title: Overview and determinants of cardiovascular disease in indigenous populations.
abstract: Cardiovascular disease (CV) is an important problem among the 400 million Indigenous Populations around the world, and has been included in the World Health Organization (WHO) "2008-2013 Action Plan for Non-Communicable Diseases". Our understanding of the causes of CV disease in the Indigenous populations of Australia and New Zealand will be facilitated by better understanding the causes of CV disease in Indigenous populations around the world. The opening scientific presentations of the Inaugural CSANZ Conference on Indigenous Cardiovascular Health were from two international speakers notable for their commitment to Indigenous Health as a global problem.
authors.affiliation: University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. leonard.kritharides@sydney.edu.au
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kritharides
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brieger
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ridell
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zeitz
authors.forename: Richmond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jeremy
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tonkin
authors.forename: Warren
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Harvey
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D015897:Comorbidity; D004522:Educational Status; D004777:Environment; D014943:Global Health; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D044382:Population Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012923:Social Class; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D000095284:Maori People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples / Q000706:statistics & numerical data