Predicting heart disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

• Reach:

  NT

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Completed

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

This study is a follow up of cardiovascular disease outcomes for a cohort of Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory who participated in a health screening program Heart health in the 1990s. It aimed to identify what clinical measures best predict the risk of heart attack and stroke in Aboriginal communities in central Australia.

The Lowitja Institute abstract

Contacts

Kevin Rowley
Project Leader
Email:rowleyk@unimelb.edu.au

Related publications

Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (2008)

Good health outcomes over two decades for a decentralised NT Aboriginal community - Utopia [policy brief].

: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health

• Links
• View report: Good health outcomes over two decades for a decentralised NT Aboriginal community - Utopia [policy brief] (PDF - 58.0 KB)
• View information: the Lowitja Institute - policy briefs

Links

• View information: Predicting heart disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• View news item: Utopia lifestyle halves mortality
• View website: The Lowitja Institute