BackgroundOtitis media (OM) is the most common paediatric illness for which antibiotics are prescribed. In Australian Aboriginal children OM is frequently asymptomatic and starts at a younger age, is more common and more likely to result in hearing loss than in non-Aboriginal children. Absent transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) may predict ...
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The main objective of the work is to compare the growth and nutritional status of Australian Aboriginal term infants born with (n = 81) and without fetal growth restriction (n = 260). A prospective birth cohort study of 341 Aboriginal babies from the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia was recruited at ...
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The Gudaga Study is a prospective, longitudinal birth cohort study of Australian urban Aboriginal children. Mothers of Aboriginal infants were recruited using a survey of all mothers admitted to the maternity ward of an outer urban hospital in Sydney. These data established initiation rates among Gudaga infants and ...
BackgroundIn 1987, a prospective study of an Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort was established focusing on the relationships of fetal and childhood growth with the risk of chronic adult disease. However as the study is being conducted in a highly marginalized population it is also an important resource for cross-sectional descriptive ...
BACKGROUND:Otitis media is the main reason young children receive antibiotics and is the leading reason for physician visits.OBJECTIVE:To characterize the incidence, recurrence and risk factors for otitis media in a population-based birth cohort.METHODS:All children born in southwestern British Columbia during 1999 to 2000 were followed until the age of ...
OBJECTIVE: to examine the transition of care in the postnatal period from a regional hospital to a remote health service and describe the quality and safety implications for remote dwelling Aboriginal mothers and infants. DESIGN: a retrospective cohort study of maternal health service utilisation and birth outcomes, key informant ...
Aim:? To measure, describe and investigate potential predictors of early developmental progress in urban Aboriginal infants. Methods:? The Gudaga study is a longitudinal birth cohort study of urban Aboriginal infants. At 12?months 134 infants were assessed using the Griffiths Mental Development Scales (GMDS). The ...
The concept of birthing on country for Aboriginal people means having babies born on traditional lands, and more recently the term is used to indicate the desire of Aboriginal communities to have our babies born in our communities. Being born on country connects an Aboriginal person to the land and community in a ...
Whether the exceptionally low prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection reported among Malays is also present among aborigines (the Orang Asli) living in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia is unknown. We studied asymptomatic Orang Asli from settlements situated 210 km from the city of Kota Bharu. The HP infection status was confirmed by a validated serology test. Nineteen ...
For demographic reasons and as a result of a number of high profile health incidents in recent years, much of the health research and policy focus is on the younger cohorts of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. A critical examination of recent demographic trends reveals, however, that older cohorts of the Aboriginal ...
that the enhanced participation of Aboriginal people enriches and broadens its intellectual and cultural environment. In addition, the program is active in providing cross-cultural and #12;4 Aboriginal awareness training to Faculty of the culture and aspirations of Aboriginal people. Two cohorts of students have ...
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BackgroundInformation on health disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations is essential for developing public health programs aimed at reducing such disparities. The lack of data on disparities in birth outcomes between Inuit and non-Inuit populations in Canada prompted us to compare birth ...
BackgroundAcute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) are a major cause of hospitalisation in young children. Many factors can lead to increased risk of ALRI in children and predispose a child to hospitalisation, but population attributable fractions for different risk factors and how these fractions differ between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children is unknown. This study investigates population ...
BackgroundAboriginal children in remote Australia have high rates of complicated middle ear disease associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae and other pathogens. We assessed the effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination for prevention of otitis media in this setting.MethodsWe compared two birth cohorts, one enrolled before ...
... 027.081.0619 Birth-Weight-Specific Infant and Neonatal Mortality: Effects of Heterogeneity in the Birth CohortTimothy B. ... wi...
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BackgroundSocial and emotional well-being is an important component of overall health. In the Indigenous Australian context, risk indicators of poor social and emotional well-being include social determinants such as poor education, employment, income and housing as well as substance use, racial discrimination and cultural knowledge. This study sought to investigate associations between oral ...
