Publications 

Here is a list of our most recent publications 

Published papers
  • Intrinsic capacity and ageing well for Aboriginal people in remote Western Australia: a longitudinal cohort study.
    Hyde Z, Smith K, Malay R, LoGiudice DC, Bessarab DC, Atkinson DN, Strivens E, Flicker L.Med J Aust. 2025 Jan 13;222(1):38-46. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52544.
  • Workforce training needs to address social and emotional wellbeing in home-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aged care.
    Parrella A, Zagler J, D'Antoine M, Brodie T, Smith K, Watts AM, Ieremia T, Aitken G, Brown A, Pearson O.Aust Health Rev. 2024 Jun;48(3):283-290.
  • Counting the Ways That Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Older People Participate in Their Communities and Culture.
    Luke JN, Bessarab D, Smith K, LoGiudice D, Flicker L, Gilchrist L, Dow B, Temple J.J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2024 Aug 1;79(8):gbae100. 
  • Community-based dementia risk management and prevention program for Aboriginal Australians (DAMPAA): a randomised controlled trial study protocol.  Lalovic A, Dowden G, Markey L, Bynder M, Yappo L, Cox KL, Mateo-Arriero I, Flicker L, Bessarab D, Thompson S, Kickett C, Woods D, Pestell CF, Edgill P, Hill K, Etherton-Beer C, LoGiudice D, Almeida OP, Lin I, Milte R, Ratcliffe J, Hyde Z, Smith K.BMJ Open. 2024 Sep 13;14(9):e088281. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088281.
  • Validation of the Kimberley Cognitive Assessment (KICA-Cog) for Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
    Russell SG, Quigley R, Thompson F, Sagigi B, Miller G, LoGiudice D, Smith K, Flicker L, Pachana NA, Kordick S, Strivens E.Australas J Ageing. 2024 Sep;43(3):545-552. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13300. Epub 2024 Mar 18.
  • Safeguarding against Dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities through the Optimisation of Primary Health Care: A Project Protocol.
    Hornby-Turner YC, Russell SG, Quigley R, Matthews V, Larkins S, Hayman N, Lakhan P, Flicker L, Smith K, McKeown D, Cadet-James D, Cass A, Garvey G, LoGiudice D, Miller G, Strivens E.Methods Protoc. 2023 Oct 19;6(5):103. doi: 10.3390/mps6050103.
  • Taylor K, Ratcliffe J, Bessarab D, Smith K.  Valuing indigenous quality of life: A review of preference-based quality of life instruments and elicitation techniques with global older indigenous populations. Social Science & Medicine,Volume 336, 2023,116271.
  • Russell SG et al. Factors associated with the increased risk of dementia found in the Torres Strait. Australasian journal on ageing. 2022;41(1):88-96.
  • Smith K et al. Good spirit, good life: A quality of life tool and framework for older Aboriginal peoples. The Gerontologist. 2021;61(5):e163-e72.
  • LoGiudice D et al. The well-being of carers of older aboriginal people living in the Kimberley Region of remote Western Australia: empowerment, depression, and carer burden. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 2021;40(7):693-702.
  • Russell S et al. Prevalence of dementia in the Torres Strait. Australas J Ageing. 2021;40(2):e125-e32.
  • Russell S et al. Validation of the Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment short form (KICA-screen) for telehealth. Journal of telemedicine and telecare. 2021;27(1):54-8.
  • Smith K, Gilchrist L, Taylor K, Clinch C, Logiudice D, Edgill P, et al. Good Spirit, Good Life: A Quality of Life Tool and Framework for Older Aboriginal Peoples. Gerontologist. 2020
  • Dyer SM et al. The diagnostic accuracy of the Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment (KICA) tool: a systematic review. Australasian Psychiatry. 2017;25(3):282-7.
  • LoGiudice D et al. Incidence and predictors of cognitive impairment and dementia in Aboriginal Australians: A follow-up study of 5 years. Alzheimers Dement. 2016;12(3):252-61.
  • Lin I et al. ‘Yarn with me’: applying clinical yarning to improve clinician–patient communication in Aboriginal health care. Aus. Journal of PH. 2016;22(5):377-82.
  • Radford K et al. Prevalence of dementia in urban and regional Aboriginal Australians. Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2015;11(3):271-9.
  • Radford K et al. Comparison of Three Cognitive Screening Tools in Older Urban and Regional Aboriginal Australians. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2015; 40:22-23.
  • LoGiudice D et al. The KICA Screen: the psychometric properties of a shortened version of the KICA (Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment). Australas J Ageing. 2011;30(4):215-9.
  • Smith K et al. ‘Ngana minyarti? What is this?’ Development of cognitive questions for the Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment. AJA. 2007;26:115-9.
  • LoGiudice D et al. Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment tool (KICA): development of a cognitive assessment tool for older indigenous Australians. International Psychogeriatrics. 2006;18(02):269-80.
  • Smith K et al. High prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment in Indigenous Australians. Neurology. 2008;71(19):1470-3.