Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Indigenous genetics and rare diseases: Harmony, diversity and equity

    Access Status
    Fulltext not available
    Authors
    Baynam, Gareth
    Molster, C.
    Bauskis, A.
    Kowal, E.
    Savarirayan, R.
    Kelaher, M.
    Easteal, S.
    Massey, L.
    Garvey, G.
    Goldblatt, J.
    Pachter, N.
    Weeramanthri, Tarun
    Dawkins, Hugh
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Book Chapter
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Baynam, G. and Molster, C. and Bauskis, A. and Kowal, E. and Savarirayan, R. and Kelaher, M. and Easteal, S. et al. 2017. Indigenous genetics and rare diseases: Harmony, diversity and equity. In Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 511-520. Switzerland: Springer.
    Source Title
    Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
    DOI
    10.1007/978-3-319-67144-4_27
    ISBN
    0065-2598
    School
    School of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71084
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © Springer International Publishing AG 2017. Advances in our understanding of genetic and rare diseases are changing the face of healthcare. Crucially, the global community must implement these advances equitably to reduce health disparities, including between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. We take an Australian perspective to illustrate some key areas that are fundamental to the equitable translation of new knowledge for the improved diagnosis of genetic and rare diseases for Indigenous people. Specifically, we focus on inequalities in access to clinical genetics services and the lack of genetic and phenomic reference data to inform diagnoses. We provide examples of ways in which these inequities are being addressed through Australian partnerships to support a harmonious and inclusive approach to ensure that benefits from traditional wisdom, community knowledge and shared experiences are interwoven to support and inform implementation of new knowledge from genomics and precision public health. This will serve to deliver benefits to all of our diverse citizens, including Indigenous populations.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • The Indigenous Aetas of Bataan, Philippines: Extraordinary Genetic Origins, Modern History and Land Rights
      McHenry, M.; Anwar McHenry, Julia; Balilla, V.; Parkinson, R.M. (2013)
      The Aeta Magbukún of Bataan in Luzon, the Philippines remain one of the least known and documented Indigenous tribes. They retain primarily subsistence hunter-gathering strategies to supply their basic needs. They also ...
    • The Australian community methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus endemic : clonal spread or multiple evolutionary events
      Coombs, Geoffrey Wallace (2012)
      Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) was first reported in remote indigenous communities living in the sparsely populated Kimberley region of Western Australia (WA). Between 1989 and ...
    • Population genomics of Australian indigenous Mesorhizobium reveals diverse nonsymbiotic genospecies capable of nitrogen-fixing symbioses following horizontal gene transfer
      Colombi, Elena ; Hill, Y.; Lines, Rose ; Sullivan, J.T.; Kohlmeier, M.G.; Christophersen, Claus ; Ronson, C.W.; Terpolilli, J.J.; Ramsay, Joshua (2023)
      Mesorhizobia are soil bacteria that establish nitrogen-fixing symbioses with various legumes. Novel symbiotic mesorhizobia frequently evolve following horizontal transfer of symbiosis-gene-carrying integrative and conjugative ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.