Improving ethnocultural data to inform public health responses to communicable diseases in Australia
10.5365/WPSAR.2014.5.1.011
- Author:
Emma Quinn
;
Peter Massey
;
Alexander Rosewell
;
Mitchell Smith
;
David Durrheim
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
2014;5(2):1-4
- CountryWHO-WPRO
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
It is well established that ethnocultural groups of migrants are associated with a differential risk of communicable disease, including measles, tuberculosis and hepatitis B. Global public health agencies1 are now focusing on improving the collection of ethnocultural data to better define communicable disease risk in migrant populations to support community-level disease prevention and control.
