Improving hygiene and children's health in remote Indigenous communities

• Reach:

  NT

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Completed

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

This project investigated the physical and social issues that prevent remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory from reaching safe levels of hygiene. The aim of the project was to identify interventions that would be effective in addressing these barriers to safe hygiene levels.

Contacts

Elizabeth McDonald
Menzies School of Health Research
Email: Liz.McDonald@menzies.edu.au

Related publications

Bailie RS, Stevens MR, McDonald E, Halpin S, Brewster D, Robinson G, Guthridge S (2005)

Skin infection, housing and social circumstances in children living in remote Indigenous Australian communities: testing conceptual and methodological approaches.

BMC Public Health; 5(1): 128

Retrieved 8 December 2005 from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-5-128.pdf

• Links
• View abstract: Skin infection, housing and social circumstances in children living in remote Indigenous Australian communities: testing conceptual and methodological approaches
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• View information: Skin infection, housing and social circumstances in children living in remote Indigenous Australian communities: testing conceptual and methodological approaches
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Links

• View information: Improving hygiene and children's health in remote Indigenous communities
• View website: Primary Health Care Research and Information Service