Malcolm McDonald MBBS PhD FRACP FRCPA is a specialist physician, educator and researcher. He has longstanding involvement in the health of Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Island people in the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland. He also has >40 years experience as a clinical teacher. Over his career has worked in city-based university teaching hospitals, rural health centres and remote settings in Australia, USA, East Africa, Indonesia, PNG and the Southwest Pacific.

Research Disciplines

• Public Health and Health Services (1117)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Indigenous Health (9203)
• Health and Support Services (9202)
• Public Health (9204)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Campbell S, McCalman J, Redman-MacLaren M, Canuto K, Vine K, Sewter J and McDonald M (2018) Implementing the Baby One Program: a qualitative evaluation of family-centred child health promotion in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18 (73).
• Harriss L, Kyle M, Connolly K, Murgha E, Bulmer M, Miller D, Munn P, Neal P, Pearson K, Walsh M, Campbell S, Berger M, McDermott R and McDonald M (2018) Screening for depression in young Indigenous people: building on a unique community initiative. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 24 (4). pp. 343-349
• Nichols N, McFarlane K, Gibson P, Millard F, Packer A and McDonald M (2018) Skills, systems and supports: an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (Apunipima) approach to building health promotion evaluation capacity of staff. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 29 (1). pp. 18-22
• Wapau H, Jans D, Hapea E, Mein J, Curnow V and McDonald M (2018) Coming to town: reaching agreement on a thorny issue. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 26 (6). pp. 416-421
• McDonald M and Lawson K (2017) Doing it hard in the bush: aligning what gets measured with what matters. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 25. pp. 246-251
• Tracey E, McDermott R and McDonald M (2016) Do worms protect against the metabolic syndrome? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 120. pp. 209-220
• Bowen A, Tong S, Andrews R, O'Meara I, McDonald M, Chatfield M, Currie B and Carapetis J (2014) Short-course oral co-trimoxazole versus intramuscular benzathine benzylpenicillin for impetigo in a highly endemic region: an open-label, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. Lancet, 384 (9960). pp. 2132-2140
• Hare K, Singleton R, Grimwood K, Valery P, Cheng A, Morris P, Leach A, Smith-Vaughan H, Chatfield M, Redding G, Reasonover A, McCallum G, Chikoyak L, McDonald M, Brown N, Torzillo P and Chang A (2013) Longitudinal nasopharyngeal carriage and antibiotic resistance of respiratory bacteria in indigenous Australian and Alaska native children with bronchiectasis. PLoS ONE, 8 (8). pp. 1-9
• Noonan S, Zurynski Y, Currie B, McDonald M, Wheaton G, Nissen M, Curtis N, Isaacs D, Richmond P, Ramsay J, Elliott E and Carapetis J (2013) A national prospective surveillance study of acute rheumatic fever in Australian children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 32 (1). pp. e26-e32
• Ralph A, Fittock M, Schultz R, Thompson D, Dowden M, Clemens T, Parnaby M, Clark M, McDonald M, Edwards K, Carapetis J and Bailie R (2013) Improvement in rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease management and prevention using a health centre-based continuous quality improvement approach. BMC Health Services Research, 13. pp. 1-13
• Vos L, Baer R and McDonald M (2013) Addressing chronic kidney disease in Far North Queensland: gains and opportunities. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 21 (6). pp. 313-318

Book Chapters

• McDonald M (in press) Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. In: National Guide to a Preventive Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, 3rd edition. Royal Australian College of Physicians, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 19+ research outputs authored by Prof Malcolm McDonald from 2012 onwards.

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Current

• Textile Collaborations in remote Indigenous Communities in Northern Australia (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Building a Simulation Model to Improve Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction and Treatment for Indigenous Australians (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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