Publications by authors named "Eloise Warren"
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women show lower participation rates in Australia's National Cervical Screening Program, with under-screened women's experiences often overlooked in research.
- The study involved 29 under-screened women who discussed barriers to screening through the Indigenous method of Yarning, which fosters trust and safe dialogue.
- Key themes identified included feelings of distress and trauma related to screening, issues around privacy and control, negative experiences with healthcare providers, and the impact of communication style, highlighting the importance of trauma-informed care and self-collection options for improving participation.
Objective: This study aimed to describe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's views of self-collection introduced in the renewed National Cervical Screening Program.
Methods: A total of 79 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women (50 screened in previous five years, 29 under-screened) from five clinics across three Australian states/territories participated. Topics discussed were perceptions of self-collection, the instruction card and suggestions for implementing self-collection.
Objective This study explored the experiences and perceptions of unplanned hospital readmissions from the perspective of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with chronic disease. Method We conducted semi-structured interviews with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients readmitted to hospital with chronic disease. Interviews covered perceptions of avoidable readmissions, experiences of health care, medications and carer support.
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- Indigenous Australian women experience a higher cervical cancer burden and the National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) is not effectively meeting their needs, although one third do participate in screenings.
- A study with 50 Indigenous Australian women used culturally-appropriate interviews to explore their experiences and revealed six key themes, including the importance of control, overcoming fears, and the need for open conversations about screening.
- While many women found the screening process shameful and uncomfortable, they viewed it as a way to take charge of their health, highlighting the significance of trusting relationships with healthcare providers and identifying logistical barriers to participation.
The intestinal flora may play a key role in the pathogenesis of certain gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. Components of bowel flora such as Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidus have long been used empirically as therapeutic agents for GI disorders. More complex combinations of probiotics for therapeutic bacteriotherapy have also recently become available, however the most elaborate mix of human-derived probiotic bacteria is, by definition, the entire fecal flora.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although the etiology of idiopathic ulcerative colitis (UC) remains poorly understood, the intestinal flora is suspected to play an important role. Specific, consistent abnormalities in flora composition peculiar to UC have not yet been described, however Clostridium difficile colitis has been cured by the infusion of human fecal flora into the colon. This approach may also be applicable to the treatment of UC on the basis of restoration of flora imbalances.
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