RCT of Polypill Versus Usual Care Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People with high cardiovascular risk

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/632810

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cardiovascular disease is a major contributor to the lower life expectancy of Aboriginal compared to non Aboriginal people. Guidelines recommend people at high risk of cardiovascular disease shoul be on a combination of blood thinning, blood pressure lowering and cholesterol lowering medications. There is a large gap between actual practice and these guidelines. We will test a combined polypill strategy aiming to simplify treatment and reduce costs to close this gap.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,855,205.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Cardiovascular disease | Chronic Disease | Chronic Disease among Aboriginal Populations | Economic Evaluatioin | Health service research in national health priority areas | Indigenous primary health care | Randomised Controlled Trial of a combination pill | Secondary Prevention

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