Our article examines differences over time (1987 — 1988, 1997 — 1998 and 2001 — 2003) in the number and nature of
Indigenous health publications in Australia, Canada, NZ and the US.
1763
Indigenous health publications were selected.
Number of
Indigenous health publications in 1987 — 1988, * 1997 — 1998 † and 2001 — 2003 ‡ and number (%) in the measurement, descriptive and intervention subcategories of original research publications
Not exact matches
At the Primary
Health Care Research Conference in Brisbane this week, the Lowitja Institute released a new
publication, Researching
Indigenous Health: A Practical Guide for Researchers, writ... Read more
While there has been positive growth in
publications referring to
Indigenous health, the attention paid to this research through citations remains disappointingly low.»
At the Primary
Health Care Research Conference in Brisbane this week, the Lowitja Institute released a new
publication, Researching
Indigenous Health: A Practical Guide for Researchers, written by Alison Laycock with support from Diane Walker, Nea Harrison and Jenny Brands.
In a timely
publication,
Indigenous mental
health leaders Pat Dudgeon, Tom Calma, and Abigail Bray have urged this week for new approaches to address the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental
health gap, saying:.
Study selection:
Publications were included if they were concerned with the
health of
Indigenous people of the relevant countries.
We searched the MEDLINE and PsychLit databases to locate
publications concerning the
health of
Indigenous populations of Australia, Canada, NZ and the US during the periods 1 January 1987 to 31 December 1988, 1 January 1997 to 31 December 1998, and 1 November 2001 to 30 November 2003.
That the total number of
publications concerned with
Indigenous health, and the number of original research
publications would increase over time for each country.
Citations were used to select
publications about
Indigenous people of one or more of the countries in question, and that were related to
health.
Intervention research: This category included
publications in which the aim was to test the effectiveness of a clinical or public
health intervention among
Indigenous people.
Publications that did not report research results were retained if the primary topic related to
Indigenous health, or if differences in
health status between
Indigenous and non-
Indigenous people were a key component.
The remaining
health - related
publications were included if: research participants were all or predominantly
Indigenous (according to sample descriptions); and / or
Indigenous and non-
Indigenous groups were compared; and / or ethnicity was used as a predictor; and / or the research examined non-
Indigenous participants» attitudes, knowledge, skills or behaviour with respect to
Indigenous health issues.
Objective: To determine the number and nature of
publications on
Indigenous health in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States) in 1987 — 1988, 1997 — 1998 and 2001 — 2003.