A chronic disease outreach program for Aboriginal communities
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A program to improve awareness and management of hypertension, renal disease, and diabetes in 3 remote Australian Aboriginal communities is described, finding that regular integrated checks for chronic disease and their risk factors are essential elements of regular adult health care.About:
This article is published in Kidney International.The article was published on 2005-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 49 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Disease burden & Multiple morbidities.read more
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The contribution of chronic kidney disease to the global burden of major noncommunicable diseases
TL;DR: Interventions targeting CKD, particularly to reduce urine protein excretion, are efficacious, cost-effective methods of improving cardiovascular and renal outcomes, especially when applied to high-risk groups and Integration of these approaches within NCD programs could minimize the need for renal replacement therapy.
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Intrarenal oxygenation: unique challenges and the biophysical basis of homeostasis.
TL;DR: To fully understand the control of renal oxygenation, a triad of factors that regulate intrarenal oxygenation is considered: local perfusion, local Vo2, and AV oxygen shunting.
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Reduced nephron number and glomerulomegaly in Australian Aborigines: a group at high risk for renal disease and hypertension.
TL;DR: In this article, kidney findings in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in one remote region were estimated with the disector/fractionator combination in the right kidney.
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The 2010 Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines for the diagnosis and management of heart failure update: Heart failure in ethnic minority populations, heart failure and pregnancy, disease management, and quality improvement/assurance programs
Jonathan G. Howlett,Robert S. McKelvie,Jeannine Costigan,Anique Ducharme,Estrellita Estrella-Holder,Justin A. Ezekowitz,Nadia Giannetti,Haissam Haddad,George A. Heckman,George A. Heckman,Anthony M. Herd,Debra Isaac,Simon Kouz,Kori Leblanc,Peter Liu,Elizabeth Mann,Gordon W. Moe,Eileen O'Meara,Miroslav Rajda,Samuel Siu,Paul Stolee,Elizabeth Swiggum,Shelley Zeiroth +22 more
TL;DR: It is hoped that the present update will become a useful tool for health care providers and planners in the ongoing evolution of care for HF patients in Canada.
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Effect of nurse-directed hypertension treatment among First Nations people with existing hypertension and diabetes mellitus: the Diabetes Risk Evaluation and Microalbuminuria (DREAM 3) randomized controlled trial
Sheldon Tobe,George Pylypchuk,Joan Wentworth,Alexander Kiss,John P. Szalai,Nancy Perkins,Susan Hartman,Laurie Ironstand,Jacqueline Hoppe +8 more
TL;DR: The addition of a home care nurse to implement a treatment strategy forBlood pressure control was more effective in lowering diastolic than systolic blood pressure compared with home care visits for blood pressure monitoring alone and follow-up treatment by a family physician.
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Overweight and obesity in Australia : the 1999-2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)
Adrian J. Cameron,Timothy A Welborn,Paul Zimmet,David W. Dunstan,Neville Owen,Jo Salmon,Marita Dalton,Damien Jolley,Jonathan E. Shaw +8 more
TL;DR: To measure the prevalence of obesity in Australian adults and to examine the associations of obesity with socioeconomic and lifestyle factors, a large sample of adults over the age of 40 was surveyed.
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A new dimension to the Barker hypothesis: Low birthweight and susceptibility to renal disease
TL;DR: LBW contributes to renal disease in this high-risk population of Aborigines through impaired nephrogenesis caused by intrauterine malnutrition, and multivariate models suggest that increasing BMI and blood pressure and decreasing birthweight act in concert to amplify the increases in ACR that accompany increasing age.
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The multidimensional nature of renal disease: Rates and associations of albuminuria in an Australian Aboriginal community
Wendy E. Hoy,John D. Mathews,David A. McCredie,David J Pugsley,B. Hayhurst,Megan Rees,Emma Kile,Kate A. Walker,Zhiqiang Wang +8 more
TL;DR: Renal disease in this population is multifactorial, with risk factors related to whole-of-life nutrition, metabolic and hemodynamic profiles, infections, health behaviors, and possibly a family predisposition, suggesting that renal disease is a component of Syndrome X.
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Aboriginal Primary Health Care: an evidence-based approach
Sophie Couzos,Richard Murray +1 more
TL;DR: Aboriginal Primary Health Care, 3rd edition is Australia's definitive guide to best-practice management of the major health problems facing Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders.
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An epidemic of renal failure among Australian Aboriginals
TL;DR: To define recent trends (1993‐1996) in incidence of endstage renal disease (ESRD) among Australian Aboriginal people in the Top End of the Northern Territory (NT), the number of Aboriginal people diagnosed with ESRD is defined.