Investigators: Amy Baker, Catherine Halkon, Clair Scrine, David Hendrickx, Jonathan Carapetis, Joseph Kado, Katherine Gray, Robert Hand
External collaborators: Anna Ralph (Menzies School of Health Research), Graeme Maguire (Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Holdings Limited), Bart Currie (Menzies School of Health Research), Alex Brown (University of South Australia)
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a major health problem in Indigenous communities. Continued progress in controlling RHD requires an understanding of how to improve delivery of regular injections of penicillin - secondary prophylaxis (SP). We will evaluate a systems-based approach to improving delivery of SP, in 10 communities in NT. If successful, this model will provide a practical and transferable approach that can be adopted nationally.