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Let's CHAT Dementia Project Publications

Bradley K, Smith R, Hughson JA, et al. Let’s CHAT (community health approaches to) dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Health Services Research. 2020;20(208):1-3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4985-1

LoGiudice D, Hughson J, Douglas H, et al. Culturally safe, trauma-informed approach to cognitive impairment and dementia in older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Australian Journal of General Practice. 2023;52(8):505-11. https://10.31128/AJGP-01-23-6672

Holdaway M, Hyde Z, Hughson JA, et al. Medications and cognitive risk in Aboriginal primary care: a cross‐sectional study. Internal Medicine Journal. 2024;54(6):897-908. https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16323

Bradley K, Hughson JA, Hyde Z, et al. Detection of cognitive impairment, dementia and associated risk factors among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: Retrospective baseline audit results from a stepped‐wedge cluster‐randomised controlled trial. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 2025;44(1):e70007. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.70007

Bradley K, Hughson JA, Blackberry I, et al. Process evaluation of a co-designed best practice model of dementia care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary care: the Let’s CHAT (Community Health Approaches To) Dementia project. SSM-Mental Health. 2025:100426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100426

Hughson JA, Hyde  Z,  Bradley K, et al.  Implementation of a best-practice model of care for cognitive impairment and dementia for first nations peoples attending primary care in Australia: a  stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial.  The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific. 2025; 57:101529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101529

Hughson JA, Belfrage M, Douglas H, et al. Developing a best-practice guide to support care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living with cognitive impairment and dementia: Prioritising inclusivity, consensus-building and cultural values. SSM-Mental Health. 2025;7:100420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100426

Related Publications

For additional publications relating to cognitive impairment and dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian populations, refer to Let's CHAT Dementia lead investigator Prof Dina LoGiudice's page.