Rapid review of five years of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research in Australia – persisting under‐representation of urban populations
Abstract Objective: To review how published Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research reflects the geographical distribution of the Indigenous population of Australia. Methods: Rapid review using Lowitja Institute Lit.search tool for PubMed indexed Indigenous health research papers (Janu...
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| description | Abstract Objective: To review how published Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research reflects the geographical distribution of the Indigenous population of Australia. Methods: Rapid review using Lowitja Institute Lit.search tool for PubMed indexed Indigenous health research papers (January 2013 to January 2018). Geographic location, participant age, study type and recruitment site were identified for each paper. Results: A total of 1,258 research papers were identified: 190 (15%) focused exclusively on Indigenous people living in urban areas; 563 (45%) in rural/remote areas; and 505 (40%) spanned urban and rural/remote areas. Despite similar burdens of disease, three times as many papers were published per 1,000 DALYs for rural/remote areas than urban areas. Conclusions: Indigenous health research publications have more than doubled since 2010. However, research focusing on the health needs of urban Indigenous people remains low relative to disease burden and population. Implications for public health: More research to address the health needs of Indigenous people living in urban areas is required although this should not be at the expense of research for rural and remote areas. Increased funding quarantined for Indigenous health research, coupled with self‐determination of the research agenda and reporting on the geographic representativeness of research, may help address geographical inequities in research outputs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f28d9dd927445049b76ca9070913d812023-08-02T02:41:36ZengElsevierAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health1326-02001753-64052021-02-01451535810.1111/1753-6405.13072Rapid review of five years of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research in Australia – persisting under‐representation of urban populationsWarren Jennings0Geoffrey Spurling1Brett Shannon2Noel Hayman3Deborah Askew4Primary Care Clinical Unit, The University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital QueenslandPrimary Care Clinical Unit, The University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital QueenslandAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service QueenslandSouthern Queensland Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care QueenslandPrimary Care Clinical Unit, The University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital QueenslandAbstract Objective: To review how published Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research reflects the geographical distribution of the Indigenous population of Australia. Methods: Rapid review using Lowitja Institute Lit.search tool for PubMed indexed Indigenous health research papers (January 2013 to January 2018). Geographic location, participant age, study type and recruitment site were identified for each paper. Results: A total of 1,258 research papers were identified: 190 (15%) focused exclusively on Indigenous people living in urban areas; 563 (45%) in rural/remote areas; and 505 (40%) spanned urban and rural/remote areas. Despite similar burdens of disease, three times as many papers were published per 1,000 DALYs for rural/remote areas than urban areas. Conclusions: Indigenous health research publications have more than doubled since 2010. However, research focusing on the health needs of urban Indigenous people remains low relative to disease burden and population. Implications for public health: More research to address the health needs of Indigenous people living in urban areas is required although this should not be at the expense of research for rural and remote areas. Increased funding quarantined for Indigenous health research, coupled with self‐determination of the research agenda and reporting on the geographic representativeness of research, may help address geographical inequities in research outputs.https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13072IndigenousAboriginalhealth researchrapid review |
| spellingShingle | Warren Jennings Geoffrey Spurling Brett Shannon Noel Hayman Deborah Askew Rapid review of five years of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research in Australia – persisting under‐representation of urban populations Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Indigenous Aboriginal health research rapid review |
| title | Rapid review of five years of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research in Australia – persisting under‐representation of urban populations |
| title_full | Rapid review of five years of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research in Australia – persisting under‐representation of urban populations |
| title_fullStr | Rapid review of five years of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research in Australia – persisting under‐representation of urban populations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rapid review of five years of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research in Australia – persisting under‐representation of urban populations |
| title_short | Rapid review of five years of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research in Australia – persisting under‐representation of urban populations |
| title_sort | rapid review of five years of aboriginal and torres strait islander health research in australia persisting under representation of urban populations |
| topic | Indigenous Aboriginal health research rapid review |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13072 |
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