Investigators: Asha Bowen, Brad Farrant, Glenn Pearson, Jonathan Carapetis, Marianne Mullane, Natasha Maginnis, Tim Barnett
Collaborators: Ngulluk Koolunga Ngulluk Koort Elder Group
Skin infections in remote living Aboriginal children are common. Despite knowing this, we have no knowledge of whether this is also true for urban Aboriginal children in WA and throughout Australia. We need to know about skin infections in urban Aboriginal children (to complement our knowledge of the heavy burden for remote children gathered over many years), to highlight the need for relevant treatment and prevention strategies. We need the cultural guidance and insight of Elders/Co-researchers to develop the project together from the beginning and make sure that the bigger studies and guidelines that result are best fit for Aboriginal families in Perth and throughout Australia. They will also help us inform health policy about skin infections.