Investigating disparity in access to Australian clinical genetic health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Joanne Luke; Philippa Dalach; Lindsay Tuer; Ravi Savarirayan; Angeline Ferdinand; Julie McGaughran; Emma Kowal; Libby Massey; Gail Garvey; Hugh Dawkins; Misty Jenkins; Yin Paradies; Glenn Pearson; Chloe A. Stutterd; Gareth Baynam; Margaret Kelaher

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32707-0

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Investigating disparity in access to Australian clinical genetic health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Joanne Luke,
Philippa Dalach,
Lindsay Tuer,
Ravi Savarirayan,
Angeline Ferdinand,
Julie McGaughran,
Emma Kowal,
Libby Massey,
Gail Garvey,
Hugh Dawkins,
Misty Jenkins,
Yin Paradies,
Glenn Pearson,
Chloe A. Stutterd,
Gareth Baynam,
Margaret Kelaher

Affiliations

Joanne Luke: Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne
Philippa Dalach: Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne
Lindsay Tuer: Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Ravi Savarirayan: Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Angeline Ferdinand: Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne
Julie McGaughran: Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Emma Kowal: Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
Libby Massey: Machado Joseph Disease Foundation
Gail Garvey: Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Disease Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University
Hugh Dawkins: School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia
Misty Jenkins: Immunology, Walter Eliza Hall Institute
Yin Paradies: School of Humanities and Social Science, Deakin University
Glenn Pearson: Telethon Kids Institute and Division of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia
Chloe A. Stutterd: Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Gareth Baynam: Telethon Kids Institute and Division of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia
Margaret Kelaher: Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32707-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Globally it is recognised that Indigenous populations should be able to access the benefits of genomics and precision medicine. Here, authors show that there are disparities in access to clinical genetic health services for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Australia.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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