Budden, Lea, and Mason, Matt (2013) Tuberculosis in Australian and Torres Islander peoples. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 21 (6). p. 44.

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Abstract

Tuberculosis cases in Australian people have increased. Australia has for many decades experienced a low prevalence of the disease from previous diligent screening, surveillance and management control over the last century (Vincent, 2011). Across the world tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem and is one of the World Health Organization's (WHO) millennium goals. It is reported that there are 8.7 million new cases of TB and 1.4 million deaths from TB worldwide in 2011 (World Health Organization, 2012). In Australia (2009) there were 1,259 new cases of TB reported (Barry, Waring, Stapleton, & Konstantatos, 2012). Most of Australia’s new TB cases were in people who were born overseas. People who have HIV have a high risk of contracting TB. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have almost a 7 times higher incidence rate of TB than non-indigenous Australians (Barry et al., 2012).

Item ID:	30455
Item Type:	Article (Short Note)
ISSN:	2202-7114
Date Deposited:	10 Mar 2014 23:45
FoR Codes:	11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111701 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health @ 50% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified @ 50%
SEO Codes:	92 HEALTH > 9203 Indigenous Health > 920302 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Health Status and Outcomes @ 50% 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified @ 50%
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