Evaluating the effectiveness and sustainability of a primary healthcare strategy to reduce the prevalence of strongyloidiasis in endemically infected Indigenous communities in Northern Australia
The results provided practice-based evidence of a significant decrease in the prevalence of strongyloidiasis attributable to the strategy which could be replicated in other health services utilising electronic health-record systems. The final evaluation demonstrated the sustainability and ongoing benefits for endemically infected communities, and the key role that health services can play in strongyloidiasis prevention and control programs.
Authors
- Beverley‐Ann Biggs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2961-9793)
- David Blair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4658-3251)
- Wendy Page (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5669-529X)
- Karen Dempsey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8901-8669)
- Jenni A. Judd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8441-5008)
Institutions
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AU)
- Indigenous Wellbeing Centre (AU)
- Peter Doherty Institute (AU)
- Maari Ma Health (AU)
- James Cook University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013136
- Primary Topic
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00