Australia’s Indigenous population have a much higher incidence of heart disease, diabetes and kidney disease than other Australians and are less likely to receive treatment for these conditions. I have discussed this recently.
The Kanyini Vascular Collaboration is a research project to try and identify barriers to best practice chronic disease management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to improve their health. I have written extensively about this research trial some time ago and thought it time for a quick update.
The polypill trial is about to enter final planning when we gather in Sydney next week.
There has been a little bit of work published with more on the way. An article has been published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal titled “Addressing inequities in access to quality health care for indigenous people” looking at the inequities and barriers in both a practical and historical context with some comparisons to the problems in delivering a service to the Canadian Aborigine population.
The Heart, Lung and Circulation (Volume 17, Supplement 3, 2008, Page S157) has an article titled “The Identification and Management of Vascular Diseases and Their Risk Factors in Eight Indigenous Primary Health Care Services—The Results of the Kanyini Vascular Collaboration Audit study“. Unfortunately, unless you have access through a library you have to pay for the article.
The Kanyini Vascular Collaboration also produces it’s own newsletter which can be downloaded here (678kb pdf).
I will keep you up to date as the trial progresses.
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