van Gaans D, Ahmed S, D'Onise K, Taylor S M, McDermott R
Centre for Research Excellence in the Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Rural and Remote Populations, University of South Australia, South Australia.
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James cook University, Queensland.
Online J Public Health Inform. 2016 Dec 28;8(3):e202. doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v8i3.7055. eCollection 2016.
Good quality data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are needed to assess the effectiveness of programs and interventions, and to evaluate policies that are designed to improve the status of, and service delivery to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Due to the lack of longitudinal data it is difficult to gain knowledge on the specific causes or consequences of changes in indigenous outcomes. Variables such as name, date of birth and address for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders may be subject to more variation and be less consistently reported than other Australians. Improving the collection and management of key identifying variables for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are key to providing more quality information on this population group.
需要有关原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民的高质量数据，以评估项目和干预措施的有效性，并评估旨在改善原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民地位及服务提供情况的政策。由于缺乏纵向数据，很难了解原住民相关成果变化的具体原因或后果。与其他澳大利亚人相比，原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民的姓名、出生日期和地址等变量可能变化更大，报告的一致性也更低。改善原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民关键识别变量的收集和管理，是提供有关这一人群更多高质量信息的关键。
