Bridgette McNamara

Pregnancy and birth characteristics of Aboriginal twins in two Australian states: a data linkage study

Alison J Gibberd, Jessica Tyler, Kathleen Falster, David B Preen, Mark Hanly, Marilyn J Clarke, Bridgette J McNamara, Sandra J Eades, Katrina J Scurrah

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH

INTRODUCTION: Perinatal outcomes for singleton pregnancies are poorer, on average, for Aboriginal people than non-Aboriginal peopl..

Identifying preventable risk factors for hospitalised asthma in young Aboriginal children: a whole-population cohort study

Bronwyn Brew, Alison Gibberd, Guy B Marks, Natalie Strobel, Clare Wendy Allen, Louisa Jorm, Georgina Chambers, Sandra Eades, Bridgette McNamara

Journal article  |  2021  |  THORAX

BACKGROUND: Australia has one of the highest rates of asthma worldwide. Indigenous children have a particularly high burden of ris..

A global perspective of Indigenous child health research: a systematic review of longitudinal studies.

Catherine Lloyd-Johnsen, Sandra Eades, Bridgette McNamara, Anita D'Aprano, Sharon Goldfeld

Journal article  |  2021  |  Int J Epidemiol

BACKGROUND: Rigorously designed longitudinal studies can inform how best to reduce the widening health gap between Indigenous and ..

Staying smoke-free: Factors associated with nonsmoking among urban Aboriginal adolescents in the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH)

Christina Heris, Katherine A Thurber, Darryl Wright, David Thomas, Catherine Chamberlain, Lina Gubhaju, Simone Sherriff, Bridgette McNamara, Emily Banks, Natalie Smith, Sandra Eades

Journal article  |  2020  |  HEALTH PROMOTION JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

ISSUE ADDRESSED: To examine the factors associated with preventing regular smoking among Aboriginal adolescents. METHODS: Cross-se..

"Cultural Security Is an On-Going Journey horizontal ellipsis " Exploring Views from Staff Members on the Quality and Cultural Security of Services for Aboriginal Families in Western Australia

Lina Gubhaju, Robyn Williams, Jocelyn Jones, David Hamer, Carrington Shepherd, Dan McAullay, Sandra J Eades, Bridgette McNamara

Journal article  |  2020  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Cultural security is a key element of accessible services for Indigenous peoples globally, although few studies have examined this..

Late Breaking Abstract - Identifying preventable early risk factors for asthma in Indigenous children: a population cohort study in Western Australia

Bronwyn Brew, Alison Gibberd, Guy Marks, Natalie Strobel, Wendy Allen, Louisa Jorm, Georgina Chambers, Sandra Eades, Bridgette Mcnamara

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Identifying young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in linked administrative data: A comparison of methods.

BJ McNamara, J Jones, Ccj Shepherd, L Gubhaju, G Joshy, D McAullay, DB Preen, L Jorm, SJ Eades

Journal article  |  2020  |  Int J Popul Data Sci

Background: In the ongoing debate on optimum methods for identification of Indigenous people within linked administrative data, fe..

'Next Generation Youth Well-being Study:' understanding the health and social well-being trajectories of Australian Aboriginal adolescents aged 10-24 years: study protocol

Lina Gubhaju, Emily Banks, James Ward, Catherine D'Este, Rebecca Ivers, Robert Roseby, Peter Azzopardi, Anna Williamson, Catherine Chamberlain, Bette Liu, Cheri Hotu, Jacqueline Boyle, Bridgette McNamara, Sandra J Eades, Ricky Mentha, Roxanne Highfold, Jodi Lennox, Danielle Woods, Bronwyn Silver, Elizabeth Hillmann, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ OPEN

INTRODUCTION: Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (hereafter referred to as 'Aboriginal') adolescents (10-24 years..

Maternal fetal programming of birthweight among Australian Aboriginal infants: a population-based data linkage study

Alison J Gibberd, Judy M Simpson, Bridgette J McNamara, Sandra J Eades

Journal article  |  2019  |  LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Low birthweight, which is common among Australian Aboriginal infants, has been found to persist across generations bec..

Factors relating to high psychological distress in Indigenous Australians and their contribution to Indigenous-non-Indigenous disparities

Bridgette J McNamara, Emily Banks, Lina Gubhaju, Grace Joshy, Anna Williamson, Beverley Raphael, Sandra Eades

Journal article  |  2018  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

OBJECTIVE: To explore factors associated with high psychological distress among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians and thei..