Living with rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Victoria, Australia: A qualitative study
Pacific people living with ARF/RHD and their families require additional support to receive high quality management in Victoria. Introducing a patient register and a specialist RHD nurse would enhance access to treatment, as would removing cost barriers, improving clinical awareness of ARF/RHD and creating Victoria-specific patient resources.
Authors
- Angeline Ferdinand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4816-5539)
- Katherine B. Gibney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5851-5339)
- Ramona Tiatia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1291-8156)
- Andrew C. Steer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7346-0196)
- Jane Oliver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5548-7512)
- Loudeen Fualautoalasi-Lam
- Bryn Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3554-9808)
- Daniel Engelman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4909-1287)
Institutions
- Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Peter Doherty Institute (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- University of Otago (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2024-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012038
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54
Funders
- Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council