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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...
Autores principales: | 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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4729116/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26818484 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1166-y |
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