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Maternal and infant health
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The Gudaga Study: establishing an Aboriginal birth cohort in an urban community Abstract
Elizabeth Comino Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales
Objective: This paper describes the establishment of the Gudaga Study, an
Pippa Craig
Aboriginal birth cohort in south-west
University of New South Wales
Sydney, and our approach to follow-up
Elizabeth Harris
of participants. The Study describes the
Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales
Dennis McDermott
health, development, and services use of Aboriginal infants and their mothers. The research team works closely with the local Aboriginal community to implement the
Flinders University, South Australia
research.
Mark Harris
Methods: All mothers in the maternity
Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales
ward of an urban hospital were surveyed to identify mothers with an Aboriginal
Richard Henry
infant. These and some additional mothers
University of New South Wales
identified through other networks were recruited to the study.
Lisa Jackson Pulver School of Public Health & Community Medicine, University of New South Wales
Lynn Kemp, Jenny Knight
Results: The number of mothers were surveyed was 2,108. Mothers of Aboriginal infants were younger (25.3 years compared
Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales
