Researcher biography
Professor James Ward is a Pitjantjatjara and Narungga man, an infectious diseases epidemiologist and a national leader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research. He is currently the Director of the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at The University of Queensland.
Holding various roles over the last 25 years in Aboriginal public health policy for both government and non-government organisations, in urban regional and remote communities he has built a national program of research in the epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases, with a particular focus on STIs, HIV and viral hepatitis in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Professor Ward has previously worked at the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Baker IDI in Alice Springs and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. He has served on numerous national and international committees including the Communicable Diseases Network of Australia, the Australian National Council on Alcohol and Drugs, the CDNA COVID-19 Working Group and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander COVID-19 Taskforce. He has over 160 publications and leads several large scale public health and infectious diseases studies.
Publications
Journal Articles
Spierings, Shea, Oguoma, Victor M., Shakeshaft, Anthony, Walker, Jim, Toombs, Maree and Ward, James S. (2024). Knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and attitudes to and behaviours regarding COVID-19 and influenza vaccination: a survey. Medical Journal of Australia. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52551
Harfield, Stephen, Purcell, Tara, Schioldann, Eliza, Ward, James, Pearson, Odette and Azzopardi, Peter (2024). Enablers and barriers to primary health care access for Indigenous adolescents: a systematic review and meta-aggregation of studies across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and USA. BMC Health Services Research, 24 (1) 553. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-10796-5
Harfield, Stephen, Azzopardi, Peter, Mishra, Gita D. and Ward, James S. (2024). An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent model of primary health care. Medical Journal of Australia, 221 (10), 512-515. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52484
Elliott, S., Flynn, E., Mathew, S., Hajarizadeh, B., Martinello, M., Wand, H. and Ward, J. (2024). Prevalence of hepatitis C virus exposure and infection among Indigenous and tribal populations: a global systematic review and meta-analysis. Public Health, 233, 65-73. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.04.035
Harfield, Stephen, Elliott, Salenna, Barzi, Federica, Minto, Kiara, Dean, Judith A. and Ward, James (2024). Sexual risk and testing for sexually transmissible infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous young South Australians: results of an online survey. Sexual Health, 21 (4) ARTN SH24041, 1-9. doi: 10.1071/sh24041
Hughes, Jaquelyne, Kennedy, Michelle, Kong, Kelvin, Mohamed, Janine, Pearson, Odette, Stewart, Paul, Ward, James, Barbour, Virginia and Zuccala, Elizabeth (2024). Special Issue in partnership with the Lowitja Institute: centring Indigenous knowledges. Medical Journal of Australia, 221 (1), 3-4. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52360
Causer, Louise M., Ward, James (TTANGO2 Collaboration), Smith, Kirsty, Saha, Amit, Andrewartha, Kelly, Wand, Handan, Hengel, Belinda, Badman, Steven G., Tangey, Annie, Matthews, Susan, Mak, Donna, Gunathilake, Manoji, Moore, Elizabeth, Speers, David, Persing, David, Anderson, David, Whiley, David (TTANGO2 Collaboration), Maher, Lisa, Regan, David, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher, Kaldor, John, Shephard, Mark, Guy, Rebecca and TTANGO2 Collaboration (2024). Clinical effectiveness and analytical quality of a national point-of-care testing network for sexually transmitted infections integrated into rural and remote primary care clinics in Australia, 2016–2022: an observational program evaluation. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 48 101110, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101110
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Bradfield, Abraham, Ward, James, Spierings, Shea, McAvoy, Sue, Combo, Troy and Toth-Peter, Agnes (2024). ‘We know what our communities need’: What the Indigenous health sector reveals about pandemic preparedness in urban Indigenous communities in Australia. First Nations Health and Wellbeing - The Lowitja Journal, 2 100019, 100019. doi: 10.1016/j.fnhli.2024.100019
Marshall, Helen, Ward, James, Wang, Bing, Andraweera, Prabha, McMillan, Mark, Flood, Louise, Bell, Charlotte, Sisnowski, Jana, Krause, Vicki, Webby, Rosalind, Childs, Emma, Gunathilake, Manoji, Egoroff, Natasha, Leong, Lex, Lawrence, Andrew, Baird, Rob, Freeman, Kevin, Menouhos, Dimitrios, Whiley, David M, Karnon, Jonathan, van Hal, Sebastian and Lahra, Monica M (2024). Comprehensive observational study evaluating the enduring effectiveness of 4CMenB, the meningococcal B vaccine against gonococcal infections in the Northern Territory and South Australia, Australia: study protocol. BMJ Open, 14 (5) e079144, 1-8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079144
Dias-Karunaratne, N, Whop, L, Ward, J, Vujovich-Dunn, C, Amin, J, Dakiniewich, A and Dyda, A (2024). Representation of marginalised populations in digital surveillance for notifiable conditions in Australia: a systematic review. Perspectives in Public Health, 144 (3), 17579139241237101-173. doi: 10.1177/17579139241237101
Engstrom, Teyl, Lobo, Elton H., Watego, Kristie, Nelson, Carmel, Wang, Jinxiang, Wong, Howard, Kim, Sungkyung Linda, Oh, Soo In, Lawley, Michael, Gorse, Alain-Dominique, Ward, James and Sullivan, Clair (2024). Indigenous data governance approaches applied in research using routinely collected health data: a scoping review. npj Digital Medicine, 7 (1) 68, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41746-024-01070-3
Walker, Clara, Begum, Tahmina, Boyle, Jacqueline A., Ward, James and Barzi, Federica (2024). Preconception health of Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States: a scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21 (3) 345, 1-39. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21030345
Reilly, Rachel, McKetin, Rebecca, Barzi, Federica, Degan, Tayla, Ezard, Nadine, Conigrave, Kate, Butt, Julia, Roe, Yvette, Wand, Handan, Quinn, Brendan, Longbottom, Wade, Treloar, Carla, Dunlop, Adrian and Ward, James (2024). A web-based application for reducing methamphetamine use amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: A wait-list control randomised trial. (Preprint). Journal of Medical Internet Research. doi: 10.2196/58341
Sivak, Leda, Reilly, Rachel, Crumpen, Shani, Treloar, Carla, McKetin, Rebecca, Butt, Julia, Roe, Yvette, Ezard, Nadine, Quinn, Brendan, Nagle, Jack, Longbottom, Wade, Warrior, Clifford and Ward, James (2024). Reducing Methamphetamine Use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities with the We Can Do This Web-App: Qualitative Evaluation of Acceptability and Feasibility (Preprint). JMIR Formative Research. doi: 10.2196/58369
Lafferty, L., Beadman, M., Ward, J., Flynn, E., Hosseini-Hooshyar, S., Martinello, M. and Treloar, C. (2024). Patient and healthcare provider perceptions of acceptability of fingerstick point-of-care hepatitis C testing at Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Australia. International Journal of Drug Policy, 125 104335, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104335
Mamun, Abdullah A., Kanmiki, Edmund Wedam, Leske, Stuart, Stajic, Janet and Ward, James (2024). Research needed on urban Indigenous health inequalities. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 102 (2), 146-148. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290868
Huda, M. Mamun, Ward, James and Mamun, Abdullah Al (2024). Measuring progress toward the Closing the Gap healthy birthweight target for Indigenous babies: an analysis of Queensland perinatal data, 2011–2020. Medical Journal of Australia, 221 (5), 277-278. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52408
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Bradfield, Abraham, McAvoy, Sue, Ward, James, Spierings, Shea, Combo, Troy and Toth‐Peter, Agnes (2023). Responding to COVID‐19: How group model building can assist the health and well‐being of urban Indigenous communities in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 59 (2), 462-486. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.303
Oguoma, V.M., Mathew, S., Begum, T., Dyson, E., Ward, J., Leach, A.J. and Barzi, F. (2023). Trajectories of otitis media and association with health determinants among Indigenous children in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. Public Health, 225, 53-62. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.09.010
Stajic, Janet, Carson, Adrian and Ward, James (2023). Rationale and plan for a focus on First Nations urban health research in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 220 (2), 64-66. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52181
Sivak, Leda, Reilly, Rachel, Lockton, Jane, Treloar, Carla, Roe, Yvette, McKetin, Rebecca, Butt, Julia, Ezard, Nadine, Winkenweder, Hilina and Ward, James (2023). Psychosocial stress and methamphetamine use: a mixed-methods study of intersectional stigma and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander methamphetamine use. International Journal of Drug Policy, 121 104189, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104189
