Navigating the cancer journey: a review of patient navigator programs for Indigenous cancer patients

…, VL Beesley, SP Moore, K Lokuge… - Asia‐Pacific Journal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Patient navigator programs have evolved to facilitate access to care and improve outcomes
for Indigenous cancer patients. We reviewed the scientific literature on patient navigator …

[HTML][HTML] The Evaluation of a Rapid In Situ HIV Confirmation Test in a Programme with a High Failure Rate of the WHO HIV Two-Test Diagnostic Algorithm

DB Klarkowski, JM Wazome, KM Lokuge, L Shanks… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Concerns about false-positive HIV results led to a review of testing procedures
used in a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) HIV programme in Bukavu, eastern Democratic …

The first comprehensive report on Indigenous Australian women's inequalities in cervical screening: A retrospective registry cohort study in Queensland, Australia …

…, G Garvey, P Baade, J Cunningham, K Lokuge… - Cancer, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The Australian National Cervical Screening Program, introduced more than
20 years ago, does not record the Indigenous status of screening participants. This article …

Crusted scabies in remote Australia, a new way forward: lessons and outcomes from the East Arnhem Scabies Control Program

B Lokuge, A Kopczynski, A Woltmann… - Medical Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Crusted scabies is a highly infectious, debilitating and disfiguring disease, and remote
Aboriginal communities of northern Australia have the highest reported rates of the condition in …

[HTML][HTML] Avian influenza H5N1 transmission in households, Indonesia

…, A Maruf, E Sariwati, V Setiawaty, K Glass, K Lokuge… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Disease transmission patterns are needed to inform public health interventions,
but remain largely unknown for avian influenza H5N1 virus infections. A recent study on the …

The effect of arsenic mitigation interventions on disease burden in Bangladesh

KM Lokuge, W Smith, B Caldwell, K Dear… - Environmental Health …, 2004 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Many interventions have been advocated to mitigate the impact of arsenic contamination of
drinking water in Bangladesh. However, there are few data on the true magnitude of arsenic-…

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of secondary and tertiary prevention for violence against women in low and low-middle income countries: a systematic review

L Kirk, S Terry, K Lokuge, JL Watterson - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background Violence against women (VAW) is a major problem worldwide, with one in
three women experiencing violence in their lifetime. While interventions to prevent violence (…

[HTML][HTML] Exit strategies: optimising feasible surveillance for detection, elimination, and ongoing prevention of COVID-19 community transmission

K Lokuge, E Banks, S Davis, L Roberts, T Street… - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Following implementation of strong containment measures, several countries
and regions have low detectable community transmission of COVID-19. We developed an …

[HTML][HTML] The factors affecting household transmission dynamics and community compliance with Ebola control measures: a mixed-methods study in a rural village in …

G Caleo, J Duncombe, F Jephcott, K Lokuge, C Mills… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background Little is understood of Ebola virus disease (EVD) transmission dynamics and
community compliance with control measures over time. Understanding these interactions is …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental sampling for avian influenza virus A (H5N1) in live-bird markets, Indonesia

…, J Weaver, E Mumford, K Lokuge… - Emerging infectious …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To identify environmental sites commonly contaminated by avian influenza virus A (H5N1)
in live-bird markets in Indonesia, we investigated 83 markets in 3 provinces in Indonesia. At …