List of abbreviations

ABCD

Audit and Best Practice for Chronic Disease

ACCHO

Aboriginal community controlled health organisation

ARF/RHD

Acute rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease

BP

Blood pressure

CARPA

Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association

CQI

Continuous quality improvement

CRE-IQI

Centre for Research Excellence in Integrated Quality Improvement

CRE-STRIDE

Centre for Research Excellence: Strengthening Systems for Indigenous Health Care Equity

CVD

Cardiovascular disease

HbA1c

Glycated haemoglobin, blood glucose level

GP

General practitioner

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

NHMRC

National Health and Medical Research Council

PDSA

Plan-do-study-act

PHC

Primary health care

SEWB

Social and emotional wellbeing

STI

Sexually transmissible infection

WHO

World Health Organization