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Bradfield, Abraham, Ward, James, McAvoy, Sue, Spierings, Shea, Toth-Peter, Agnes and Combo, Troy (2023). Mapping pandemic responses in urban Indigenous Australia: Reflections on systems thinking and pandemic preparedness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47 (5) 100084, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100084
McCormack, Heather, Wand, Handan, Bourne, Christopher, Ward, James, Bradley, Clare, Mak, Donna and Guy, Rebecca (2023). Integrating testing for sexually transmissible infections into annual health assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people: a cross-sectional analysis. Sexual Health, 20 (6), 488-496. doi: 10.1071/SH23107
Mathew, Saira, Barzi, Federica, Clifford-Motopi, Anton, Brown Nunuccal, Renee, Ward, James, Mills, Richard, Turner, Lyle, White, Antoinette, Eaton, Martie and Butler, Danielle (2023). Transformation to a patient-centred medical home led and delivered by an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, and association with engagement and quality-of-care: quantitative findings from a pilot study. BMC Health Services Research, 23 (1) 959, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09955-x
Wand, Handan, Reilly, Rachel, McKetin, Rebecca, Quinn, Brendan, Roe, Yvette, Conigrave, Kate, Ezard, Nadine, Butt, Julia, Treloar, Carla, Sivak, Leda, Shackleford, India, Dunlop, Adrian and Ward, James (2023). Investigating associations between methamphetamine use, mental health and risky sexual behaviours amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Mental Health and Prevention, 30 200267, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.mhp.2023.200267
Jeong, Keunwoo, Mallard, Alistair R., Coombe, Leanne and Ward, James (2023). Artificial intelligence and prediction of cardiometabolic disease: systematic review of model performance and potential benefits in indigenous populations. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 139 102534, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2023.102534
Lim, David, Phillips, Emily, Bradley, Clare and Ward, James (2023). Barriers and facilitators to hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in rural South Australia: a service providers’ perspective. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (5) 4415, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054415
Carter, Allison, McManus, Hamish, Ward, James S., Vickers, Tobias, Asselin, Jason, Baillie, Greta, Chow, Eric P. F., Chen, Marcus Y., Fairley, Christopher K., Bourne, Christopher, McNulty, Anna, Read, Phillip, Heath, Kevin, Ryder, Nathan, McCloskey, Jenny, Carmody, Christopher, McCormack, Heather, Alexander, Kate, Casey, Dawn, Stoove, Mark, Hellard, Margaret E., Donovan, Basil and Guy, Rebecca J. (2023). Infectious syphilis in women and heterosexual men in major Australian cities: sentinel surveillance data, 2011–2019. Medical Journal of Australia, 218 (5), 223-228. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51864
Sanjida, Saira, Garvey, Gail, Ward, James, Bainbridge, Roxanne, Shakeshaft, Anthony, Hadikusumo, Stephanie, Nelson, Carmel, Thilakaratne, Prabasha and Hou, Xiang-Yu (2022). Indigenous Australians’ experiences of cancer care: a narrative literature review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (24) 16947, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416947
Routledge, K., Snijder, M., Newton, N., Ward, J., Doyle, M., Chapman, C., Champion, K. E., Lees, B., Garlick Bock, S., Wang, Y., Olthuis, P. W., Lee, K. S.K., Teesson, M. and Stapinski, L. (2022). Acceptability and feasibility of Strong & Deadly Futures, a culturally-inclusive alcohol and drug prevention program for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander secondary students. SSM Mental Health, 2 100073, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100073
Butler, Danielle, Clifford-Motopi, Anton, Mathew, Saira, Nelson, Carmel, Brown, Renee, Gardner, Karen, Turner, Lyle, Coombe, Leanne, Roe, Yvette, Gao, Yu and Ward, James (2022). Study protocol: primary healthcare transformation through patient-centred medical homes—improving access, relational care and outcomes in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, a mixed methods prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 12 (e061037) e061037, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061037
Larkin, Michael, Mahmood, Mohammad, Ward, James, Hummerston, Beth, Johnson, David and Laurence, Caroline (2022). Chronic hepatitis B management in six South Australian Aboriginal community controlled health services. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 28 (6), 508-513. doi: 10.1071/PY21272
Gendera, Sandra, Treloar, Carla, Reilly, Rachel, Conigrave, Katherine M., Butt, Julia, Roe, Yvette and Ward, James (2022). ‘Even though you hate everything that's going on, you know they are safer at home’: the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in methamphetamine use harm reduction and their own support needs. Drug and Alcohol Review, 41 (6), 1428-1439. doi: 10.1111/dar.13481
Causer, Louise, Liu, Bette, Watts, Caroline, McManus, Hamish, Donovan, Basil, Ward, James, Guy, Rebecca and On behalf of the TTANGO2 Collaboration (2022). Hospitalisations for pelvic inflammatory disease in young Aboriginal women living in remote Australia: the role of chlamydia and gonorrhoea. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 98 (6) sextrans-2021-055242, 445-447. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2021-055242
D'Costa, Belinda, Lobo, Roanna, Sibosado, Amanda, Leavy, Justine E., Crawford, Gemma and Ward, James (2022). Evaluation of the Young, Deadly, Syphilis Free multi-media campaign in remote Australia. PLoS One, 17 (9 September) e0273658, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273658
Clark, Paul J., Valery, Patricia C., Ward, James, Strasser, Simone I., Weltman, Martin, Thompson, Alexander, Levy, Miriam T., Leggett, Barbara, Zekry, Amany, Rong, Julian, Angus, Peter, George, Jacob, Bollipo, Steven, McGarity, Bruce, Sievert, William, Macquillan, Gerry, Tse, Edmund, Nicoll, Amanda, Wade, Amanda, Chu, Geoff, Harding, Damian, Cheng, Wendy, Farrell, Geoff and Roberts, Stuart K. (2022). Hepatitis C treatment outcomes for Australian First Nations Peoples: equivalent SVR rate but higher rates of loss to follow-up. BMC Gastroenterology, 22 (1) 339, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12876-022-02416-5
Hui, Ben B., Ward, James S., Guy, Rebecca, Law, Matthew G., Gray, Richard T. and Regan, David G. (2022). Impact of testing strategies to combat a major syphilis outbreak among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: A mathematical modeling study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9 (5) ofac119, ofac119. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac119
Miller, Peter, Coomber, Kerri, Smith, James, Livingston, Michael, Stevens, Matthew, Guthridge, Steven, Room, Robin, Wright, Cassandra J C, Rung, Daile, Clifford, Sarah, Baldwin, Ryan, Das, Sumon, Paradies, Yin, Scott, Debbie, Griffiths, Kalinda E., Farmer, Clare, Mayshak, Richelle, Silver, Bronwyn, Moore, Sam, Mack, Jordan, Mithen, Vincent, Dyall, Danielle, Ward, J., Boffa, John and Chikritzhs, Tanya (2022). Learning from alcohol (policy) reforms in the Northern Territory (LEARNT): protocol for a mixed-methods study examining the impacts of the banned drinker register. BMJ open, 12 (4) e058614, e058614. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058614
Fredericks, Bronwyn, Bradfield, Abraham, McAvoy, Sue, Ward, James, Spierings, Shea, Combo, Troy and Toth-Peter, Agnes (2022). Burden of the Beast : countering conspiracies and misinformation within Indigenous Communities in Australia. M/C Journal, 25 (1). doi: 10.5204/mcj.2862
Marshall, Helen S., Andraweera, Prabha H., Ward, James, Kaldor, John, Andrews, Ross, Macartney, Kristine, Richmond, Peter, Krause, Vicki, Koehler, Ann, Whiley, David, Giles, Lynne, Webby, Rosalind, D’antoine, Heather, Karnon, Jonathan, Baird, Rob, Lawrence, Andrew, Petousis-Harris, Helen, Wals, Philippe De, Greenwood-Smith, Belinda, Binks, Michael and Whop, Lisa (2022). An observational study to assess the effectiveness of 4CMenB against meningococcal disease and carriage and gonorrhea in adolescents in the Northern Territory, Australia—study protocol. Vaccines, 10 (2) 309, 309. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10020309
Lafferty, Lise, Smith, Kirsty, Causer, Louise, Andrewartha, Kelly, Whiley, David, Badman, Steven G., Donovan, Basil, Anderson, Lorraine, Tangey, Annie, Mak, Donna, Maher, Lisa, Shephard, Mark, Guy, Rebecca, on behalf of the TTANGO2 Collaboration, Bastian, Lisa, Ward, James, Kaldor, John, Comerford, Crissy, Bushby, Trish, Moore, Liz, Gunathilake, Manoji, Johnson, David and Gallant, Daniel (2021). Scaling up sexually transmissible infections point-of-care testing in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: healthcare workers’ perceptions of the barriers and facilitators. Implementation Science Communications, 2 (1) 127. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00232-8
Stephens, Jacqueline H., Gray, Richard T, Guy, Rebecca, Vickers, Tobias and Ward, James (2021). A HIV diagnosis and treatment cascade for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. AIDS Care, 35 (1), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2021.2001416
