Breathing Easy: Respiratory Disease in Indigenous Children
Duration: 65 minutes
Program ID: 316 | Purchase Price: $105.00 (DVD)
Provide an update on the prevalence of asthma and other respiratory infections in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in Australia as well as the hospitalisation rate for both: Outline the major respiratory problems for Indigenous children and their causes
Discuss hospitalisation rates of Indigenous children with respiratory infections and asthma and how they can be can be reduced through:
- Recommended preventative measures
- Latest management and treatment strategies
- Follow-up
Program Presenters
- Chair: Dr Norman Swan - Presenter of the Health Report on ABC Radio National
- Ms Chiquita Bicknell - Aboriginal Health Worker, Anyinginyi Congress, Tennant Creek, NT
- Associate Professor Sabina Knight - Nurse and Senior Lecturer, Centre for Remote Health, Alice Springs
- Dr Brent Masters - Paediatric Respiratory Physician
- Associate Professor Paul Torzillo - Senior Respiratory Physician, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney & Medical Director, Nganampa Health Council, South Australia.
- Dr Andrew White - Remote Area Paediatrician, Senior Lecturer, JCU School of Medicine, Staff Paediatrician, The Townsville Hospital, QLD
Broadcast Dates
This program was first broadcast on the Foundation's satellite network on Tuesday 21 October 2003.
