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Data from: Paediatric tuberculosis at the Papua New Guinea/Australia border [Chapter 6 PhD Thesis]

This dataset consists of:

  • 1 SPSS (.sav) file used to determine whether patients diagnosed with TB locally, would also have been diagnosed with TB using the Keith Edwards TB Score, the Union Desk Guide, and the new World Health Organization (WHO) Paediatric TB algorithm. All variables are in binary form or score-based unless otherwise specified. Includes demographic data, and clinical features suggestive of TB
  • 1 README (.txt) with details to Determing the WHO score. 

Data files are also saved in csv. format

Study population: Papua New Guinea nationals aged <14 years who presented to a Primary Health Centre in the Torres Strait Protected Zone between 2016 and 2019 with presumptive TB.

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

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 record related to this publication Chapter 6 - Paediatric tuberculosis at the Papua New Guinea/Australia border
    Data Publication title Data from: Paediatric tuberculosis at the Papua New Guinea/Australia border [Chapter 6 PhD Thesis]
  • Description

    This dataset consists of:

    • 1 SPSS (.sav) file used to determine whether patients diagnosed with TB locally, would also have been diagnosed with TB using the Keith Edwards TB Score, the Union Desk Guide, and the new World Health Organization (WHO) Paediatric TB algorithm. All variables are in binary form or score-based unless otherwise specified. Includes demographic data, and clinical features suggestive of TB
    • 1 README (.txt) with details to Determing the WHO score. 

    Data files are also saved in csv. format

    Study population: Papua New Guinea nationals aged <14 years who presented to a Primary Health Centre in the Torres Strait Protected Zone between 2016 and 2019 with presumptive TB.

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

    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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  • Other Descriptors
    • Descriptor
      • Descriptor type Note
    • Data type dataset
  • Keywords
    • paediatric tuberculosis
    • World Health Organization Paediatric TB algorithm
    • Union Desk Guide
    • cross-border
    • Torres Strait Protected Zone
  • Funding source
  • Research grant(s)/Scheme name(s)
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    • Research themes
    Tropical Health, Medicine and Biosecurity
    FoR Codes (*)
    • 420699 - Public health not elsewhere classified
    • 420202 - Disease surveillance
    • 321302 - Infant and child health
    • 420321 - Rural and remote health services
    SEO Codes
    • 200101 - Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions
    • 210399 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health not elsewhere classified
    • 211199 - Pacific Peoples health not elsewhere classified
    • 200410 - Nutrition
    • 200499 - Public health (excl. specific population health) not elsewhere classified
    • 200303 - Health surveillance
    • 200310 - Primary care
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  • Start Date 2016/01/01
  • End Date 2019/12/31
    • Time Period
    Spatial (location) coverage
  • 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: 51.4KB
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- Citation
    Citation Foster, J'Belle (2023): Data from: Paediatric tuberculosis at the Papua New Guinea/Australia border [Chapter 6 PhD Thesis]. James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.25903/dpb2-bt80