Stapinski, Lexine, Routledge, Kylie, Snijder, Mieke, Doyle, Michael, Champion, Katrina, Chapman, Cath, Ward, James, Baumgart, Amanda, Lee, KS. Kylie, Teesson, Maree and Newton, Nicola (2021). Strong & Deadly Futures, a web-based alcohol and other drug prevention program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 11 (1) e34530, e34530. doi: 10.2196/34530
Thurber, Katherine A., Barrett, Eden M., Agostino, Jason, Chamberlain, Catherine, Ward, James, Wade, Vicki, Belfrage, Mary, Maddox, Raglan, Peiris, David, Walker, Jennie, Baffour, Bernard, Wenitong, Mark, Law, Charlee, Senior, Timothy, Priest, Naomi, Freeman, Kate and Schramm, Tanya (2021). Risk of severe illness from COVID-19 among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults: the construct of ‘vulnerable populations’ obscures the root causes of health inequities. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45 (6), 658-663. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13172
Koehn, Katrina, Cassidy-Matthews, Chenoa, Pearce, Margo, Aspin, Clive, Pruden, Harlan, Ward, James, Mullen, Marama, Hogg, Robert S. and Nicholson, Valerie (2021). Rates of new HIV diagnoses among Indigenous peoples in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: 2009-2017. AIDS, 35 (10), 1683-1687. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002977
Hengel, Belinda, Causer, Louise, Matthews, Susan, Smith, Kirsty, Andrewartha, Kelly, Badman, Steven, Spaeth, Brooke, Tangey, Annie, Cunningham, Phillip, Phillips, Emily, Ward, James, Watts, Caroline, King, Jonathan, Applegate, Tanya, Shephard, Mark and Guy, Rebecca (2021). A decentralised point-of-care testing model to address inequities in the COVID-19 response. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21 (7), e183-e190. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30859-8
Mallard, Alistair, Pesantes, Maria Amalia, Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol and Ward, James (2021). An urgent call to collect data related to COVID-19 and Indigenous populations globally. BMJ Global Health, 6 (3) e004655, e004655. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004655
Snijder, Mieke, Lees, Briana, Stearne, Annalee, Ward, James, Garlick Bock, Sophia, Newton, Nicola and Stapinski, Lexine (2021). An ecological model of drug and alcohol use and related harms among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a systematic review of the literature. Preventive Medicine Reports, 21 101277, 101277. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101277
Howell, Jessica, Ward, James S., Davies, Jane, Clark, Paul J. and Davis, Joshua S. (2021). Hepatocellular carcinoma in Indigenous Australians: a call to action. Medical Journal of Australia, 214 (5), 201-202.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50961
D’Costa, Belinda, Lobo, Roanna and Ward, James (2021). Lessons learned from the implementation of the Young Deadly Free peer education programme in remote and very remote Australian Aboriginal communities. Sex Education, 22 (2), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/14681811.2021.1879775
Snijder, Mieke, Stapinski, Lexine, Ward, James, Lees, Briana, Chapman, Cath, Champion, Katrina, Doyle, Michael, Watson, Ian, Sarra, Rachael, Lear, Amanda, Bock, Sophia Garlick, Teesson, Maree and Newton, Nicola (2021). Strong and deadly futures: Co-development of a web-based wellbeing and substance use prevention program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (4) 2176, 1-25. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18042176
Lubel, John S., Roberts, Stuart K., Howell, Jessica, Ward, James and Shackel, Nichols A. (2021). Current issues in the prevalence, diagnosis and management of hepatocellular carcinoma in Australia. Internal Medicine Journal, 51 (2), 181-188. doi: 10.1111/imj.15184
Bell, Stephen, Aggleton, Peter, Lockyer, Andrew, Ferguson, Tellisa, Murray, Walbira, Silver, Bronwyn, Kaldor, John, Maher, Lisa and Ward, James (2021). Working with Aboriginal young people in sexual health research: a peer research methodology in remote Australia. Qualitative Health Research, 31 (1) ARTN 1049732320961348, 16-28. doi: 10.1177/1049732320961348
Harfield, Stephen, Elliott, Salenna, Ramsey, Liam, Housen, Tambri and Ward, James (2021). Using social networking sites to recruit participants: methods of an online survey of sexual health, knowledge and behaviour of young South Australians. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45 (4) 1753-6405.13117, 1-7. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13117
Stanley, Fiona, Langton, Marcia, Ward, James, McAullay, Daniel and Eades, Sandra (2021). Australian First Nations response to the pandemic: a dramatic reversal of the ‘gap’. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57 (12), 1853-1856. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15701
Reilly, Rachel, Gendera, Sandra, Treloar, Carla, Roe, Yvette, Conigrave, Kate, Azzopardi, Peter and Ward, James (2020). Identifying risk and protective factors, including culture and identity, for methamphetamine use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: relevance of the ‘communities that care’ model. Social Science & Medicine, 266 113451, 113451. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113451
Lobo, Roanna, D'Costa, Belinda, Forbes, Linda and Ward, James (2020). Young Deadly Free: impact evaluation of a sexual health youth peer education program in remote Australian communities. Sexual Health, 17 (5), 397-404. doi: 10.1071/sh20069
Moodie, Nikki, Ward, James, Dudgeon, Patricia, Adams, Karen, Altman, Jon, Casey, Dawn, Cripps, Kyllie, Davis, Megan, Derry, Kate, Eades, Sandra, Faulkner, Samantha, Hunt, Janet, Klein, Elise, McDonnell, Siobhan, Ring, Ian, Sutherland, Stewart and Yap, Mandy (2020). Roadmap to recovery: reporting on a research taskforce supporting Indigenous responses to COVID-19 in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 56 (1), 4-16. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.133
Bradley, Clare, Hengel, Belinda, Crawford, Katy, Elliott, Salenna, Donovan, Basil, Mak, Donna B., Nattabi, Barbara, Johnson, David, Guy, Rebecca, Fairley, Christopher K., Wand, Handan, Ward, James and and the Centre of Research Excellence in Aboriginal Sexual Health investigator group (2020). Establishment of a sentinel surveillance network for sexually transmissible infections and blood borne viruses in Aboriginal primary care services across Australia: the ATLAS project. BMC Health Services Research, 20 (1) 769, 769. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05388-y
Bell, Stephen, Ward, James, Aggleton, Peter, Murray, Walbira, Silver, Bronwyn, Lockyer, Andrew, Ferguson, Tellisa, Fairley, Christopher K., Whiley, David, Ryder, Nathan, Donovan, Basil, Guy, Rebecca, Kaldor, John and Maher, Lisa (2020). Young Aboriginal people's sexual health risk reduction strategies: a qualitative study in remote Australia. Sexual Health, 17 (4), 303-310. doi: 10.1071/SH19204
Reilly, Rachel, Wand, Handan, McKetin, Rebecca, Quinn, Brendan, Ezard, Nadine, Dunlop, Adrian, Conigrave, Kate, Treloar, Carla, Roe, Yvette, Gray, Dennis, Stephens, Jacqueline and Ward, James (2020). Survey methods and characteristics of a sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous people who have recently used methamphetamine: the NIMAC survey. Drug and Alcohol Review, 39 (6) dar.13085, 646-655. doi: 10.1111/dar.13085
Reilly, Rachel, Stephens, Jacqueline, Micklem, Jasmine, Tufanaru, Catalin, Harfield, Stephen, Fisher, Ike, Pearson, Odette and Ward, James (2020). Use and uptake of web-based therapeutic interventions amongst Indigenous populations in Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America and Canada: a scoping review. Systematic Reviews, 9 (1) 123. doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01374-x
Bell, Stephen, Aggleton, Peter, Ward, James, Murray, Walbira, Silver, Bronwyn, Lockyer, Andrew, Ferguson, Tellisa, Fairley, Christopher K., Whiley, David, Ryder, Nathan, Donovan, Basil, Guy, Rebecca, Kaldor, John and Maher, Lisa (2020). Young Aboriginal people's engagement with STI testing in the Northern Territory, Australia. BMC Public Health, 20 (1) 459, 459. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08565-0
Watson, Colin, Smith, Kirsty, Latif, Ahmed, Armstrong, Wendy, Ward, James, Guy, Rebecca and Senior, Kate (2020). Contextual and behavioural risk factors for sexually transmissible infections in young Aboriginal people in central Australia: a qualitative study. Sexual Health, 17 (2), 198-199. doi: 10.1071/SH19181
Ward, James S., Hengel, Belinda, Ah Chee, Donna, Havnen, Olga and Boffa, John D. (2020). Setting the record straight: sexually transmissible infections and sexual abuse in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Medical Journal of Australia, 212 (5) mja2.50492, 205-207.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50492
Snijder, Mieke, Stapinski, Lexine, Lees, Briana, Ward, James, Conrod, Patricia, Mushquash, Christopher, Belone, Lorenda, Champion, Katrina, Chapman, Cath, Teesson, Maree and Newton, Nicola (2020). Preventing substance use among indigenous adolescents in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a systematic review of the literature. Prevention Science, 21 (1), 65-85. doi: 10.1007/s11121-019-01038-w
Crooks, Kristy, Casey, Dawn and Ward, James S. (2020). First Nations peoples leading the way in COVID-19 pandemic planning, response and management. Medical Journal of Australia, 213 (4) mja2.50704, 151-152.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50704
