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dc.contributor.authorMorris, A
dc.contributor.authorRidley, Greta
dc.contributor.authorElliott, E
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-02
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-17T22:30:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-02T00:44:42Z
dc.date.available2017-03-02T00:44:42Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.date.modified2014-09-17T22:30:36Z
dc.identifier.issn1440-1754
dc.identifier.doi10.1046/j.1440-1754.2002.00767.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/62923
dc.description.abstractThe Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU), through active surveillance, collects information on the epidemiology of rare or uncommon childhood conditions. This research resource allows paediatricians to collaborate at State, national and international levels. The APSU sends a monthly report card to all (currently 971) paediatricians in Australia, who in turn indicate whether or not they have seen a patient in the last month with any of the conditions listed (98% response rate in 1999). Study investigators, notified by the APSU of positive case reports, obtain demographic and clinical data on the patient from the reporting doctor by postal questionnaire (90% response rate in 1999). Since 1993, the APSU has monitored 27 conditions, including conditions that are vaccine-preventable, otherwise infectious, genetic, congenital and non-communicable. Information collected is disseminated to paediatricians and other health professionals via an annual report, newsletters and publications and is made available to the International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units. Information provided by the APSU has raised awareness among paediatricians of rare and uncommon childhood conditions, and has been used by health authorities for planning of prevention and intervention strategies and allocation of health resources.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.publisherBlackwell science
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom8
dc.relation.ispartofpageto15
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume38
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical Sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPaediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode110399
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1114
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.titleAustralian Paediatric Surveillance Unit- Progress Report
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codec1x
gro.facultyArts, Education and Law
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorRidley, Greta


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