Randomised controlled trial of perinatal vitamin D supplementation to prevent early-onset acute respiratory infections among Australian First Nations children: the ‘D-Kids’ study protocol

• Published in: BMJ Open Respiratory Research
• Main Authors: Binks, Michael J, Bleakley, Amy S, Pizzutto, Susan J, Lamberth, Michelle, Powell, Verity, Nelson, Jane, Kirby, Adrienne, Morris, Peter S, Simon, David, Mulholland, E Kim, Rathnayake, Geetha, Leach, Amanda J, D'Antoine, Heather, Licciardi, Paul V, Snelling, Tom, Chang, Anne B
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
• Subjects: Respiratory Infection; Ari; Aris; First Nations
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10432658/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37586777; https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001646

INTRODUCTION: Globally, acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. While ARI-related mortality is low in Australia, First Nations infants are hospitalised with ARIs up to nine times more often than their non-First Nations counterparts. The gap is wi...