Sudden cardiac death is more common and coronary heart disease and rheumatic heart disease are the most common causes in First Nations Australians in the Northern Territory of Australia under the age of 40 years. The authors contend that there is a need for First Nation Australians specific local guidelines for a comprehensive pre-participation Heart-Health assessment.

This study found that Māori, Pasifika, and patients from low socioeconomic areas are underrepresented among presentations to sports medicine clinics in Auckland, New Zealand. Multiple strategies are needed at a system and provider level to address these inequities.

This pilot study examined the psycho-physical demands experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women during several Traditional Indigenous Games and recommends culturally relevant interventions to improve physical activity levels and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

In this systematic review, the authors found that studies that centre Indigenous-led and community-based prevention programs that value self-determination, community agency and autonomy to advance holistic health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples offer promise in the elimination of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heard disease.

The authors point out that Mātauranga Māori/Māori knowledge emphasises that pain and its healing should be considered multidimensional, incorporating physical, mental and relational components, existing in the spiritual realm and incorporating links between people, places, the past and future. They suggest that pain services incorporate this knowledge of the spiritual, social and psychological aspects of pain and pain management to provide more meaningful care for people with pain.

The authors find that urposefully including insights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural ways of being and doing and a specific focus on the structural drivers of inequity in access, health and social outcomes burdened by this population group may contribute to effectively caring for the additional unique social and emotional wellbeing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers of aged care.

The author argues that Imprisonment will not address the harm experienced by victims of crime or heal complex intergenerational trauma and complex needs experienced by Indigenous Australian children. They contend that culturally responsive programs which are Indigenous-led, placed based, holistic, life-course, and healing and family centred have a much better chance of addressing this issue

The authors highlight how the Indigenous view of health has always understood the interconnects among people, animals and the environment, which is the foundation of what is now a western concept called “One Health”. They call for Indigenous understandings of the connection to be embedded into One Health approaches. They propose that future studies utilise local Indigenous seasonal calendars, which are often based on environmental cues, to help understand the seasonal effects of zoonoses.

The author raises the vital issue of the impact of the climate crisis on Torres Strait Islander Country and its people. Torres Strait Islander cultures are interwoven throughout the article. He calls for Torres Strait Islander self-determined led research into climate and health

This study developed an Older Persons' Index of Multiple Deprivation (OPIMD) specifically for New Zealanders aged 65 and over by combining 22 indicators across six deprivation domains to create an individual-level measure. Validated using smoking data and mapped geographically, the OPIMD offers a tailored tool to better inform resource allocation and policy decisions for the older population, with further research needed to explore its links to health and social outcomes.