Whitford, Kate, Callander, Denton, Smith, Lucy Watchirs, Guy, Rebecca, Kong, Marlene, Ward, James, Donovan, Basil, McManus, Hamish, Bell, Stephen, McGregor, Skye, Menon, Arun, Russell, Darren and O'Connor, Catherine C. (2020). Two distinct gonorrhea trends and risk factors among women in Australia. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 47 (1), 34-40. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001086
Reekie, Joanne, Donovan, Basil, Guy, Rebecca, Hocking, Jane S., Kaldor, John M., Mak, Donna, Preen, David, Ward, James, Liu, Bette and Chlamydia and Reproductive Health Outcome Investigators (2019). Risk of ectopic pregnancy and tubal infertility following gonorrhea and chlamydia infections. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 69 (9), 1621-1623. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz145
Ward, James, Guy, Rebecca J, Rumbold, Alice R, McGregor, Skye, Wand, Handan, McManus, Hamish, Dyda, Amalie, Garton, Linda, Hengel, Belinda, Silver, Bronwyn J, Taylor-Thomson, Debbie, Knox, Janet, Donovan, Basil, Law, Matthew, Maher, Lisa, Fairley, Christopher K, Skov, Steven, Ryder, Nathan, Moore, Elizabeth, Mein, Jacqueline, Reeve, Carole, Ah Chee, Donna, Boffa, John and Kaldor, John M (2019). Strategies to improve control of sexually transmissible infections in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet Global Health, 7 (11), e1553-e1563. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30411-5
Elliott, Salenna R., Betts, Sarah, Hobbs, Katie, Wand, Handan, Rumbold, Alice R., Ward, James and Johnson, David R. (2019). Analysis of diagnostic data for sexually transmissible infections in South Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (2008-16). Sexual Health, 16 (6), 566-573. doi: 10.1071/SH18189
Ellway, Daniel, Reilly, Rachel, Le Couteur, Amanda and Ward, James (2019). Exploring how people affected by methamphetamine exchange social support through online interactions on Facebook: content analysis. JMIR Mental Health, 6 (10) e14011, 1-12. doi: 10.2196/14011
Ford, Belinda K., Kong, Marlene, Ward, James S., Hocking, Jane S., Fairley, Christopher K., Donovan, Basil, Lorch, Rebecca, Spark, Simone, Law, Matthew, Kaldor, John and Guy, Rebecca (2019). Incomplete recording of Indigenous identification status under-estimates the prevalence of Indigenous population attending Australian general practices: a cross sectional study. BMC Health Services Research , 19 (1) 567, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4393-6
Reilly, Rachel, McKetin, Rebecca, Wand, Handan, Butt, Julia, Smout, Matthew, Ezard, Nadine, Conigrave, Katherine, Clark, Yvonne, Quinn, Brendan, Treloar, Carla, Gray, Dennis, Dunlop, Adrian, Roe, Yvette and Ward, James (2019). A web-based therapeutic program (We Can Do This) for reducing methamphetamine use and increasing help-seeking among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: Protocol for a randomized wait-list controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 8 (7) e14084, e14084. doi: 10.2196/14084
Gray, Richard T, Callander, Denton, Hocking, Jane S, McGregor, Skye, McManus, Hamish, Dyda, Amalie, Moreira, Clarissa, Braat, Sabine, Hengel, Belinda, Ward, James, Wilson, David P, Donovan, Basil, Kaldor, John M and Guy, Rebecca J (2019). Population-level diagnosis and care cascade for chlamydia in Australia. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 96 (2), 131-136. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2018-053801
Snijder, Mieke, Lees, Briana, Ward, James, Stearne, Annalee E., Newton, Nicola Clare and Stapinski, Lexine (2019). Developing an ecological framework of factors associated with substance use and related harms among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open, 9 (5) e024418, e024418. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024418
Gunaratnam, Praveena, Schierhout, Gill, Brands, Jenny, Maher, Lisa, Bailie, Ross, Ward, James, Guy, Rebecca, Rumbold, Alice, Ryder, Nathan, Fairley, Christopher K., Donovan, Basil, Moore, Liz, Kaldor, John and Bell, Stephen (2019). Qualitative perspectives on the sustainability of sexual health continuous quality improvement in clinics serving remote Aboriginal communities in Australia. BMJ Open, 9 (5) e026679, e026679. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026679
D'Costa, Belinda, Lobo, Roanna, Thomas, Jessica and Ward, James Steven (2019). Evaluation of the Young Deadly free peer education training program: early results, methodological challenges, and learnings for future evaluations. Frontiers in Public Health, 7 (APR) 74, 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00074
Gubhaju, Lina, Banks, Emily, Ward, James, D'Este, Catherine, Ivers, Rebecca, Roseby, Robert, Azzopardi, Peter, Williamson, Anna, Chamberlain, Catherine, Liu, Bette, Hotu, Cheri, Boyle, Jacqueline, McNamara, Bridgette and Eades, Sandra J (2019). 'Next Generation Youth Well-being Study:' understanding the health and social well-being trajectories of Australian Aboriginal adolescents aged 10-24 years: Study protocol. BMJ Open, 9 (3) e028734, e028734. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028734
Rogers, Geraint B., Ward, James, Brown, Alex and Wesselingh, Steve L. (2019). Inclusivity and equity in human microbiome research. Lancet , 393 (10173), 728-729. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)33204-5
Cooke, Graham S., Andrieux-Meyer, Isabelle, Applegate, Tanya L., Atun, Rifat, Burry, Jessica R., Cheinquer, Hugo, Dusheiko, Geoff, Feld, Jordan J., Gore, Charles, Griswold, Max G., Hamid, Saeed, Hellard, Margaret E., Hou, JinLin, Howell, Jess, Jia, Jidong, Kravchenko, Natalia, Lazarus, Jeffrey V, Lemoine, Maud, Lesi, Olufunmilayo A., Maistat, Liudmyla, McMahon, Brian J, Razavi, Homie, Roberts, Teri, Simmons, Bryony, Sonderup, Mark W., Spearman, C. Wendy, Taylor, Bridie E., Thomas, David L, Waked, Imam ... Ward, James (2019). Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 4 (2), 135-184. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30270-X
Howell, Jess, Pedrana, Alisa, Cowie, Benjamin C, Doyle, Joseph, Getahun, Aneley, Ward, James, Gane, Ed, Cunningham, Chris, Wallace, Jack, Lee, Alice, Malani, Jioji, Thompson, Alex and Hellard, Margaret E (2019). Aiming for the elimination of viral hepatitis in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands and Territories: where are we now and barriers to meeting World Health Organization targets by 2030. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 34 (1), 40-48. doi: 10.1111/jgh.14457
Harrod, Mary Ellen, Couzos, Sophia, Ward, James, Saunders, Mark, Donovan, Basil, Hammond, Belinda, Delaney-Thiele, Dea, Belfrage, Mary, Williams, Sid, Smith, Lucy Watchirs and Kaldor, John M. (2019). Gonorrhoea testing and positivity in non-remote Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. Sexual Health, 14 (4), 320-324. doi: 10.1071/SH16046
Guy, Rebecca J., Ward, James, Causer, Louise M., Natoli, Lisa, Badman, Steven G., Tangey, Annie, Hengel, Belinda, Wand, Handan, Whiley, David, Tabrizi, Sepehr N., Shephard, Mark, Fairley, Christopher K., Donovan, Basil, Anderson, David A., Regan, David G., Maher, Lisa and Kaldor, John M. (2018). Molecular point-of-care testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in Indigenous Australians attending remote primary health services (TTANGO): a cluster-randomised, controlled, crossover trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18 (10), 1117-1126. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30429-8
Ward, James, McManus, Hamish, McGregor, Skye, Hawke, Karen, Giele, Carolien, Su, Jiunn-Yih, McDonald, Ann, Guy, Rebecca, Donovan, Basil and Kaldor, John M (2018). HIV incidence in Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in Australia: a population-level observational study. The Lancet HIV, 5 (9), e506-e514. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30135-8
Smirnov, Andrew, Kemp, Robert, Ward, James, Henderson, Suzanna, Williams, Sidney, Dev, Abhilash and Najman, Jake M. (2018). Hepatitis C viral infection and imprisonment among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous people who inject drugs. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (7), 831-836. doi: 10.1111/dar.12845
Ward, James S., Hawke, Karen and Guy, Rebecca J. (2018). Priorities for preventing a concentrated HIV epidemic among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Medical Journal of Australia, 209 (1), 5-+. doi: 10.5694/mja17.01071
Stewart, Talei, Reilly, Rachel and Ward, James (2018). Community-based interventions to address alcohol and drug use in Indigenous populations in Australia, New Zealand and Canada: a systematic review protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 16 (7), 1485-1489. doi: 10.11124/JBISRIR-2017-003504
Reekie, J., Kaldor, J. M., Mak, D. B., Ward, J., Donovan, B., Hocking, J. S., Preen, D. and Liu, B. (2018). Long-term impact of childhood hepatitis B vaccination programs on prevalence among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women giving birth in Western Australia. Vaccine, 36 (23), 3296-3300. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.04.057
Causer, Louise M, Guy, Rebecca J, Tabrizi, Sepehr N, Whiley, David M, Speers, David John, Ward, James, Tangey, Annie, Badman, Steven G, Hengel, Belinda, Natoli, Lisa Jane, Anderson, David A, Wand, Handan, Wilson, David, Regan, David G, Shephard, Mark, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher K and Kaldor, John M (2018). Molecular test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea used at point of care in remote primary healthcare settings: a diagnostic test evaluation. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 94 (5), 340-345. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2017-053443
