A community-based service enhancement model of training and employing Ear Health Facilitators to address the crisis in ear and hearing health of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, the Hearing for Learning Initiative (the HfLI): study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial
Abstract Background Almost all Aboriginal children in remote communities have persistent bilateral otitis media affecting hearing and learning throughout early childhood and school years, with consequences for social and educational outcomes, and later employment opportunities. Current primary healt...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-06-01
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Series: | Trials |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05215-7 |