A total of 51 HOT NORTH health research projects have been announced in 2017 and to date in 2018. The new projects will examine some of Australia’s most pressing health concerns affecting Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in the north of Australia and our regional neighbours abroad.
Cellulitis Outpatient Intravenous Antibiotic Study in the Torres (COAST)
This research is studying skin infections (which doctors call cellulitis) in the Torres Straits. Patients ...
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Rapid Echocardiography for Congenital And Rheumatic heart Disease – Investigating a New Approach (RECARDINA)
The RECARDINA pilot project will evaluate two possible approaches to an innovative screening protocol for ...
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The Communicate study – Stage 2
Many Aboriginal patients at Royal Darwin Hospital speak a language other than English at home, ...
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The impact of a health information campaign to improve timely health seeking of families of Aboriginal children with chronic wet cough in the Kimberley
Background: Bronchiectasis and its precursor, chronic suppurative lung disease (CSLD) are prevalent in the Aboriginal ...
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Consultation to Translation: Evaluation of an environmental health video to promote the role of environmental health activities for healthy skin
Environmental health activities are key activities in the prevention of skin infections. Skin infections are ...
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Tracking drug resistant infections in northern Australia: Mapping and data to inform policy and practice
Infections that no longer respond to treatment are increasingly common across the world and within ...
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