Population-based cancer control: where is the greatest benefit from proven strategies to 'regain' years of life lost prematurely?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Injecting drug use remains a major public health concern, particularly because of opiate overdose and transmission of blood-borne viruses. Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) opened on a trial basis in May 2001 in an effort to reduce the harms of drug use. In this report, we provide a brief...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Kelly C,Conigrave KM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the prevalence of low serum folate and vitamin B12, in association with elevated serum homocysteine, in a representative sample of older Australians. METHODS:During 1997-2000, 3,508 persons aged 50+ years were examined in a population-based cohort study conducted in two postcodes, west of Sydney, ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Flood VM,Smith WT,Webb KL,Rochtchina E,Anderson VE,Mitchell P

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the associations between generational status, acculturation and substance use among immigrant and non-immigrant secondary school students in New Zealand. METHODS:A nationally representative sample of secondary school students in New Zealand was selected using a two-stage cluster sample design....

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Di Cosmo C,Milfont TL,Robinson E,Denny SJ,Ward C,Crengle S,Ameratunga SN

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes initial partnership development in PRISM (Program of Resources, Information and Support for Mothers), a community-randomised trial to improve maternal health in the first year after birth conducted in Victoria in the period 1998--2003. First, we discuss the principles underpinning community recrui...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Small R,Brown S,Dawson W,Watson L,Lumley J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To conduct a critical and systematic analysis of descriptive studies regarding the health, development and wellbeing status of Indigenous children in Australia and to map them according to 1) Reported Indigenous involvement in the research process; 2) Domains of the life-course model of health; and 3) Geogra...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Priest N,Mackean T,Waters E,Davis E,Riggs E

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indigenous participation in every aspect of health research is increasingly recognised as an important element of any research project that aims to improve Indigenous health. Despite the acceptance of its importance, when the concept of 'Indigenous participation' is mentioned, authors are often imprecise as to the nat...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Kowal E,Anderson I,Bailie R

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Between May and June 2002 an outbreak of chickenpox (CP) occurred at a child care centre in Perth, Western Australia. An epidemiological study was undertaken in order to determine the characteristics of the outbreak, assess vaccine effectiveness, and to define the direct and indirect costs associated with CP ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Vally H,Dowse GK,Eastwood K,Cameron S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sporting facilities owned or managed by local governments (LGs) can promote health by selling healthy food and drinks. This study assessed the policies, attitudes and practices of LGs in Victoria, Australia, relating to obesity prevention and the provision of healthy food in their sporting facilities. METHOD...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Riesenberg D,Blake MR,Boelsen-Robinson T,Peeters A,Cameron AJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess community attitudes and practices in relation to fake tanning lotions. METHODS:1,509 New South Wales residents aged 15 years and over, selected at random, completed a computer-assisted telephone survey. RESULTS:Thirty-three per cent of respondents thought fake tanning lotions were unsafe. In relat...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Girgis A,Tzelepis F,Paul CL,Walsh RA,McElduff P,McKenzie J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess homeowners' intentions to make voluntary improvements to their homes following a warrant-of-fitness (WOF) assessment to highlight health and safety issues. METHODS:We recruited 83 homeowners, including nine landlords, in Taranaki, New Zealand, who agreed to have a WOF assessment carried out on thei...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Chisholm E,Keall M,Bennett J,Marshall A,Telfar-Barnard L,Thornley L,Howden-Chapman P

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine: 1) the mean, median and range of fees for initial and subsequent private outpatient consultations with a general paediatrician in Australia; 2) any variation in fees and bulk billing rates between states/territories; and 3) volume of outpatient general paediatric specialist consultations relativ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Freed GL,Allen AR

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Data from the Queensland Poisons Information Centre (QPIC) was assessed to determine mechanisms of acute insecticide poisoning in young children (<5 years) and whether age affects insecticide-poisoning patterns. METHODS:Records of all insecticide-related calls placed to QPIC in 2014 were obtained. A stratifi...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： English K,Jagals P,Ware RS,Wylie C,Sly PD

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exploratory, qualitative study was used to investigate the social health needs of older residents of a low-income inner-Sydney area characterised by multiple social and environmental hazards. The research was conducted to inform the development by the South Eastern Sydney Area Health Promotion Unit of a strategy to...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Russell C,Hill B,Basser M

