Journal article
Perinatal risk factors associated with skin infection hospitalisation in Western Australian Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal children
R Barnes, AC Bowen, R Walker, SYC Tong, J McVernon, PT Campbell, P Fathima, NH de Klerk, Y Wu, CC Blyth, JR Carapetis, HC Moore
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | WILEY | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12573
Abstract
Background: Hospitalisation with skin infection in Western Australian (WA) Aboriginal children is common, with the highest rates in infants and children from remote WA. Objective: We aimed to quantify infant, maternal, and sociodemographic risk factors for skin infection hospitalisation in WA children, focussing on Aboriginal children aged <17 years. Methods: We conducted a retrospective population-based cohort study with linked perinatal and hospitalisation data on WA-born children (1996-2012), of whom 31 348 (6.7%) were Aboriginal. We used Cox regression to calculate adjusted hazard ratios and associated population attributable fractions (PAFs) for perinatal factors attributed to first hos..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant (1045668) and a Seed Grant provided by the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases. ACB, HCM, CCB, and SYCT are supported by NHMRC Fellowships (ACB 1088735, HM: 1034254; CCB: 1111596; SYCT: 1145033). We affirm not having entered into any agreement with the funders which may have limited our ability to complete the research as planned and confirm we have had full control of the data.