Inclusion of Indigenous Australians in biobanks: a step to reducing inequity in health care

Elsum, Imogen, McEwan, Callum, Kowal, Emma E., Cadet-James, Yvonne, Kelaher, Margaret, and Woodward, Lynn (2019) Inclusion of Indigenous Australians in biobanks: a step to reducing inequity in health care. Medical Journal of Australia, 211 (1). 7-9e1.

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Abstract

[Extract] Biobanks are collections of biological specimens, with accompanying health and demographic information, stored and maintained for research purposes.1 Research may range from large scale population-based longitudinal studies or more defined disease and tissue-specific initiatives. In both observational and cohort studies, biobanks provide an invaluable resource that allows researchers to examine the complex range of factors which contribute to disease, without having to devote time to, and source funding for, the collection and storage of samples.

Item ID: 60054
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1326-5377
Keywords: Biological specimen banks, Social determinants of health
Copyright Information: © 2019 The Authors. Medical Journal of Australia published by AMPCo Pty Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Date Deposited: 24 Jul 2019 07:41
FoR Codes: 45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4504 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing > 450402 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander biomedical and clinical sciences @ 40%
42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4206 Public health > 420602 Health equity @ 30%
50 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES > 5001 Applied ethics > 500101 Bioethics @ 30%
SEO Codes: 21 INDIGENOUS > 2103 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health > 210301 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander determinants of health @ 30%
13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1303 Ethics > 130301 Bioethics @ 70%
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