Early identification and preventive care for elevated cardiovascular disease risk within a remote Australian Aboriginal primary health care service

• Main Authors: O'Dea Kerin (Author), McDermott Robyn A (Author), Chenhall Richard D (Author), Connors Christine M (Author), Bailie Ross S (Author), Burgess Christopher P (Author), Gunabarra Charlie (Author), Matthews Hellen L (Author), Esterman Adrian J (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the single greatest contributor to the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Our objective is to determine if holistic CVD risk assessment, introduced as part of the...