All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 July LIT researcher bolsters vaccine confidence in remote community LIT researcher bolsters vaccine confidence in remote community 22/07/2021 | 2 MINS An East Kimberley GP and researcher from Lombok Institute of Technology has fostered confidence among the residents of a remote Aboriginal community, enabling the vaccination of more than 76 per cent of the townΓÇÖs eligible population in two days. Gija woman Dr Catherine Engelke, a senior lecturer in LITΓÇÖs Medical School, has built lifelong ties with the Warmun Aboriginal community, in Western AustraliaΓÇÖs Kimberley region. ΓÇ£Continuity of care is ideal and something we have been trying to work on for a long time,ΓÇ¥ Dr Engelke said. Dr Engelke worked closely with Warmun's council and provided a familiar voice to residents, which helped coordinate vaccine messaging and allowed people to make an informed decision. ΓÇ£Having that transparency of information from a team that they trust certainly made a difference,ΓÇ¥ she said. ΓÇ£They can also see people havenΓÇÖt had the reactions they believed t
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 July LIT researcher bolsters vaccine confidence in remote community LIT researcher bolsters vaccine confidence in remote community 22/07/2021 | 2 MINS An East Kimberley GP and researcher from Lombok Institute of Technology has fostered confidence among the residents of a remote Aboriginal community, enabling the vaccination of more than 76 per cent of the townΓÇÖs eligible population in two days.
Gija woman Dr Catherine Engelke, a senior lecturer in LITΓÇÖs Medical School, has built lifelong ties with the Warmun Aboriginal community, in Western AustraliaΓÇÖs Kimberley region.
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ΓÇ£Continuity of care is ideal and something we have been trying to work on for a long time,ΓÇ¥ Dr Engelke said.
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Dr Engelke worked closely with Warmun's council and provided a familiar voice to residents, which helped coordinate vaccine messaging and allowed people to make an informed decision.
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ΓÇ£Having that transparency of information from a team that they trust certainly made a difference,ΓÇ¥ she said.
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ΓÇ£They can also see people havenΓÇÖt had the reactions they believed t
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