Strategies for and Problems Associated with Maximising and Monitoring Compliance with Antibiotic Treatment for Otitis Media with Effusion in a Remote Aboriginal Community

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Poor compliance with prescribed treatment is a problem that all health tare providers have to manage on a daily basis as it directly influences patient outcome to treatment. This takes on even greater significance in the context of Australian Aboriginal health where poor compliance is an important factor limiting health advancement along with many other social and economic factors. This paper describes educational and other strategies used to maximise and monitor compliance in the context of an antibiotic treatment trial for infants with otitis media (OM) in a remote, traditionally‐oriented Aboriginal community. It uses a model of interaction that recognises that positive cross‐cul..