Rationale and design of the Kanyini guidelines adherence with the polypill (Kanyini-GAP) study: a randomised controlled trial of a polypill-based strategy amongst Indigenous and non Indigenous people at high cardiovascular risk

Hueiming Liu; Anushka Patel; Alex Brown; Sandra Eades; Noel Hayman; Stephen Jan; Ian Ring; Greg Stewart; Andrew Tonkin; Tarun Weeramanthri; Vicki Wade; Anthony Rodgers; Tim Usherwood; Bruce Neal; David Peiris; Hugh Burke; Christopher Reid; Alan Cass

Journal article

Rationale and design of the Kanyini guidelines adherence with the polypill (Kanyini-GAP) study: a randomised controlled trial of a polypill-based strategy amongst Indigenous and non Indigenous people at high cardiovascular risk

Hueiming Liu, Anushka Patel, Alex Brown, Sandra Eades, Noel Hayman, Stephen Jan, Ian Ring, Greg Stewart, Andrew Tonkin, Tarun Weeramanthri, Vicki Wade, Anthony Rodgers, Tim Usherwood, Bruce Neal, David Peiris, Hugh Burke, Christopher Reid, Alan Cass

BMC Public Health | BMC | Published : 2010

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-458

University of Melbourne Researchers

Sandra Eades Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Grants

Awarded by Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Funding Acknowledgements

The Kanyini GAP Study is an investigator-initiated and conducted study, funded by a primary health care project grant (#457508), a health services program grant (#402797) and a project grant (#632810) from the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC). AC and AP are funded by Senior Research Fellowships from the NHMRC. AB is funded by an Indigenous post-doctoral fellowship from the National Heart Foundation. SJ is funded by an NHMRC Career Development Award. We thank Dr Peter Arnold for his assistance in the preparation of this paper.