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Data from: Critical Consideration of Tuberculosis Management of Papua New Guinea Nationals and Cross-Border Health Issues in the Remote Torres Strait Islands [Chapter 5 PhD Thesis]

Background [Extract from related publication]: The international border between Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) serves as a gateway for the delivery of primary and tertiary healthcare for PNG patients presenting to Australian health facilities with presumptive tuberculosis (TB). An audit of all PNG nationals with presumptive TB who presented to clinics in the Torres Strait between 2016 and 2019 was conducted to evaluate outcomes for PNG patients and to consider the consistency and equity of decision-making regarding aeromedical evacuation. We also reviewed the current aeromedical retrieval policy and the outcomes of patients referred back to Daru General Hospital in PNG. The cross-border movement of people from PNG into Australia is associated with an emergent duty of care. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation of patient outcomes are necessary for transparency and justice.

This dataset consists of:

  • 1 SPSS (.sav) file which includes variables for descriptive statistics, patients who fell under the 3rd percentile for age and weight using the World Health Organization (WHO) weight-for-age charts, medical evacuation status and location, outcome variables, TB diagnostics, and high scores associated with patient presentations using relevant Queensland Adult Deterioration Detection Score (Q-ADDS), Children’s Early Warning Tool (CEWT). 
  • 1 MS Excel (.xlxs) file which includes age, whether the patient had a neurological condition, the limitation (‘ceiling of care’) placed on the patient, whether consent to limit the patient’s movement or access to care was documented, whether the patient had an early warning high score applied upon presentation, and the outcome upon discharge.

Data files are also saved in csv. format

Study Population: 
PNG nationals with presumptive TB who presented to primary health centres in the Torres Strait Islands between 2016 and 2019 

Software/equipment used to store/analyse the data: 
SPSS
Microsoft Excel

The full metholodgy is available in the Open Access publication from the Related publications link below.

Once access to the data has been obtained via negotiation with the Data Manager, use of the dataset is governed by the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence.

Note: The Data Manager may release age-related data in 5-year intervals to researchers, contingent upon consultation to establish research specifications and obtaining ethics approval.

 
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    Data Publication title Data from: Critical Consideration of Tuberculosis Management of Papua New Guinea Nationals and Cross-Border Health Issues in the Remote Torres Strait Islands [Chapter 5 PhD Thesis]
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    Background [Extract from related publication]: The international border between Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) serves as a gateway for the delivery of primary and tertiary healthcare for PNG patients presenting to Australian health facilities with presumptive tuberculosis (TB). An audit of all PNG nationals with presumptive TB who presented to clinics in the Torres Strait between 2016 and 2019 was conducted to evaluate outcomes for PNG patients and to consider the consistency and equity of decision-making regarding aeromedical evacuation. We also reviewed the current aeromedical retrieval policy and the outcomes of patients referred back to Daru General Hospital in PNG. The cross-border movement of people from PNG into Australia is associated with an emergent duty of care. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation of patient outcomes are necessary for transparency and justice.

    This dataset consists of:

    • 1 SPSS (.sav) file which includes variables for descriptive statistics, patients who fell under the 3rd percentile for age and weight using the World Health Organization (WHO) weight-for-age charts, medical evacuation status and location, outcome variables, TB diagnostics, and high scores associated with patient presentations using relevant Queensland Adult Deterioration Detection Score (Q-ADDS), Children’s Early Warning Tool (CEWT). 
    • 1 MS Excel (.xlxs) file which includes age, whether the patient had a neurological condition, the limitation (‘ceiling of care’) placed on the patient, whether consent to limit the patient’s movement or access to care was documented, whether the patient had an early warning high score applied upon presentation, and the outcome upon discharge.

    Data files are also saved in csv. format

    Study Population: 
    PNG nationals with presumptive TB who presented to primary health centres in the Torres Strait Islands between 2016 and 2019 

    Software/equipment used to store/analyse the data: 
    SPSS
    Microsoft Excel

    The full metholodgy is available in the Open Access publication from the Related publications link below.

    Once access to the data has been obtained via negotiation with the Data Manager, use of the dataset is governed by the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence.

    Note: The Data Manager may release age-related data in 5-year intervals to researchers, contingent upon consultation to establish research specifications and obtaining ethics approval.

     

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    • Descriptor
      • Descriptor type Note
    • Data type dataset
  • Keywords
    • tuberculosis
    • cross-border
    • health ethics
    • Torres Strait
    • medical evacuation
    • rural and remote health
  • Funding source
  • Research grant(s)/Scheme name(s)
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    • Research themes
    Tropical Health, Medicine and Biosecurity
    FoR Codes (*)
    • 420319 - Primary health care
    • 420309 - Health management
    • 420310 - Health surveillance
    • 420308 - Health informatics and information systems
    • 420602 - Health equity
    • 420606 - Social determinants of health
    • 420699 - Public health not elsewhere classified
    • 320211 - Infectious diseases
    • 320207 - Emergency medicine
    SEO Codes
    • 230399 - International relations not elsewhere classified
    • 230204 - Public services policy advice and analysis
    • 200499 - Public health (excl. specific population health) not elsewhere classified
    • 200508 - Rural and remote area health
    • 200599 - Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) not elsewhere classified
    • 280112 - Expanding knowledge in the health sciences
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  • Start Date 2016/01/01
  • End Date 2019/12/31
    • Time Period
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  • Locations
    • Torres Strait Islands
- Data
    Data Locations

    Type Location Notes
    The Data Manager is: Emma McBryde
    College or Centre College of Medicine & Dentistry
    Access conditions Conditional: Contact researchdata@jcu.edu.au to request access to this data.
  • Alternative access conditions Ethics approval from the Far North Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee is required prior to requesting access to this research data.
    • Data record size 2 files: 4.10KB
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      Name Critical Consideration of Tuberculosis Management of Papua New Guinea Nationals and Cross-Border Health Issues in the Remote Torres Strait Islands, Australia
    • URL https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7090251
    • Notes Open Access
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- Citation
    Citation Foster, J'Belle (2023): Data from: Critical Consideration of Tuberculosis Management of Papua New Guinea Nationals and Cross-Border Health Issues in the Remote Torres Strait Islands [Chapter 5 PhD Thesis]. James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.25903/c2ry-3z69