Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: East Arnhem Healthy Skin Project: A Regional Collaboration to Reduce Scabies, Skin Sores and Associated Chronic Diseases, Including Rheumatic Fever and Renal Disease, Amon
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a coordinated regional approach to healthy skin programs in six remote Aboriginal communities can demonstrate, not only a reduction in the burden of scabies and streptococcal skin sores, but also broad health benefits, including primary prevention of some chronic diseases that occur at particularly high rates in Australian Aboriginal communities.
The primary objectives of the Program are: