Improving delivery of secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease in remote Indigenous communities: study protocol for a stepped-wedge randomised trial

BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD), caused by acute rheumatic fever (ARF), is a major health problem in Australian Aboriginal communities. Progress in controlling RHD requires improvements in the delivery of secondary prophylaxis, which comprises regular, long-term injections of penicillin fo...

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Published in:Trials
Main Authors: Ralph, Anna P., Read, Clancy, Johnston, Vanessa, de Dassel, Jessica L., Bycroft, Kerstin, Mitchell, Alice, Bailie, Ross S., Maguire, Graeme P., Edwards, Keith, Currie, Bart J., Kirby, Adrienne, Carapetis, Jonathan R.
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2016
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Study Protocol
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4729116/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26818484
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1166-y
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