Objectives: Indigenous Australians have a disproportionately high burden of chronic illness, and relatively poor access to healthcare. This paper examines how a national multicomponent programme aimed at improving prevention and management of chronic disease among Australian Indigenous people addressed various dimensions of access.

Summary: This state of knowledge paper draws on both national and international literature and policy and program evaluations, to establish what is currently known about innovative responses to violence against Indigenous women in Australia. A key issue for researchers and practitioners lies in whether it is sufficient to apply the same perspectives that inform research...

This paper examines the consistency of denominator data extracted from electronic health records (EHRs) for monitoring of access and quality of primary health care.

Introduction: Aboriginal young people are among the most disadvantaged groups in Australia 12. In 2006, children and youth aged 0–24 years represented 57% of the total Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Australia. The age range for Indigenous youth includes several pivotal stages of transition – primary to secondary education, schooling to employment, child...

Executive summary: The Australian Medicare Local Alliance (AML Alliance) was funded to enhance the capacity of General Practitioners (GPs) and other primary health care providers to provide high quality treatment through best practice models of care for otitis media (OM) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The key strategy to achieve this was the...