The paucity and inaccuracy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health data collection will hinder efforts to closing the health disparity gap between Indigenous and other Australians according to an editorial in the latest e-newsletter of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health.
Written by Associate Professor Jane Freemantle of the Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, the editorial concludes that “Incomplete and inaccurate data lead to inaccurate policy and program development.”
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