Liver spots: A study of hepatitis B knowledge, treatment and health care among Indigenous Australians

• Reach:

  Not specified

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

This project aims to identify the health care and treatment needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with chronic hepatitis B infection.

Interviews and surveys will be conducted with health care workers and people in urban and remote communities who are living with hepatitis B. Biomedical knowledge, cultural healthcare needs, traditional health beliefs and facilitators and barriers to treatment uptake will be investigated.

Project data will also inform the development of a larger nation-wide project and culturally appropriate resources and services for Indigenous Australians.

Adapted from the Kirby Institute

Contacts

Dr Anna Olsen
Post-doctoral Fellow
The Kirby Institute
Corner Boundary and West Streets
Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Ph: (02) 9385 0900
Fax: (02) 9385 0920
Email: aolsen@kirby.unsw.edu.au

Links

• View information: Liver spots: A study of hepatitis B knowledge, treatment and health care among Indigenous Australians
• View website: The Kirby Institute