Integrated Clinical Decision Support Systems Promote Absolute Cardiovascular Risk Assessment: An Important Primary Prevention Measure in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care

Integrated Clinical Decision Support Systems Promote Absolute Cardiovascular Risk Assessment: An Important Primary Prevention Measure in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care

BackgroundAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians experience a greater burden of disease compared to non-Indigenous Australians. Around one-fifth of the health disparity is caused by cardiovascular disease (CVD). Despite the importance of absolute cardiovascular risk assessment (CVRA) as a...

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Main Authors: Veronica Matthews, Christopher P. Burgess, Christine Connors, Elizabeth Moore, David Peiris, David Scrimgeour, Sandra C. Thompson, Sarah Larkins, Ross Bailie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
cardiovascular disease
risk assessment
Indigenous health
prevention
primary health care
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00233/full

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