Topics: Ear health

Infection rates after tympanostomy tube insertion, comparing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, Australia: a retrospective, comparative study.

20 August, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Ear health  Children  Northern Territory  

Jassar P, Sibtain A, Marco D, Jose J, Hunter G (2008)
Infection rates after tympanostomy tube insertion, comparing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, Australia: a retrospective, comparative study.
Journal of Laryngology and Otology;1-5

The effect of passive smoking on the risk of otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder region of Western Australia

8 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Ear health  Tobacco use  Western Australia  

Jacoby PA, Coates HL, Arumugaswamy A, Elsbury D, Stokes A, et al. (2008)
The effect of passive smoking on the risk of otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder region of Western Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia;188(10):599-603

Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.

4 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Ear health  Children  Western Australia  

Silva D, Lehmann D, Tennant M, Jacoby P, Wright H, et al. (2008)
Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia;188(10):594-598

Compared to placebo, long-term antibiotics resolve otitis media with effusion (OME) and prevent acute otitis media with perforation (AOMwiP) in a high-risk population: a randomized controlled trial

1 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Ear health  Northern Territory  

Leach AJ, Morris PS, Mathews JD (2008)
Compared to placebo, long-term antibiotics resolve otitis media with effusion (OME) and prevent acute otitis media with perforation (AOMwiP) in a high-risk population: a randomized controlled trial.
BMC Pediatrics;8:Article 23.

Aboriginal ear health manual

28 April, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 2  Ear health  Children  

Coates H, Vijayasekaran S, Mackendrick A, Leidwinger L. et al. (2008)
Aboriginal ear health manual.
Perth: Alcon Laboratories Australia

The reach and efficacy of ear health programs in primary school children in the Goldfields South East Health region

1 April, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 2  Ear health  Western Australia  

Doyle JE (2007)
The reach and efficacy of ear health programs in primary school children in the Goldfields South East Health region.