Evaluating the impact of new interdisciplinary interventions to enhance dog health to benefit community health outcomes in remote Indigenous communities

土著居民的健康和福利是澳大利亚人主要关注的问题。这个以狗为研究对象的项目也认识到，狗身上携带着许多可以感染人类的疾病。为了维持可持续的狗健康项目，减少狗的疾病，并必然对人类的健康和福利产生积极影响，与文化相关的、以证据为基础的教育项目至关重要。狗狗健康项目将间接提高许多澳大利亚土著居民的期望、标准和自我价值。因此，国家的利益包括发展环境上可持续的土著社区，加强澳大利亚的社会和经济结构，特别是在农村和偏远地区。

Indigenous health and welfare is of major concern for Australians. This project, which focuses on the dog, also recognises that the dog harbours a number of diseases that can infect humans. To maintain sustainable dog health programs to reduce disease in dogs, and, as a corollary, have positive impact on human health and welfare, culturally-relevant, evidence-based education programs are critical. Dog health programs will indirectly improve the expectations, standards and self-worth of many Indigenous Australians. As a consequence, the national benefits include the development of environmentally sustainable Indigenous communities, and the strengthening of Australia's social and economic fabric especially in rural and remote areas.