Hepatitis B in the Top End of the Northern Territory: epidemiology, burden of disease and health literacy among those affected.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1038356

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

I am an Infectious Diseases doctor working with Hepatitis B in the Top End of the Northern Territory. I will provide detailed information about the prevelance of Hepatitis B infection, the specific subtypes found in this region and the burden of disease attributable to it. This information is not currently available for this region. I will also explore the levels of knowledge in the community about Hepatitis B infection using this information to develop and evaluate an educational tool.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $118,574.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epidemiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

burden of disease | communication skills | epidemiology | health education | health literacy | hepatitis B infection | hepatitis B virus | molecular epidemiology

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