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Relevant publications by members of the Missing Voices team:
Katzenellenbogen, J. M., Atkins, E., Thompson, S. C., Hersh, D., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., . . . Armstrong, E. M. (2018). Missing Voices: Profile, Extent, and 12-Month Outcomes of Nonfatal Traumatic Brain Injury in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Adults in Western Australia Using Linked Administrative Records. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. doi:10.1097/HTR.0000000000000371
Penn, C., Armstrong, E., Brewer, K., Purves, B., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Godecke, E., Ciccone, N., & Lewis, A. (in press). De-colonizing Speech-Language Pathology practice in acquired neurogenic disorders.SIG 2 Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders.
Armstrong, E., McKay, G., & Hersh, D. (2017). Assessment and treatment of aphasia in Aboriginal Australians: Linguistic and cultural issues. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech Pathology, 19(1), 27-34.
Armstrong, E. M., Ciccone, N., Hersh, D., Katzenellebogen, J., Coffin, J., Thompson, S., . . . McAllister, M. (2017). Development of the Aboriginal Communication Assessment After Brain Injury (ACAABI): A screening tool for identifying acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 19(3), 297-308. doi:10.1080/17549507.2017.1290136
Katzenellenbogen, J. M., Atkins, E. R., Thompson, S. C., Hersh, D., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., . . . Armstrong, E. M. (2016). Missing voices: Profile and extent of acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adult stroke survivors in Western Australia using linked administrative records. International Journal Of Stroke: Official Journal Of The International Stroke Society, 11(1), 103-116. doi:10.1177/1747493015607521
Penn, C., & Armstrong, E. (2017). Intercultural aphasia: new models of understanding for Indigenous populations. Aphasiology, 31(5), 563-594. doi:10.1080/02687038.2016.1213788
Armstrong, E., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J., Thompson, S., Ciccone, N., Hayward, C., Flicker, L., & Woods, D. Study Protocol: Missing Voices- Communication difficulties after stroke and traumatic brain injury in Aboriginal Australians. Brain impairment (in press).
Armstrong E, Hersh D, Hayward C, Fraser J. : Communication disorders after stroke in Aboriginal Australians.Disability & Rehabilitation, 2015, 37(16): 1462-1469.
Armstrong E, Hersh D, Hayward C, Fraser J, Brown M: Living with aphasia: Three Indigenous Australian stories.International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 2012,14(3): 271 – 280.
Coffin J: Rising to the challenge in Aboriginal health by creating cultural security. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal 2007; 31(3): 22-24.
Hersh D, Armstrong E, Bourke N: A narrative analysis of a speech pathologist’s work with Indigenous Australians with acquired communication disorders. Disability and Rehabilitation, 2015;37 (1): 33-40.
Hersh D, Armstrong E, Panak V, Coombes J: Speech-language pathology practices with Indigenous Australians with acquired communication disorders.International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 2015;17 (1): 74 -85
Katzenellenbogen JS, Vos T, Somerford P, Begg S, Semmens JB, Codde JP: Burden of stroke in Indigenous Western Australians: A study using data linkage. Stroke, 2011,42: 1515-1521
Katzenellenbogen JS, Knuiman MW, Sanfilppo FM, Hobbs MST, Thompson SC: Prevalence of stroke and coexistant conditions: disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Western Australians.International Journal of Stroke, 2014,9 : 61 -68
LoGiudice,D., Smith, K., Thomas, J., Lautenschlager, N.T., Almeida, O.P., Atkinson, D., Flicker, L. : Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment tool (KICA): development of a cognitive assessment tool for older Indigenous Australians. International Psychogeriatrics, 2006, 18 (2): 269-280.
National Stroke Foundation (2004). National Stroke Unit Program: Indigenous Stroke Project. Melbourne, Australia: National Stroke Foundation.
Shahid S, Bessarab D, Howat P, Thompson SC: Exploration of the beliefs and experiences of Indigenous people with cancer in Western Australia: a methodology to acknowledge cultural difference and build understanding.BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2009, 9(60):1-8.
Shahid S, Finn L, Bessarab D, Thompson SC: Nowhere to room? nobody told them": Logistical and cultural impediments to Aboriginal peoples' participation in cancer treatment.Australian Health Review 2011,3:235-241.
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