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of strategies designed to prevent falls among older people. METHODS:A decision analytic Markov model of interventions designed to prevent falls was developed. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) using quality adjusted life year (QALYs) as the measure, were calcula...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Church J,Goodall S,Norman R,Haas M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess whether workers at Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre (LHSTC) have different levels of mortality from the New South Wales (NSW) and Australian populations. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was undertaken at LHSTC. Data on 7,076 workers employed between 1957-98 were abstracted from per...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Habib RR,Abdallah SM,Law M,Kaldor J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of risk factors for liver disease, particularly hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, in a population-based series of hepatocellular carcinoma, and to assess the feasibility of retrospective surveys in determining risk factors for hepatocellular carci...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Thompson SC,Lin A,Warren R,Giles G,Crofts N

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To gain deeper insight into the corporate political activity (CPA) of the Australian food industry from a public health perspective. METHODS:Fifteen interviews with a purposive sample of current and former policy makers, public health advocates and academics who have closely interacted with food industry rep...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Mialon M,Swinburn B,Allender S,Sacks G

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare estimates of population levels of 'adequate activity' for health benefit in different age and sex groups using two different measures--kilocalories (kcals) and Mets.mins. METHODS:10,464 mid-age women (47-52 years) from the second survey of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Brown WJ,Bauman AE

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the proportion of notifiable cases of Q fever attributable to occupational and community exposures and to identify missed opportunities for Q fever vaccination in notifications of occupational exposures. METHODS:A review of Q fever notifications to the BSPHU from January 2000 to September 2006 was un...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Palmer C,McCall B,Jarvinen K,Krause M,Heel K

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Winter air pollution in Christchurch is dominated by particulate matter from solid fuel domestic heating. The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between particulate air pollution and admissions to hospital with cardio-respiratory illnesses. METHODS:Particulate air pollution statistics (PM10) were ob...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： McGowan JA,Hider RN,Chacko E,Town GI

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The efficiency of regulation of public health risks has been questioned on the grounds that the costs of regulation may outweigh the benefits. There are strong arguments that risk management is best left to the market place, where individual consumers can make the trade-off between risk and the forgone benefi...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Harris A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate changing patterns in the provision of maternity care in Victoria based on data collected in three statewide surveys conducted in 1989, 1994 and 2000. METHODS:Postal surveys were mailed to all women who gave birth in Victoria in one week in 1989, and in two weeks in 1993 and 1999, excluding tho...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Brown S,Darcy MA,Bruinsma F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of established risk factors for ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in New Zealand adults and compare the prevalence in adults with and without this disease. DESIGN:Data were obtained from the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey. Risk factor prevalence was determined by: self-reported doct...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Tobias M,Turley M,Paul S,Sexton K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has yielded inconsistent results on the effects of exercise, smoking and alcohol use on cognitive impairment and dementia in old age. We analysed data from the Sydney Older Persons Study to see if these health habits were associated with cognitive functioning, dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Health ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Broe GA,Creasey H,Jorm AF,Bennett HP,Casey B,Waite LM,Grayson DA,Cullen J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the trends of all-cause natural mortality for people aged 15 years and over in a remote Australian Aboriginal community between 1996 and 2010. METHODS:The annual population in the community by gender and age group was obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). All known deaths and al...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Wang Z,Hoy WE

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine variation in the magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in health and age-related variations in inequalities, according to the socioeconomic status (SES) measure used. METHODS:Cross-sectional study involving 205,709 participants in the 45 and Up Study. We used the Relative Index of Inequality (RI...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Mather T,Banks E,Joshy G,Bauman A,Phongsavan P,Korda RJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination coverage since the selective hepatitis B vaccination of neonates of high-risk group program introduced in 1987, was measured in 658 children from 301 Vietnamese families living in the south-western Sydney. The vaccination rate of children born after the introduction of the program was twice that of childre...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Lam LP,McLaws ML

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many studies have examined the correlation between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality in Australia, but little is known about the correlation in rural areas and most studies have not explored the trends in SES differentials in mortality. This ecological study examines this correlation and explores the i...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Yu XQ,Robertson C,Brett I

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare proportions of kindergarten children in Auburn presenting School Immunisation Certificates (SIC) or other school-entry immunisation documentation over time, and to examine the immunisation status of these children. METHODS:Immunisation records of kindergarten children enrolled in all primary scho...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Shah S,Raman S,Moreira C,MacIntyre CR

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Timor-Leste is one of the world's newest nations and became a democracy in 2002. Ranked 150 out of 177 in the 2007 UNDP Human Development Index, the country has the worst health indicators in the Asia-Pacific region. The objective of this study was to collect and analyse data on subjectively assessed general ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Earnest J,Finger RP

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00