Hygiene Improvement: Essential To Improving Child Health In Remote Aboriginal Communities

Hygiene Improvement: Essential To Improving Child Health In Remote Aboriginal Communities Elizabeth McDonald, and Ross Bailie, 2010   It is generally recognised that poor living conditions and poor hygiene underlie the high burden of infection experienced by Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) children living in remote communities. There has been little research on this topic. Taking an ecological approach, our study aimed to identify the key factors contributing to poor...

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