Monitoring the 'Strong Women, Strong Babies, Strong Culture Program': the first eight years.
OBJECTIVE
To assess improvements in perinatal health following the introduction of the Strong Women, Strong Babies, Strong Culture (SWSBSC) Program in two groups of Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.


METHODS
A comparison of pre and post birthweights in intervention and control communities in rural and remote regions in the Top End of the Northern Territory was performed.


RESULTS
Significant improvements in birthweight were observed for Group 1 communities with no significant change in Group 2.


CONCLUSIONS
There is a need to better understand how the intervention differed in the two groups of communities.
D'Espaignet
E Tursan
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Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Australia. edouard@ichr.uwa.edu.au
Measey
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Carnegie
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Mackerras
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D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016014:Linear Models; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008429:Maternal Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015876:Northern Territory; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D013997:Time Factors; D017749:Total Quality Management