Hengel, Belinda, Bell, Stephen, Garton, Linda, Ward, James, Rumbold, Alice, Taylor-Thomson, Debbie, Silver, Bronwyn, McGregor, Skye, Dyda, Amalie, Knox, Janet, Guy, Rebecca, Maher, Lisa, Kaldor, John Martin, McDermott, Robyn, Skov, Steven, Boffa, John, Chee, Donna Ah., Law, Mathew, Fairley, Christopher, Donovan, Basil and Glance, David (2018). Perspectives of primary health care staff on the implementation of a sexual health quality improvement program: a qualitative study in remote aboriginal communities in Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 18 (1) 230. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3024-y
Reekie, Joanne, Roberts, Christine, Preen, David, Hocking, Jane S, Donovan, Basil, Ward, James, Mak, Donna B., Liu, Bette, Guy, Rebecca, Kaldor, John, Pearson, Sallie-Anne, Stewart, Louise and Wand, Handan (2018). Chlamydia trachomatis and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth, babies who are born small for gestational age, and stillbirth: a population-based cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18 (4), 452-460. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30045-8
Vujcich, Daniel, Thomas, Jessica, Crawford, Katy and Ward, James (2018). Indigenous youth peer-led health promotion in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States: a systematic review of the approaches, study designs, and effectiveness. Frontiers in Public Health, 6 (FEB) 31, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00031
Snijder, Mieke, Stapinski, Lexine, Lees, Briana, Newton, Nicola, Champion, Katrina, Chapman, Catherine, Ward, James and Teesson, Maree (2018). Substance use prevention programs for indigenous adolescents in the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: protocol for a systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 7 (2) e38, e38. doi: 10.2196/resprot.9012
Treloar, Carla, Hopwood, Max, Cama, Elena, Saunders, Veronica, Jackson, L.Clair, Walker, Melinda, Ooi, Catriona, Ubrihien, Ashley and Ward, James (2018). Evaluation of the Deadly Liver Mob program: insights for roll-out and scale-up of a pilot program to engage Aboriginal Australians in hepatitis C and sexual health education, screening, and care. Harm Reduction Journal, 15 (1) 5. doi: 10.1186/s12954-018-0209-y
Reekie, Joanne, Donovan, Basil, Guy, Rebecca, Hocking, Jane S., Kaldor, John M., Mak, Donna B., Pearson, Sallie, Preen, David, Stewart, L., Ward, James, Liu, Bette, Preen, David, Roberts, C. and Wand, H. (2018). Risk of pelvic inflammatory disease in relation to chlamydia and gonorrhea testing, repeat testing, and positivity: A population-based cohort study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66 (3), 437-443. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix769
Wand, Handan, Bryant, Joanne, Worth, Heather, Pitts, Marian, Kaldor, John M., Delaney-Thiele, Dea and Ward, James (2018). Low education levels are associated with early age of sexual debut, drug use and risky sexual behaviours among young Indigenous Australians. Sexual Health, 15 (1), 68-75. doi: 10.1071/SH17039
Deng, Lucy, Reekie, Joanne, Hayen, Andrew, Kong, Marlene, Kaldor, John M., Ward, James and Liu, Bette (2017). Comparison of recording of hepatitis B infection in the NSW Perinatal Data Collection with linked hepatitis B notifications. Public Health Research and Practice, 27 (5) e2751745, e2751745. doi: 10.17061/phrp2751745
Bell, Stephen, Aggleton, Peter, Ward, James and Maher, Lisa (2017). Sexual agency, risk and vulnerability: a scoping review of young Indigenous Australians’ sexual health. Journal of Youth Studies, 20 (9), 1208-1224. doi: 10.1080/13676261.2017.1317088
Gibson, Odette, Reilly, Rachel, Harfield, Stephen, Tufanaru, Catalin and Ward, James (2017). Web-based therapeutic interventions for assessing, managing and treating health conditions in Indigenous people: a scoping review protocol. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 15 (10), 2487-2494. doi: 10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-003324
Whiley, David M., Trembizki, Ella, Buckley, Cameron, Freeman, Kevin, Baird, Robert W., Beaman, Miles, Chen, Marcus, Donovan, Basil, Kundu, Ratan L., Fairley, Christopher K., Guy, Rebecca, Hogan, Tiffany, Kaldor, John M., Karimi, Mahdad, Limnios, Athena, Regan, David G., Ryder, Nathan, Su, Jiunn-Yih, Ward, James and Lahra, Monica M. (2017). Molecular antimicrobial resistance surveillance for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Northern Territory, Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23 (9), 1478-1485. doi: 10.3201/eid2309.170427
Wand, Handan, Bryant, Joanne, Pitts, Marian, Delaney-Thiele, Dea, Kaldor, John M., Worth, Heather and Ward, James (2017). Development of a risk algorithm to better target STI testing and treatment among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46 (7), 2145-2156. doi: 10.1007/s10508-017-0958-9
Deng, Lucy, Reekie, Joanne, Ward, James S., Hayen, Andrew, Kaldor, John M., Kong, Marlene, Hunt, Jennifer M. and Liu, Bette (2017). Trends in the prevalence of hepatitis B infection among women giving birth in New South Wales. Medical Journal of Australia, 206 (7), 301-305. doi: 10.5694/mja16.00823
Diplock, Gabrielle, Ward, James, Stewart, Simon, Scuffham, Paul, Stewart, Penny, Reeve, Carole, Davidson, Lea and Maguire, Graeme (2017). The Alice Springs Hospital Readmission Prevention Project (ASHRAPP): a randomised control trial [study protocol]. BMC Health Services Research, 17 (1) 153. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2077-7
Nattabi, Barbara, Matthews, Veronica, Bailie, Jodie, Rumbold, Alice, Scrimgeour, David, Schierhout, Gill, Ward, James, Guy, Rebecca, Kaldor, John, Thompson, Sandra C. and Bailie, Ross (2017). Wide variation in sexually transmitted infection testing and counselling at Aboriginal primary health care centres in Australia: analysis of longitudinal continuous quality improvement data. BMC Infectious Diseases, 17 (1) 148. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2241-z
Reekie, Joanne, Donovan, Basil, Guy, Rebecca, Hocking, Jane S., Kaldor, John M., Mak, Donna B., Pearson, Sallie, Preen, David, Wand, Handan, Ward, James and Liu, Bette (2017). Trends in chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity in Western Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women 2001-2013: A population-based cohort study. Sexual Health, 14 (6), 574-580. doi: 10.1071/SH16207
Hengel, Belinda, Wand, Handan, Ward, James, Rumbold, Alice, Garton, Linda, Taylor-Thomson, Debbie, Silver, Bronwyn, McGregor, Skye, Dyda, Amalie, Mein, Jacqueline, Knox, Janet, Maher, Lisa, Kaldor, John, Guy, Rebecca, McDermott, Robyn, Skov, Steven, Boffa, John, Ah Chee, Donna, Law, Matthew, Fairley, Christopher, Donovan, Basil and Glance, David (2017). Patient, staffing and health centre factors associated with annual testing for sexually transmissible infections in remote primary health centres. Sexual Health, 14 (3), 274-281. doi: 10.1071/SH16123
Trembizki, Ella, Wand, Handan, Donovan, Basil, Chen, Marcus, Fairley, Christopher K., Freeman, Kevin, Guy, Rebecca, Kaldor, John M., Lahra, Monica M., Lawrence, Andrew, Lau, Colleen, Pearson, Julie, Regan, David G., Ryder, Nathan, Smith, Helen, Stevens, Kerrie, Su, Jiunn-Yih, Ward, James and Whiley, David M. (2016). The molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia: a nationwide cross-sectional study, 2012. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 63 (12), 1591-1598. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw648
Wattiaux, Andrew Louis, Kevin Yin, J., Beard, Frank, Wesselingh, Steve, Cowie, Benjamin, Ward, James and Macartney, Kristine (2016). Hepatitis B immunization for indigenous adults, Australia. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 94 (11), 826-834A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.16.169524
Nattabi, Barbara, Gudka, Sajni, Ward, James and Rumbold, Alice (2016). Quality improvement interventions for improving the detection and management of curable sexually transmitted infections in primary care. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016 (10) CD012374. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012374
Ward, James S., Dyda, Amalie, McGregor, Skye, Rumbold, Alice, Garton, Linda, Donovan, Basil, Kaldor, John M. and Guy, Rebecca J. (2016). Low HIV testing rates among people with a sexually transmissible infection diagnosis in remote aboriginal communities. Medical Journal of Australia, 205 (4), 168-171. doi: 10.5694/mja15.01392
Wand, Handan, Ward, James, Bryant, Joanne, Delaney-Thiele, Dea, Worth, Heather, Pitts, Marian and Kaldor, John M. (2016). Individual and population level impacts of illicit drug use, sexual risk behaviours on sexually transmitted infections among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: results from the GOANNA survey. BMC Public Health, 16 (1) 600, 600. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3195-6
Bryant, Joanne, Ward, James, Wand, Handan, Byron, Kat, Bamblett, Andrew, Waples-Crowe, Peter, Betts, Sarah, Coburn, Tony, Delaney-Thiele, Dea, Worth, Heather, Kaldor, John and Pitts, Marian (2016). Illicit and injecting drug use among Indigenous young people in urban, regional and remote Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review, 35 (4), 447-455. doi: 10.1111/dar.12320
Cowling, Carleigh S., Liu, Bette C., Snelling, Thomas L., Ward, James S., Kaldor, John M. and Wilson, David P. (2016). Australian trachoma surveillance annual report, 2013. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report , 40 (2), E255-E266.
