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AMDIG Workshop 2009 - Developing a Preventability Index - Discussion
Attendees of the 2009 AMDIG meeting are invited to provide comments on the draft record of discussions regarding the development of a preventability index.
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Progress
The Victorian Aboriginal Child Mortality Study, 1988-2008 commenced in 2008 will be undertaken over a period of five years.
Method & progress
Method
The Victorian Aboriginal Child Mortality Study, 1988-2008 will be undertaken over a period of five years commencing 2008. This study has four distinct phases:
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How to find us
There are three components to the Commonwealth definition:
- descent
- self-identification, and
- community acceptance.
Contact us
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Associate Professor Jane Freemantle
Chief Investigator
T: +61 3 8344 9164
j.freemantle@unimelb.edu.au
Ms Bree Heffernan
Research Assistant
T: +61 3 8344 9336
breeh@unimelb.edu.au
University of Melbourne.
Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit
Centre for Health and Society, School of Population Health
The University of Melbourne
Level 4, 207 Bouverie St
CARLTON VIC 3010
About us
The Victorian Aboriginal Child Mortality Study, 1988-2008 is being undertaken at the Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, Centre for Health in Society, School of Population Health, the University of Melbourne.
Datasets and Data Custodians
This data linkage study involves datasets managed by a number of agencies as follows:
Investigators
The investigative team is headed by Associate Professor Jane Freemantle, and includes membership as follows:
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Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, FundersThis research is funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant for a 5-year period 2008-2013. Associate Professor Jane Freemantle is Principle Researcher on the grant; associates are listed on the Investigators page.
PartnersAims and justificationThe overall aim of the Victorian Aboriginal Child Mortality Study,1988-2008 is to accurately measure Aboriginal infant, child and youth mortality and the disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations in Victoria for births occurring between 1988 and 2008. In order to calculate accurate mortality rates, an accurate count of births is essential. Data LinkageAnything re datalinkage methodology/theory? Privacy principals? WA work and benefits of linkage? eg. SIDS Indigenous status: definitionsThe correct identification of ‘Indigenous status’ in statutory and administrative datasets (such as birth, death, General Practice and hospital patient records) is crucial to the accurate recording and reporting of the state of Aboriginal (and non-Aboriginal) health in Victoria. The ‘Commonwealth Definition’ of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person as per the High Court judgment in the case of Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 46 ALR 625 is: HomeGood quality data describing the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants, children and young people in Victoria are needed to accurately determine the number of births to Aboriginal mothers and fathers each year, to analyse birth outcomes, and to determine the rate, cause and preventability of deaths occurring among Aboriginal infants, children and young people. Identification in VictoriaAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria are only partially visible in health statistics due to inconsistencies in health data describing them. The correct identification of ‘Indigenous status’ in birth, death and hospital records is crucial to the accurate recording and reporting of the health of Aboriginal (and non-Aboriginal) Victorians. 
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