Family Study of Ear Health and Metabolic Diseases in a Western Australian Aboriginal Community

计划对西澳大利亚土著社区的疾病进行一项基于家庭的研究。家庭内的DNA模式将与这一土著社区主要关注的两个健康领域的疾病模式有关，即儿童的耳朵健康(例如，流鼻涕；鼓膜穿孔)和2型糖尿病。寻找疾病的遗传决定因素提供的信息可以补充对疾病的临床、流行病学和公共卫生的理解。

A family-based study of diseases in a Western Australian Aboriginal community is planned. Patterns in DNA within families will be related to patterns of disease in two areas of health that are of major concern to this Aboriginal community, ear health in children (e.g. runny ears; perforated eardrums) and type 2 diabetes. Finding genetic determinants of disease provides information that can complement clinical, epidemiological and public health understanding of disease.