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Monitoring the 'Strong Women, Strong Babies, Strong Culture Program': the first eight years
E Tursan D'Espaignet1, M L Measey, M A Carnegie
1Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Australia. edouard@ichr.uwa.edu.au
Objective:
To assess improvements in perinatal health following the introduction of the Strong Women, Strong Babies, Strong Culture (SWSBSC) Program in two groups of Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.
Methods:
A comparison of pre and post birthweights in intervention and control communities in rural and remote regions in the Top End of the Northern Territory was performed.
Results:
Significant improvements in birthweight were observed for Group 1 communities with no significant change in Group 2.
Conclusion:
There is a need to better understand how the intervention differed in the two groups of communities.
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