PURPOSE To discuss cultural safety and critique the provision of culturally appropriate maternity services to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia. PROCEDURE The literature and policies around 'culture' and 'cultural safety' are discussed and applied to the provision of maternity services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in remote areas of Australia. ...

Erica australis, E. scoparia, E. arborea and Calluna 6ulgaris are the most abundant heath species on acid, sandstone-derived soils of the Strait of Gibraltar region (southern Spain and northern Morocco). Despite their apparently similar ecological requirements, these four species are somewhat ecologically segregated. Erica australis is abundant only on poor, shallow soils, with a high content i...

The striped gecko (Hoplodactylus stephensi Robb 1980) is one of the rarest and most restricted of the New Zealand lizards. Until now it has been found only on Stephens Island in western Cook Strait and Maud Island in Pelorus Sound. The species is strongly nocturnal and primarily arboreal, inhabiting shrublands and forest remnants. In March 1997 an unusual and distinctive gecko was found in a ho...

INTRODUCTION This article describes the use and effectiveness of the participatory action research (PAR) framework to better understand community members' perceptions and risks of pandemic influenza. In 2009, the H1N1 influenza pandemic affected Indigenous populations more than non-Indigenous populations in Oceania and the Americas. Higher prevalence of comorbidities (diabetes, obesity, asthma ...

Elevated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) concentrations have been detected in high trophic level wildlife and have been associated with endocrine disruption and other adverse health effects. Recent evidence indicates that harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) inhabiting Puget Sound, WA are approximately seven times more contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) than those inhabiting the ...

Van Geen, A. and Boyle, A., 190. Variability of trace-metal fluxes through the Strait of Gibraltar. In: L.D. Labeyrie and C. Jeandel (Editors), Geochemical Variability in the Oceans, Ice and Sediments. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. (Global Planet. Change Sect.), 89: 65-79.. Three water masses originating in the Atlantic and entering the Alboran Sea through the Strait of Gibraltar h...

BACKGROUND Australian Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders (Indigenous Australians) smoke at much higher rates than non-Indigenous people and smoking is an important contributor to increased disease, hospital admissions and deaths in Indigenous Australian populations. Smoking cessation programs in Australia have not had the same impact on Indigenous smokers as on non-Indigenous smoker...

the johor strait is an estuarine system located on the coast of the state of johor in malaysia.the western part of johor strait is a shallow estuarine located between causeway and pulai river. ahydrodynamic model was calibrated based on the environmental fluid dynamic code (efdc) from 4th to 17th of october, 2009. in this calibration, the efdc hydrodynamic model was configured to simulate time ...

Marine sediment deposits near the Qiongzhou Strait have great potential as sources for beach nourishment and infrastructure industry aggregates. Estimation of bedload transport during spring tide improves understanding movement characteristic under dynamic conditions, which would further favor assessment mining marine sand resources. To study at eastern entrance Strait, surficial distributions ...