The phrase "aboriginal heart" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing indigenous cultures, identity, or emotional connections to land and heritage.
Example: "The artist's work reflects the aboriginal heart of the land, capturing the essence of its ancient stories."
Alternatives: "indigenous spirit" or "native essence".
We evaluated the uptake and effectiveness of a cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation program specifically designed and provided for the Aboriginal community, by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, for people with diagnosed chronic heart or respiratory disease and those at high risk of developing such conditions.
In order to distribute limited resources to areas that required it most, we used Geographical Information System profiling [ 11] to identify regional areas with >20,000 total population in Victoria and which had an increased prevalence of chronic heart failure, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, obese children aged 7 18 years and adults over 65 years of age.
Rates of acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart disease in Aboriginal people, Torres Strait Islanders and Māori continue to be unacceptably high.
The Heart Foundation's spokesman for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heart health, Simon Dixon, said the report highlighted that many barriers existed in regard to service access and delivery of best-practice care.
This includes a greater representation of women than men (39), which was also evident in phase II and does not appear to be due to a survivor effect given the higher risk of coronary heart disease among Aboriginal women (8).
For the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, she was chosen to light the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony, an act some regarded as a move toward Aboriginal reconciliation (see Cathy Freeman: The Heart of a Nation).
To determine whether the association between obesity and coronary heart disease (CHD) in Aboriginal adults depends on age.
The PHQ-9 has also been adapted for use in a small sample of Aboriginal primary care patients with coronary heart disease [ 7].
Rates of ARF and consequent rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Aboriginal children living in these communities are reported to be among the highest in the world [ 8- 10].
Colonial explorer and surveyor Thomas Mitchell had quite some bother with the Aboriginal people during his tours into the heart of New South Wales in the mid-1830s.
