Telethon Kids Institute, 2024 Telethon Kids Institute invites you to participate in co-designing a model of care for Aboriginal women who experience diabetes and heart complications in pregnancy in South Australia. This project will design a model of care in South Australia (SA) for Aboriginal women with heart and diabetes complications of pregnancy, and their babies. Despite high prevalence of...
The Lancet, Volume 396, Issue 10250, 22–28 August 2020, Pages 565-582 Mauvais-Jarvis, F., et al Clinicians can encounter sex and gender disparities in diagnostic and therapeutic responses. These disparities are noted in epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, disease progression, and response to treatment. This Review discusses the fundamental influences of sex and gender as...
Intersex Human Rights Australia, 12 April 2020
COVID-19 can infect any individual, irrespective of age or health but its impact exacerbates existing inequalities. All populations that suffer health inequalities are disproportionately affected, and people with intersex variations are no exception.
Current health is determined to some extent by biological factors.
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CATIE (Canada), 17 March 2020 An HIV-positive person on effective treatment is not expected to be at higher risk of becoming seriously ill with COVID-19 A person with untreated HIV or a low CD4+ cell count may be at higher risk of becoming seriously ill with COVID-19 People with HIV or hepatitis C are more likely to have other conditions that carry a greater risk of becoming seriously ill with...
SHINE SA, September 2019 Hyde Street Practice is a service of SHINE SA. We offer affordable appointments with friendly and non-judgemental staff. We are a safe and inclusive practice with general practitioners, specialist services, sexual health and relationship wellbeing services. Services include: General Practitioners General GP services, including support for diabetes and cardiovascular...
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, Last updated: 15 June 2018 The Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status aims to provide a comprehensive summary of the most recent indicators of the health and current health status of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The initial sections of the Overview provide information about the context of Aboriginal and...