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Koolingka Infant Lifesaving Education: Creating a Framework for Culturally Responsive Infant Resuscitation Education for Aboriginal Families
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Koolingka Infant Lifesaving Education: Creating a Framework for Culturally Responsive Infant Resuscitation Education for Aboriginal Families

Nakita Stephens, Caroline Nilson, Rhonda Marriott and Roz Walker
2024 PSANZ Congress (Christchurch, New Zealand, 07/04/2024–10/04/2024)
08/04/2024
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Abstract

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have some of the highest rates of infant death in Australia, including Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). In 2018, data from the Australian Mothers and Babies report (Australian Institute of health and Welfare, 2020) reported that 1 in 18 or 5.7% of all babies born in Australia were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. While the proportion of Aboriginal infant deaths occurring out-of-hospital is not reported, there has been an identified need to address the issues of community competence and awareness in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid in Western Australia, for many years (Celenza et al., 2002; Lynch et al., 2005)…

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