Ward, James, Bryant, Joanne, Wand, Handan, Kaldor, John, Delaney-Thiele, Dea, Worth, Heather, Betts, Sarah, Waples-Crowe, Peter, Cairnduff, Sallie, Coburn, Tony, Donovan, Basil and Pitts, Marian (2016). Methods of a national survey of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people regarding sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40 (S1), S96-S101. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12427
Ward, James, Wand, Handan, Bryant, Joanne, Delaney-Thiele, Dea, Worth, Heather, Pitts, Marian, Byron, Kat, Moore, Elizabeth, Donovan, Basil and Kaldor, John M (2016). Prevalence and correlates of a diagnosis of sexually transmitted infection among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a national survey. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 43 (3), 177-184. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000417
Silver, Bronwyn, Kaldor, John M., Rumbold, Alice, Ward, James, Smith, Kirsty, Dyda, Amalie, Ryder, Nathan, Yip, Teem-Wing, Su, Jiunn-Yih and Guy, Rebecca J. (2016). Community and clinic-based screening for curable sexually transmissible infections in a high prevalence setting in Australia: A retrospective longitudinal analysis of clinical service data from 2006 to 2009. Sexual Health, 13 (2), 140-147. doi: 10.1071/SH15077
Garton, Linda, Dyda, Amalie, Guy, Rebecca, Silver, Bronwyn, McGregor, Skye, Hengel, Belinda, Rumbold, Alice, Taylor-Thomson, Debbie, Knox, Janet, Maher, Lisa, Kaldor, John and Ward, James (2016). High chlamydia and gonorrhoea repeat positivity in remote Aboriginal communities 2009-2011: Longitudinal analysis of testing for re-infection at 3 months suggests the need for more frequent screening. Sexual Health, 13 (6), 568-574. doi: 10.1071/SH16025
Smirnov, Andrew, Kemp, Robert, Ward, James, Henderson, Suzanna, Williams, Sidney, Dev, Abhilash and Najman, Jake M. (2016). Patterns of drug dependence in a Queensland (Australia) sample of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who inject drugs. Drug and Alcohol Review, 35 (5), 611-619. doi: 10.1111/dar.12392
Natoli, Lisa, Guy, Rebecca J., Shephard, Mark, Causer, Louise, Badman, Steven G., Hengel, Belinda, Tangey, Annie, Ward, James, Coburn, Tony, Anderson, David, Kaldor, John, Maher, Lisa, Donovan, Basil, Wilson, David, Regan, David, Wand, Handan, Whiley, David, Tabrizi, Sepehr N. and Fairley, Christopher (2015). "I do feel like a scientist at times": a qualitative study of the acceptability of molecular point-of-care testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea to primary care professionals in a remote high STI burden setting. PLoS ONE, 10 (12) e0145993, e0145993. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145993
Tuttle, Camilla S.L., Van Dantzig, Thomas, Brady, Stephen, Ward, James and Maguire, Graeme (2015). The epidemiology of gonococcal arthritis in an Indigenous Australian population. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91 (7), 497-501. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051893
Graham, Simon, Guy, Rebecca J., Ward, James S., Kaldor, John, Donovan, Basil, Knox, Janet, McCowen, Debbie, Bullen, Patricia, Booker, Julie, O'Brien, Chris, Garrett, Kristine and Wand, Handan C. (2015). Incidence and predictors of annual chlamydia testing among 15-29 year olds attending Aboriginal primary health care services in New South Wales, Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 15 (1) 437, 437. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-1116-5
Trembizki, Ella, Buckley, Cameron, Donovan, Basil, Chen, Marcus, Guy, Rebecca, Kaldor, John, Lahra, Monica M., Regan, David G., Smith, Helen, Ward, James and Whiley, David M. (2015). Direct real-time PCR-based detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae 23S rRNA mutations associated with azithromycin resistance. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70 (12), 3244-3249. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkv274
Graham, Simon, Guy, Rebecca J., Wand, Handan C., Kaldor, John M., Donovan, Basil, Knox, Janet, McCowen, Debbie, Bullen, Patricia, Booker, Julie, O'Brien, Chris, Garrett, Kristine and Ward, James S. (2015). A sexual health quality improvement program (SHIMMER) triples chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing rates among young people attending Aboriginal primary health care services in Australia. BMC Infectious Diseases, 15 (1) 370, 370. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-1107-5
Hui, Ben B., Ryder, Nathan, Su, Jiunn-Yih, Ward, James, Chen, Marcus Y., Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher K., Guy, Rebecca J., Lahra, Monica M., Law, Mathew G., Whiley, David M. and Regan, David G. (2015). Exploring the benefits of molecular testing for gonorrhoea antibiotic resistance surveillance in remote settings. PLoS One, 10 (7) e0133202, 1-14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133202
Guy, Rebecca, Ward, James, Wand, Handan, Rumbold, Alice, Garton, Linda, Hengel, Belinda, Silver, Bronwyn, Taylor-Thomson, Debbie, Knox, Janet, McGregor, Skye, Dyda, Amalie, Fairley, Christopher, Maher, Lisa, Donovan, Basil and Kaldor, John (2015). Coinfection with Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis: a cross-sectional analysis of positivity and risk factors in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91 (3), 201-206. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051535
Natoli, L., Guy, R. J., Shephard, M., Whiley, D., Tabrizi, S. N., Ward, J., Regan, D. G., Badman, S. G., Anderson, D. A., Kaldor, J. and Maher, L. (2015). Public health implications of molecular point-of-care testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in remote primary care services in Australia: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 5 (4) e006922, 1-8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006922
Cowling, Carleigh S., Liu, Bette C., Snelling, Thomas L., Ward, James S., Kaldor, John M. and Wilson, David P. (2015). National trachoma surveillance annual report, 2012. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 39 (1), E146-E157.
Silver, Bronwyn J., Guy, Rebecca J., Wand, Handan, Ward, James, Rumbold, Alice R., Fairley, Christopher K., Donovan, Basil, Maher, Lisa, Dyda, Amalie, Garton, Linda, Hengel, Belinda, Knox, Janet, McGregor, Skye, Taylor-Thomson, Debbie and Kaldor, John M. (2015). Incidence of curable sexually transmissible infections among adolescents and young adults in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: analysis of longitudinal clinical service data. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91 (2), 135-141. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051617
Graham, Simon, Wand, Handan C., Ward, James S., Knox, Janet, McCowen, Debbie, Bullen, Patricia, Booker, Julie, O'Brien, Chris, Garrett, Kristine, Donovan, Basil, Kaldor, John and Guy, Rebecca J. (2015). Attendance patterns and chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing among young people in Aboriginal primary health centres in New South Wales, Australia. Sexual Health, 12 (5), 445-452. doi: 10.1071/SH15007
Natoli, Lisa, Guy, Rebecca J., Shephard, Mark, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher K., Ward, James, Regan, David G., Hengel, Belinda and Maher, Lisa (2015). Chlamydia and gonorrhoea point-of-care testing in Australia: Where should it be used?. Sexual Health, 12 (1), 51-58. doi: 10.1071/SH14213
Doolan, I., Najman, J., Henderson, S., Cherney, A., Plotnikova, M., Ward, J., Kemp, R., Dev, A. and Smirnov, A. (2015). A retrospective comparison study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander injecting drug users and their contact with youth detention and/or prison. Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin, 15 (4).
Hengel, Belinda, Maher, Lisa, Garton, Linda, Ward, James, Rumbold, Alice, Taylor-Thomson, Debbie, Silver, Bronwyn, Mcgregor, Skye, Dyda, Amalie, Knox, Janet, Kaldor, John and Guy, Rebecca (2015). Reasons for delays in treatment of bacterial sexually transmissible infections in remote Aboriginal communities in Australia: a qualitative study of healthcentre staff. Sexual Health, 12 (4), 341-347. doi: 10.1071/SH14240
Hengel, Belinda, Guy, Rebecca, Garton, Linda, Ward, James, Rumbold, Alice, Taylor-Thomson, Debbie, Silver, Bronwyn, McGregor, Skye, Dyda, Amalie, Knox, Janet, Kaldor, John and Maher, Lisa (2015). Barriers and facilitators of sexually transmissible infection testing in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: Results from the Sexually Transmitted Infections in Remote Communities, Improved and Enhanced Primary Health Care (STRIVE) Study. Sexual Health, 12 (1), 4-12. doi: 10.1071/SH14080
Causer, Louise M, Hengel, Belinda, Natoli, Lisa, Tangey, Annie, Badman, Steven G, Tabrizi, Sepehr N, Whiley, David, Ward, James, Kaldor, John M and Guy, Rebecca J (2014). A field evaluation of a new molecular-based point-of-care test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in remote Aboriginal health services in Australia. Sexual Health, 12 (1), 27-33. doi: 10.1071/SH14158
Yeung, Anna, Temple-Smith, Meredith, Spark, Simone, Guy, Rebecca, Fairley, Christopher K., Law, Matthew, Wood, Anna, Smith, Kirsty, Donovan, Basil, Kaldor, John, Gunn, Jane, Pirotta, Marie, Carter, Rob, Hocking, Jane, Chen, Marcus, Sanci, Lena, Wilson, David, Regan, David, Tabrizi, Sepehr, Ward, James, Pitts, Marian, Mitchell, Anne, Saville, Marion, Gertig, Dorota, Hellard, Margaret, Low, Nicola and Imrie, John (2014). Improving chlamydia knowledge should lead to increased chlamydia testing among Australian general practitioners: a cross-sectional study of chlamydia testing uptake in general practice. BMC Infectious Diseases, 14 (1) 584, 584. doi: 10.1186/s12879-014-0584-2
Harrod, Mary E., Couzos, Sophia, Delaney-Thiele, Dea, Dore, Gregory J., Hammond, Belinda, Saunders, Mark, Belfrage, Mary, Williams, Sidney, Kaldor, John M. and Ward, James (2014). Markers of hepatitis B infection and immunity in patients attending Aboriginal community controlled health services. Medical Journal of Australia, 201 (6), 339-342. doi: 10.5694/mja14.00121
Ward, James, Goller, Jane, Ali, Hammad, Bowring, Anna, Couzos, Sophia, Saunders, Mark, Yau, Phyllis, Kaldor, John M, Hellard, Margaret, Guy, Rebecca J and Donovan, Basil (2014). Chlamydia among Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people attending sexual health services, general practices and Aboriginal community controlled health services. BMC Health Services Research, 14 (1) 285, 285. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-285
