A program to respond to otitis media in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: a qualitative investigation of parent perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indigenous infants and children in Australia, especially in remote communities, experience early and chronic otitis media (OM) which is difficult to treat and has lifelong impacts in health and education. The LiTTLe Program (Learning to Talk, Talking to Learn) aimed to increase infants' access to spoken language input, teach parents to manage health and hearing problems, and support children's school readiness. This paper aimed to explore caregivers' views about this inclusive, parent-implemented early childhood program for 0-3 years in an Aboriginal community health context.

Methods

Data from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 9 caregivers of 12 children who had participated in the program from one remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory are

SUBMITTER: Jones C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5840719 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature