Exploring factors impacting early childhood health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities: protocol for a population-based cohort study using data linkage (the 'Defying the Odds' study)

Bridgette McNamara; Lina Gubhaju; Louisa Jorm; David Preen; Jocelyn Jones; Grace Joshy; Carrington Shepherd; Daniel McAullay; Sandra Eades

Journal article

Exploring factors impacting early childhood health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities: protocol for a population-based cohort study using data linkage (the 'Defying the Odds' study)

Bridgette McNamara, Lina Gubhaju, Louisa Jorm, David Preen, Jocelyn Jones, Grace Joshy, Carrington Shepherd, Daniel McAullay, Sandra Eades

BMJ OPEN | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021236

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Bridgette McNamara Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Lina Gubhaju Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Sandra Eades Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

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‘DEFYING THE ODDS’: EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF PERINATAL OUTCOMES, MATERNAL SOCIAL AND HEALTH OUTCOMES AND LEVEL OF CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE SERVICE AVAILABILITY ON THE HEALTH OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL INFANTS AND CHILDREN

A healthy start to life is essential for life-long health. Currently, Aboriginal children have greater rates of death and hospitalisation th..

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia

Funding Acknowledgements

Funding for the Defying the Odds study has been provided by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (project grant 1078214). BM was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Training Fellowship (586736). Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute is supported in part by the Victorian Government OIS Programme.