TY - JOUR
T1 - High rates of hospitalised burn injury in Indigenous children living in remote areas
T2 - a population data linkage study
AU - Möller, Holger
AU - Falster, Kathleen
AU - Ivers, Rebecca
AU - Clapham, Kathleen
AU - Harvey, Lara
AU - Jorm, Louisa
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - Burns are a leading cause of child morbidity and mortality in Australia.1, 2 Previous studies have shown that Indigenous children and children living in rural and remote areas are disproportionally affected by burn injuries.3, 4 A much larger proportion of Indigenous (5.1%) compared with nonIndigenous (0.5%) children live in remote areas.5 However, to our knowledge, it has not yet been explored if living in remote areas impacts differently on the risk of burn injury in Indigenous compared with nonIndigenous children. This level of information is important to inform if burn injury prevention measures specifically targeted at Indigenous children in remote areas are needed.
AB - Burns are a leading cause of child morbidity and mortality in Australia.1, 2 Previous studies have shown that Indigenous children and children living in rural and remote areas are disproportionally affected by burn injuries.3, 4 A much larger proportion of Indigenous (5.1%) compared with nonIndigenous (0.5%) children live in remote areas.5 However, to our knowledge, it has not yet been explored if living in remote areas impacts differently on the risk of burn injury in Indigenous compared with nonIndigenous children. This level of information is important to inform if burn injury prevention measures specifically targeted at Indigenous children in remote areas are needed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85034759955&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1753-6405.12729
DO - 10.1111/1753-6405.12729
M3 - Letter
SN - 1326-0200
VL - 42
SP - 108
EP - 109
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
IS - 1
ER -