No official identity: a data linkage study of birth registration of Aboriginal children in Western Australia.
CONCLUSIONS: Unregistered births are common among WA Aboriginal children, particularly in disadvantaged families.
IMPLICATIONS: Assistance before discharge from hospital may increase birth registrations.
PMID: 27372965 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gibberd AJ, Simpson JM, Eades SJ Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research
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