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Improving the identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in health-related information collection systems In NSW Volume 11 Issue 12

Heather Simon, Angela Todd

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 11(12) 204 - 206 Published: 2000

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Heather Simon

Angela Todd

Abstract

This article describes two projects undertaken by the NSW Department of Health to improve the identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in our major health information collection systems. The first project described is the development of Better Practice Guidelines for identification, and the second is a training program for frontline staff to improve the accuracy of patient registration information that is collected.