Natoli, Lisa, Maher, Lisa, Shephard, Mark, Hengel, Belinda, Tangey, Annie, Badman, Steven G., Ward, James, Guy, Rebecca J., TTANGO Investigators and Whiley, David M. (2014). Point-of-care testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea: implications for clinical practice. PLoS One, 9 (6) e100518, e100518. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100518
O'Connor, Catherine C., Ali, Hammad, Guy, Rebecca J., Templeton, David J., Fairley, Christopher K., Chen, Marcus Y., Dickson, Bridget M., Marshall, Lewis J., Grulich, Andrew E., Hellard, Margaret E., Kaldor, John M., Donovan, Basil and Ward, James S. (2014). High chlamydia positivity rates in indigenous people attending Australian sexual health services. Medical Journal of Australia, 200 (10), 595-598. doi: 10.5694/mja13.10875
Trembizki, Ella, Smith, Helen, Lahra, Monica M., Chen, Marcus, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher K., Guy, Rebecca, Kaldor, John, Regan, David, Ward, James, Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David M. (2014). High-throughput informative single nucleotide polymorphism-based typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae using the Sequenom MassARRAY iPLEX platform. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 69 (6), 1526-1532. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkt544
Ward, James, Costello-Czok, Michael, Willis, Jon, Saunders, Mark and Shannon, Cindy (2014). So far, so good: maintenance of prevention is required to stem HIV incidence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia. Aids Education and Prevention, 26 (3), 267-279. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2014.26.3.267
Reekie, Joanne, Donovan, Basil, Guy, Rebecca, Hocking, Jane S., Jorm, Louisa, Kaldor, John M., Mak, Donna B., Preen, David, Pearson, Sallie, Roberts, Christine L., Stewart, Louise, Wand, Handan, Ward, James and Liu, Bette (2014). Hospitalisations for pelvic inflammatory disease temporally related to a diagnosis of chlamydia or gonorrhoea: a retrospective cohort study. PLoS ONE, 9 (4) e94361, e94361. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094361
Hui, Ben B., Gray, Richard T., Wilson, David P., Ward, James, Smith, Anthony M A., Philp, David J., Law, Matthew G., Hocking, Jane S. and Regan, David G. (2014). Correction: Population movement can sustain STI prevalence in remote Australian indigenous communities. BMC Infectious Diseases, 14 (1) 86, 86. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-86
Goire, Namraj, Lahra, Monica M., Chen, Marcus, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher K., Guy, Rebecca, Kaldor, John, Regan, David, Ward, James, Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David M. (2014). Molecular approaches to enhance surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 12 (3), 223-229. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro3217
Hui, Ben B., Ward, James, Causer, Louise, Guy, Rebecca J., Law, Matthew G. and Regan, David G. (2014). Could point-of-care testing be effective for reducing the prevalence of trichomoniasis in remote Aboriginal communities?. Sexual Health, 11 (4), 370-374. doi: 10.1071/SH14035
Wallace, Jack, Pitts, Marian, Ward, James and McNally, Stephen (2014). Management of chronic hepatitis B in the Torres Strait Islands: an identified need for a comprehensive public health approach to chronic hepatitis B in remote Australian Indigenous communities. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 20 (3), 273-277. doi: 10.1071/PY12130
Liu, Bette, Roberts, Christine L., Clarke, Marilyn, Jorm, Louisa, Hunt, Jennifer and Ward, James (2013). Chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections and the risk of adverse obstetric outcomes: a retrospective cohort study. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 89 (8), 672-U105. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051118
Guy, R.J., Natoli, L., Ward, J., Causer, L., Hengel, B., Whiley, D., Tabrizi, S.N., Donovan, B., Fairley, C. K., Badman, S. B., Tangey, A., Wand, H., Shephard, M., Regan, D. G., Wilson, D., Anderson, D. and Kaldor, J. M. (2013). A randomised trial of point-of-care tests for chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections in remote Aboriginal communities: Test, Treat ANd GO- the " TTANGO" trial protocol. BMC Infectious Diseases, 13 (485) 485, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-485
Ali, Hammad, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher K., Chen, Marcus Y., O'Connor, Catherine C., Grulich, Andrew E., McNulty, Anna, Ryder, Nathan, Hellard, Margaret E., Guy, Rebecca J., ACCESS Collaboration and Ward, James (2013). Increasing access by priority populations to Australian sexual health clinics. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 40 (10), 819-21. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000015
Ward, James, McGregor, Skye, Guy, Rebecca J., Rumbold, Alice R., Garton, Linda, Silver, Bronwyn J., Taylor-Thomson, Debbie, Hengel, Belinda, Knox, Janet, Dyda, Amalie, Law, Matthew G., Wand, Handan, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher K., Skov, Steven, Chee, Donna Ah, Boffa, John, Glance, David, McDermott, Robyn, Maher, Lisa and Kaldor, John M. (2013). STI in remote communities: improved and enhanced primary health care (STRIVE) study protocol: a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing 'usual practice' STI care to enhanced care in remote primary health care services in Australia. BMC Infectious Diseases, 13 (1) 425, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-425
Graham, Simon, Guy, Rebecca J., Cowie, Benjamin, Wand, Handan C., Donovan, Basil, Akre, Snehal P. and Ward, James S. (2013). Chronic hepatitis B prevalence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians since universal vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases, 13 (1) 403, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-403
Smith, Lucy Alexandra Watchirs, Hillman, Richard, Ward, James, Whiley, David M., Causer, Louise, Skov, Steven, Donovan, Basil, Kaldor, John and Guy, Rebecca (2013). Point-of-care tests for the diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection: a systematic review of operational and performance characteristics. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 89 (4), 320-326. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050656
Cowling, Carleigh S., Liu, Bette C., Ward, James S., Snelling, Tom L., Kaldor, John M. and Wilson, David P. (2013). Australian Trachoma Surveillance Annual Report, 2011. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 37 (2), E121-E129.
Hui, Ben B., Gray, Richard T., Wilson, David P., Ward, James S., Smith, Anthony M. A., Philip, David J., Law, Matthew G., Hocking, Jane S. and Regan, David G. (2013). Population movement can sustain STI prevalence in remote Australian indigenous communities. BMC Infectious Diseases, 13 (1) 188, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-188
Ward, James, Bryant, Joanne, Worth, Heather, Hull, Peter, Solar, Sarina and Bailey, Sandra (2013). Use of health services for sexually transmitted and blood-borne viral infections by young Aboriginal people in New South Wales. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 19 (1), 81-86. doi: 10.1071/py11032
Hui, Ben B., Wilson, David P., Ward, James S., Guy, Rebecca J., Kaldor, John M., Law, Matthew G., Hocking, Jane S. and Regan, David G. (2013). The potential impact of new generation molecular point-of-care tests on gonorrhoea and chlamydia in a setting of high endemic prevalence. Sexual Health, 10 (4), 348-356. doi: 10.1071/sh13026
Lea, Toby, Costello, Michael, Mao, Limin, Prestage, Garrett, Zablotska, Iryna, Ward, James, Kaldor, John, de Wit, John and Holt, Martin (2013). Elevated reporting of unprotected anal intercourse and injecting drug use but no difference in HIV prevalence among Indigenous Australian men who have sex with men compared with their Anglo-Australian peers. Sexual Health, 10 (2), 146-155. doi: 10.1071/sh12097
Rahimi, Frashta, Goire, Namraj, Guy, Rebecca, Kaldor, John M., Ward, James, Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David M. (2013). Direct urine polymerase chain reaction for chlamydia and gonorrhoea: a simple means of bringing high-throughput rapid testing to remote settings?. Sexual Health, 10 (4), 299-304. doi: 10.1071/SH12108
Goller, Jane L., Ward, James, Saunders, Mark, Couzos, Sophie, Kaldor, John and Hellard, Margaret A. (2012). Chlamydia sentinel surveillance in aboriginal community controlled health services finds higher testing and positivity rates among younger people. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 36 (6), 577-581. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00929.x
Silver, Bronwyn J., Knox, Janet, Smith, Kirsty S., Ward, James S., Boyle, Jacqueline, Guy, Rebecca J., Kaldor, John and Rumbold, Alice R. (2012). Frequent occurrence of undiagnosed pelvic inflammatory disease in remote communities of central Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 197 (11-12), 647-651. doi: 10.5694/mja11.11450
Graham, Simon, Guy, Rebecca J., Donovan, Basil, McManus, Hamish, Su, Jiunn-Yih, El-Hayek, Carol, Kwan, Kellie S. H., Dyda, Amalie, Wand, Handan C. and Ward, James S. (2012). Epidemiology of chlamydia and gonorrhoea among indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, 2000–2009. Medical Journal of Australia, 197 (11-12), 642-646. doi: 10.5694/mja12.10163
Liu, Bette, Guthridge, Steven, Li, Shu Qin, Markey, Peter, Krause, Vicki, McIntyre, Peter, Sullivan, Elizabeth, Ward, James, Wood, Nicholas and Kaldor, John M. (2012). The end of the Australia antigen? An ecological study of the impact of universal newborn hepatitis B vaccination two decades on. Vaccine, 30 (50), 7309-7314. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.09.033
Ali, Hammad, Donovan, Basil, Liu, Bette, Hocking, Jane S., Agius, Paul, Ward, James, Bourne, Christopher, Kaldor, John M. and Guy, Rebecca J (2012). Chlamydia prevention indicators for Australia: review of the evidence from New South Wales. Sexual Health, 9 (5), 399-406. doi: 10.1071/SH11183
Schaffer, Andrea, Muscatello, David, Cretikos, Michelle, Gilmour, Robin, Tobin, Sean and Ward, James (2012). The impact of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 compared with seasonal influenza on intensive care admissions in New South Wales, Australia, 2007 to 2010: a time series analysis. BMC Public Health, 12 (1) 869, 869. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-869
Cowling, Carleigh S., Popovic, Gordana, Liu, Bette C., Ward, James S., Snelling, Tom L., Kaldor, John M. and Wilson, David P. (2012). Australian Trachoma Surveillance Annual Report, 2010. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 36 (3), E242-E250.
