-5)
Nelson A, Abbott R, Macdonald D (2010) Indigenous Australians and physical activity: using a social-ecological model to review the literature. Health Education Research;Advance Access:(1-12)
Thompson SC, DiGiacomo ML, Smith JS, Taylor KP, Dimer L, et al. (2009) Are the processes recommended by the NHMRC for improving Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people being implemented?: an assessment of CR Services across Western Australia. Australia and New Zealand Health Policy;6(29)
Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW (2009) 10 out of 10 deadly health stories – nutrition and physical activity. Surry Hills, NSW: Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW:44
The Federal Government has announced that it will spend $2.5 million to help combat rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and acute rheumatic fever (ARF), through the establishment of RHDAustralia, a new centre dedicated to prevention and management of the disease.
Steer AC, Carapetis JR (2009) Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Indigenous populations. Pediatric Clinics of North America;56(6):1401-19
The 13th Annual Chronic Diseases Network Conference was held 10-11 September 2009 in Darwin.
