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

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

• Merone L, McDermott R, Mein J, Clarke P and McDonald M (in press) Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in minority Indigenous populations: a systematic review. Heart, Lung and Circulation, , DOI:10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.720.
• Ruben B, Naylor S and McDonald M (in press) Value and cultural voice in Australian Aboriginal textiles. Textile: Cloth and Culture, , DOI:10.1080/14759756.2020.1767494.
• Campbell S, Tracey E, Fagan R, Pearson K, Thompson F, McDermott R and McDonald M (2019) Childhood infection, antibiotic exposure and subsequent metabolic risk in adolescent and young adult Aboriginal Australians: practical implications. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 25 (6), pp. 555-563, DOI:10.1071/PY18110.
• Hofer A and McDonald M (2019) Continuity of care: why it matters and what we can do. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 25 (3), pp. 214-218, DOI:10.1071/PY19041.
• 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), DOI:10.1186/s12884-018-1711-7.
• 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, DOI:10.1071/PY18006.
• 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, DOI:10.1002/hpja.18.
• 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, DOI:10.1111/ajr.12430.
• 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, DOI:10.1111/ajr.12336.
• 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, DOI:10.1016/j.diabres.2016.08.014.
• 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, DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60841-2.

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, pp. 213-222

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Current

• Textile Collaborations in remote Indigenous Communities in Northern Australia (PhD , Primary Advisor)