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Table 2 Included mobile primary health care clinics implemented for Indigenous populations

From: Mobile primary health care clinics for Indigenous populations in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States: a systematic scoping review

Mobile clinic name

Citation

Year of implementation

Service provider

Country

State/Province

Health E Screen 4 Kids

ABC 2008 [50]

Elliot et al. 2010 [51]

Nguyen et al. 2015 [52]

Smith et al. 2013 [53]

Smith et al. 2015 [54]

Smith et al. 2012 [55]

2009

University of Queensland

Australia

Queensland

Bega Garnbirringu mobile clinic

Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre 2018 [56]

Bega Garnbirringu Health Service 2018 [57]

Not reported

Bega Garnbirringu Health Service

Australia

Western Australia

Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation mobile clinic

Australian Mobile Health Clinics Association 2015 [58]

Parliament of Australia 2014 [59]

2014

Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation

Australia

New South Wales

University of Queensland Indigenous Health Mobile Training Unit/Medical Outreach Boomerang van (MOB van)

Australian Mobile Health Clinics Association 2015 [58]

University of Queensland 2013 [60]

Carbal Medical Service 2020 [61]

Carbal Medical Services 2014 [62]

2013

University of Queensland, Health Workforce Australia and Carbal Health Service

Australia

Queensland

Moorditj Djena mobile podiatry clinic

Ballestas et al. 2014 [63]

2011

Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service and North and South Metropolitan Health Services

Australia

Western Australia

Western Desert Kidney Health mobile bus

Bestel 2010 [64]

Sinclair et al. 2016 [65]

Jeffries-Stokes 2017 [66]

2010

University of Western Australia

Australia

Western Australia

Tulku Wan Wininn mobile clinic

Budja Budja Aboriginal Cooperative 2019 [40]

2019

Budja Budja Aboriginal Cooperative

Australia

Victoria

Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) mobile health clinic

Burgess & Buchannan 2013 [67]

2013

QAIHC

Australia

Queensland

Goondir Health Services Mobile Medical Clinic (MMC)

Goondir Health Services 2020 [68]

Goondir Health Services 2019 [69]

2010

Goondir Health Services

Australia

Queensland

Earbus mobile health clinics

Ear bus 2020 [70]

Ear bus 2018 [71]

2014

Earbus foundation of Western Australia

Australia

Western Australia

Chevron-Pilbara Ear Health Program

Telethon Speech & Hearing 2020 [72]

Higginbotham & Shur 2012 [73]

Krishnaswamy, Monley & Kishida 2015 [74]

Telethon Speech & Hearing 2019 [75]

2011

Telethon Speech & Hearing

Australia

Western Australia

Pi:Lu Bus

Evins 2018 [76]

2018

Riverland Aboriginal Health Service

Australia

South Australia

Murchison Outreach Services mobile clinic

Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service 2020 [77]

Not reported

Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service

Australia

Western Australia

Nhulundu Health Service Mobile Clinic

Nhulundu Health Service 2016 [78]

Not reported

Nhulundu Health Service

Australia

Queensland

Screening for Limb, I-eye, Cardiovascular, and Kidney complications of diabetes (SLICK vans)

Jin 2014 [79]

Oster et al. 2009 [80]

Oster et al. 2010a [41]

Virani et al. 2006 [81]

2001–2010

University of Alberta, First Nations and Health Canada

Canada

Alberta

Mobile Diabetes Screening Initiative (MDSi)

Ralph-Campbell et al. 2009 [82]

Oster et al. 2010b [83]

Ralph-Campbell et al. 2011 [84]

Toth 2014 [85]

2003

Alberta Health and Wellness, Northern Regional Health Authorities and University of Alberta

Canada

 

Seabird Island Mobile Diabetes Telemedicine

Jin 2014 [79]

2009

Seabird Island Band

Canada

British Columbia

Manitoba Diabetes Integration Project (DIP)

Jin 2014 [79]

2008

Diabetes Integration Project, Inc.

Canada

Manitoba

Mobile Diabetes Telemedicine Clinic

First Nations Health Authority 2019 [86]

Dawson et al. 2009 [87]

Jin 2014 [79]

Carrier Sekani Family Services 2015 [88]

2002

Carrier Sekani Family Services

Canada

British Columbia

Great Plains Mobile Mammography Screening

Roubidoux et al. 2018 [89]

Roen et al. 2013 [90]

Rural Health Information Hub 2019 [91]

Indian Health Service 2020 [92]

2006–2018

Great Plains Area Indian Health Service

United States

North and South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska

Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation Mobile Health Program

Mobile Healthcare Association 2020 [93]

Bylander 2017 [94]

Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation 2019 [95]

Not reported

Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation

United States

Arizona

Winslow Indian Health Care Centre Medical Mobile Vehicle

Mobile Healthcare Association 2020 [93]

Winslow Indian Health Care Centre 2020 [96]

2019

Winslow Indian Health Care Center

United States

Arizona

Bay Clinic Mobile Health Unit

Mobile Health Map 2020 [31]

Bay Clinic 2020 [97]

Not reported

Bay Clinic

United States

East Hawaii

Mniwiconi clinic and farm Mobile Clinic

Mobile Health Map 2020 [31]

Mniwiconi clinic and farm 2019 [98]

Not reported

Mniwiconi clinic and farm

United States

North Dakota

Wisconsin Ho-Chunk Nation mobile clinic

Children’s Health Fund 2012 [99]

Mobile Healthcare Association 2020 [93]

2012

Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Health and Children’s Fund

United States

Wisconsin