Eczema and other skin conditions are common among indigenous kids living in cities

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Australia; New Zealand; WA

Indigenous children and young people living in cities and urban areas have higher rates of current and severe symptoms of eczema, and a higher incidence of bacterial skin conditions, compared to their non-indigenous peers. The Australian-led study pooled together the results of 16 other studies of indigenous kids across Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Greenland. It found that eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, is common among urban-living Indigenous children in high-income countries with current symptoms and current severe symptoms higher than their non-Indigenous peers.

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Organisation/s: Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia

Funder: BR is the recipient of an Australian Government Research Training Program Fees Offset and Wesfarmers Center of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Higher Degree by Research Scholarship. The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) provides PhD scholarship funding for BR (GNT2014208), as well as Investigator Awards for AB (GNT1175509) and JC (GNT1173874). Open access publishing facilitated by The University of Western Australia, as part of theWiley - The University of Western Australia agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.

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