Guy, Rebecca, Ward, James S., Smith, Kirsty S., Su, Jiunn-Yih, Huang, Rae-Lin, Tangey, Annie, Skov, Steven, Rumbold, Alice, Silver, Bronwyn, Donovan, Basil and Kaldor, John M. (2012). The impact of sexually transmissible infection programs in remote Aboriginal communities in Australia: A systematic review. Sexual Health, 9 (3), 205-212. doi: 10.1071/SH11074
Ward, James, Guy, Rebecca, Huang, Rae-Lin, Knox, Janet, Couzos, Sophie, Scrimgeour, David, Moore, Liz, Leahy, Tim, Hunt, Jenny, Donovan, Basil and Kaldor, John M. (2012). Rapid point-of-care tests for HIV and sexually transmissible infection control in remote Australia: Can they improve Aboriginal people's and Torres Strait Islanders' health?. Sexual Health, 9 (2), 109-112. doi: 10.1071/SH11051
Ward, James, Topp, Libby, Iversen, Jenny, Wand, Handan, Akre, Snehal, Kaldor, John and Maher, Lisa (2011). Higher HCV antibody prevalence among Indigenous clients of Needle and Syringe Programs. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35 (5), 421-426. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00743.x
Shea, Beverley, Aspin, Clive, Ward, James, Archibald, Chris, Dickson, Nigel, McDonald, Ann, Penehira, Mera, Halverson, Jessica, Masching, Renee, McAllister, Sue, Smith, Linda Tuhiwai, Kaldor, John M. and Andersson, Neil (2011). HIV diagnoses in indigenous peoples: Comparison of Australia, Canada and New Zealand. International Health, 3 (3), 193-198. doi: 10.1016/j.inhe.2011.03.010
Bryant, Joanne, Ward, James, Worth, Heather, Hull, Peter, Solar, Sarina and Bailey, Sandra (2011). Safer sex and condom use: A convenience sample of Aboriginal young people in New South Wales. Sexual Health, 8 (3), 378-383. doi: 10.1071/SH10138
Guy, Rebecca J., Ali, Hammad, Liu, Bette, Poznanski, Simone, Ward, James, Donovan, Basil, Kaldor, John and Hocking, Jane (2011). Efficacy of interventions to increase the uptake of chlamydia screening in primary care: A systematic review. BMC Infectious Diseases, 11 (1) 211. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-211
Ward, James S, Guy, Rebecca J, Akre, Snehal P, Middleton, Melanie G, Giele, Carolien M, Su, Jiunn Y, Davis, Craig A, Wand, Handan, Knox, Janet B, Fagan, Patricia S, Donovan, Basil, Kaldor, John M and Russell, Darren B (2011). Epidemiology of syphilis in Australia: Moving toward elimination of infectious syphilis from remote aboriginal and torres strait Islander communities?. Medical Journal of Australia, 194 (10), 525-529. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03089.x
Wilkes, Edward, Wilson, Mandy and Ward, James (2010). Commentary on Milloy et al. (2010): The stark reality of overdose mortality among indigenous peoples-a(nother) plea for action. Addiction, 105 (11), 1971-1972. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03208.x
Ward, James, Akre, Snehal P. and Kaldor, John M. (2010). Guarding against an HIV epidemic within an Aboriginal community and cultural framework; lessons from NSW. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 21 (3-4), 78-82. doi: 10.1071/nb10015
Guy, Rebecca J, Kong, Fabian, Goller, Jane, Franklin, Neil, Bergeri, Isabel, Dimech, Wayne, Reilly, Nicole, Sullivan, Elizabeth, Ward, James, Kaldor, John M, Hellard, Margaret, Donovan, Basil and ACCESS Collaboration, (2010). A new national Chlamydia Sentinel Surveillance System in Australia: evaluation of the first stage of implementation. Communicable diseases intelligence, 34 (3), 319-328.
Ward, James, Akre, Snehal P and Kaldor, John M (2010). Guarding against an HIV epidemic within an Aboriginal community and cultural framework; lessons from NSW. New South Wales public health bulletin, 21 (3-4), 78-82.
Conference Papers
Causer, Louise M., Anderson, David, Andrewartha, Kelly, Armstrong, Paul, Atkinson, David, Badman, Steven, Bastian, Lisa, Carroll, Catherine, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher, Gunathilake, Manoji, Guy, Rebecca, Hengel, Belinda, Kaldor, John, Leonard, Jessica, Maher, Lisa, Mak, Donna, Moore, Liz, O'Connor, Sean, Persing, David, Rees, Tom, Regan, David, Saha, Amit, Shephard, Mark, Smith, Kirsty, Speers, David, Tangey, Annie, Walshe, Veronica, Wand, Handan ... White, Caitlyn (2024). Clinical effectiveness, sustainability and quality of a large, decentralised molecular point-of-care testing network for STIs in regional and remote primary care clinics in Australia. Annual Meeting of the Infectious-Diseases-Society-for-Obstetrics-and-Gynecology (IDSOG), Boston Ma, Aug 04-06, 2022. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
Lee, K. S. Kylie, Wilson, Scott, Ali, Robert, Stevens, Matthew W. R., Hides, Leanne, Ward, James, Reilly, Rachel, Ramp, Jason, Hayman, Noel, Conigrave, James H., Perry, Jimmy and Conigrave, Katherine M. (2023). Symposium: Digital innovation in alcohol and other drug use research and practice. APSAD 2023 Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 12–15 November 2023. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
Spierings, S., Oguoma, V., Toombs, M., Walker, J. and Ward, J. (2022). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and COVID-19: a national survey (Yarning About COVID) exploring beliefs, attitudes, and vaccination. . 2nd Australasian COVID-19 Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 21-22 July.
Harfield, Stephen, Elliott, Salenna, Housen, Tambri and Ward, James (2021). An online survey of sexual health, knowledge and behaviour of young South Australians. IEA World Congress Of Epidemiology 2021, Online, 3-6 September 2021. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab168.264
Koehn, K., Cassidy-Matthews, C., Pearce, M., Aspin, C., Pruden, H., Ward, J., Hogg, R. and Nicholson, V. (2020). Rates and trends of HIV diagnoses among Indigenous peoples in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States from 2009 to 2017. In: 23rd International AIDS Conference, Online, (125-125). 6‐10 July 2020.
Reilly, Rachel, McKetin, Rebecca, Butt, Julia, Smout, Matthew, Clark, Yvonne, Roe, Yvette, Ezard, Nadine, Dunlop, Adrian J., Conigrave, Katherine M., Quinn, Brendan, Treloar, Carla, Gray, Dennis, Wilkes, Edward, Fisher, Ike, Longbottom, Wade and Ward, James (2019). A NOVEL WEB-APP TO ASSIST ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE TO REDUCE OR STOP USING METHAMPHETAMINE: WE CAN DO THIS. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
McCosker, K. D., Ward, J. and Douglas, J. (2019). A single-shot 5-in-1 vaccination at the time of dehorning/castration and prevalence of ‘missing’ animals at future mustering events. Northern Beef Research Update Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 19-22 August 2021. Brisbane, QLD Australia: North Australian Beef Research Council .
Whitford, K., Callander, D., Watchirs Smith, L., Guy, R., Kong, M., Ward, J., Bell, S. and O'Connor, C. (2019). Rising gonorrhoea rates among Australian women: Increased testing isn’t the whole story. Australasian Sexual Health and HIV and AIDS Conferences, Perth, WA, Australia, 16 September 2019.
Bell, S., Ward, J., Aggleton, P., Silver, B., Kaldor, J., Murray, W. and Maher, L. (2019). Peer research with young Aboriginal people: attempting to decolonize youth sexual health research in the Northern Territory, Australia. Joint Australasian Sexual Health and HIV and AIDS Conferences, Perth, WA, Australia, 16 September 2019.
Bell, S., Aggleton, P., Ward, J., Murray, W., Silver, B., Fairley, C., Kaldor, J., Donovan, B. and Maher, L. (2019). Young Aboriginal people’s engagement with STI testing in the Northern Territory, Australia. Joint Australasian Sexual Health and HIV and AIDS Conferences, Perth, WA, Australia, 16 September 2019.
Bell, S., Ward, J., Aggleton, P., Murray, W., Silver, B., Fairley, C., Kaldor, J., Donovan, B., Ryder, N. and Maher, L. (2019). Young Aboriginal people’s sexual health risk reduction strategies: a qualitative study in remote Australia. Joint Australasian Sexual Health and HIV and AIDS Conferences, Perth, WA, Australia, 16 September 2019.
Causer, L. M., Tangey, A., Badman, S. G., Hengel, B., Natoli, L., Speers, D., Tabrizi, S. N., Whiley, D., Anderson, D. A., Ward, J., Kaldor, J. M. and Guy, R. J. (2015). Operational Performance of a New Molecular-Based Point-of-Care Test for Diagnosis of Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Infection: Concordance with Conventional Laboratory Testing. BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.86
Hui, B., Ryder, N., Su, J-Y, Ward, J., Chen, M., Donovan, B., Fairley, C., Guy, R., Lahra, M., Law, M., Whiley, D. and Regan, D. (2015). Exploring the benefits of molecular testing for gonorrhoea antibiotic resistance surveillance in remote settings. STI & HIV World Congress 2015, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 13 - 16 September 2015. London, United Kingdom: BMJ. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.84
Hengel, Belinda, Badman, Steven, Causer, Louise, Natoli, Lisa, Tangey, Annie, Ward, James, Tabrizi, Sepehr, Whiley, David, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher Kir, Wilson, David, Regan, David, Wand, Handan, Shephard, Mark, Anderson, David, Kaldor, John and Guy, Rebecca (2014). Ttango: Operational Performance of a Molecular Based Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea Point-of-Care Testing in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities. STD Prevention Conference, Atlanta Ga, Jun 09-12, 2014. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
Hui, Ben B., Gray, Richard T., Wilson, David P., Ward, James S., Smith, Anthony M.A., Philp, David J., Law, Matthew G., Hocking, Jane S. and Regan, David G. (2013). The role of short term population movement in sustaining STI prevalence in remote Australian Indigenous communities. 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2013), Adelaide, SA, Australia, 1-6 December 2013. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc. (MSSANZ). doi: 10.36334/modsim.2013.I5.hui
Research Reports
Maurer, Di, Williamson, Daniel, Stanley, Lucy, Suleman, Abdulla, Ward, James, Barzi, Federica, Begum, Tahmina, Oguoma, Victor and Dyson, Edwin (2024). Queensland First Nations Peoples Burden of Disease Report 2018. 3 Brisbane, QLD, Australia: State of Queensland (Queensland Health), 2024.
Bainbridge, Roxanne, Langham, Erika, Ballangarry, Julie, Doran, Christopher and Ward, James (2023). First Nations Health Equity Strategy Monitoring and Evaluation Framework: Technical Report. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland; UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health. doi: 10.14264/db42c9b
Bell, S., Gunuratnam, P., Schierhout, G., Kaldor, J., Guy, R. and Ward, J. (2016). Sexually Transmissible Infections in remote communities: improved and enhanced primary health care (STRIVE): a summary of published research findings, November 2016. Sydney, NSW, Australia: University of New South Wales.
Newspaper Articles
Fatima,Yaqoot, Potia, Azhar, Ward, James and Kinghorn, Mina (2023, 06 19). The first sleep health program for First Nations adolescents could change lives The Conversation