Preventative health interventions for Indigenous children less than six years of age.

众所周知，儿童早期健康状况不佳会影响到成年生活，例如，儿童生长和发育与患成年慢性病的可能性之间的关系。关于维多利亚州土著儿童的健康状况，有一些信息可供使用;但是，人们对预防性健康干预措施的有效性知之甚少。这项研究建议与土著社区控制的服务，制定预防性干预措施，并衡量随之而来的变化，儿童健康的结果。这将通过从现有数据和服务审计中建立初步证据库来实现。这些信息将用于制定干预措施和确定可衡量的变量。

It is well established that poor early childhood health has affects into adult life, for example, the relationship between child growth and development and likelihood of developing adult chronic disease. Some information is available about Victorian Indigenous children's health status; however little is known about effectiveness of preventative health interventions. This research proposes to work with Aboriginal community controlled services to develop preventative interventions and measure consequent changes to child health outcomes. This will be achieved through building an initial evidence base from available data and service audits. This information will be used to develop interventions and identify measurable variables.