Advocacy for clinical trials: do the Royal Colleges and State cancer councils play an appropriate role?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to survey women aged 40 to 49 to determine their perceptions of the benefits and the downsides of screening mammography for women in this age group, and the degree of support for targeting women aged 40 to 49 in the national BreastScreen program. METHOD:Telephone interviews were use...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Cockburn J,Pit S,Redman S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A participatory action research project was undertaken with Aboriginal health workers on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands in South Australia. The study examined the factors that affect the empowerment of Aboriginal health workers within the context of an Aboriginal-controlled primary health care service. This project w...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Hecker R

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of the application, and removal, in the Northern Territory of a levy on the sale of cask wine--a beverage shown to contribute disproportionately to alcohol-related harm. METHOD:Using data on licensee purchases of alcoholic beverages and ABS population data, estimates were made of per ca...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Gray D,Chikritzhs T,Stockwell T

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study examined the frequency and patterns of assault within a large regional population of Victoria. The records of 860 victims of physical assault who presented to the Geelong Hospital emergency department during 1993 and 1994 were analysed retrospectively. The policy data on 1427 reported cases of physical assau...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Taylor D,Eddey D,Cameron P

更新日期：1997-02-01 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 describe the types of and circumstances surrounding unintentional farm-related fatal injuries involving children aged less than 15 years in Australia. METHODS:Information concerning 115 deaths were obtained from inspection of coronial files for the period 1989-92. RESULTS:Children less than 15 years made...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Mitchell RJ,Franklin RC,Driscoll TR,Fragar LJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review published randomised controlled trials of health assessments for older people; consider the effects of assessments in maintaining health and quality of life for older people; and identify those factors associated with more successful health assessment programs. METHODS:A systematic literature searc...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Byles JE

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To examine education differences in five-year weight change among mid-aged adults, and to ascertain if this may be due to socioeconomic differences in perceived weight status or weight control behaviours (WCBs). METHODS:Data were used from the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study. Mid-aged men a...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Siu J,Giskes K,Shaw J,Turrell G

更新日期：2011-06-01 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 ascertain the extent to which general practitioners in Queensland recommend physical activity to their patients, the types of patients they target, types of activities they suggest and how patients respond to the recommendations. METHODS:Questions designed to answer the research objectives were included i...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Robertson R,Jepson R,Shepherd A,McInnes R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We describe the methods used to trace and recruit a cohort (including injecting drug users) 25 years after admission to hospital in Melbourne with hepatitis. METHODS:Information recorded in the original medical record was used for tracing purposes. Subjects were located using the electoral roll, CD-ROM telep...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Rodger A,Lanigan A,Hocking J,Crofts N

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

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：OBJECTIVES:An assessment of linked data was used to investigate the scope and the extent to which hospitalisations data and police crash records represent road crashes in New South Wales (NSW). METHODS:Hospital separation records for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, inclusive, were linked to police crash casual...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Lujic S,Finch C,Boufous S,Hayen A,Dunsmuir W

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current State of the Environment (SoE) reporting focuses primarily on indicators directly related to the physical environment such as climate, and air, water and soil quality. As the environment has both direct and indirect effects on human health, an opportunity exists to include environment-related human d...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Sladden T,Beard J,Simpson J,Luckie K

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a comprehensive list of asthmagens which may occur in occupational settings in Australia. METHODS:Potential asthmagens considered for this list were identified through work health and safety classification databases in Australia and through lists developed by professional associations in other cou...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Crewe J,Carey R,Glass D,Peters S,Abramson MJ,Benke G,Reid A,Driscoll T,Fritschi L

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:The purpose of this work was to integrate existing chemical residue and food consumption data for individuals to improve estimates of the dietary intake of chemical residues in the population of Brisbane. Previous estimates of intakes from the Australian Market Basket Survey (AMBS) have been based on energy-adjusted '...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Harvey PW,Marks GC,Heywood PF

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the epidemiological differences between culture-positive and culture-negative (but ipaH PCR-positive) cases of shigellosis in Sydney Local Health District (SLHD), NSW, to inform whether changes to the national case definition for shigellosis are required. METHODS:An audit of all cases of shigellosi...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Quinn E,Najjar Z,Huhtinen E,Jegasothy E,Gupta L

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To cross-sectionally examine heavy episodic drinking (HED) and pre-loading with alcohol among young Australian women in relation to the alcohol-induced adverse outcomes of memory loss, vomiting and injury. METHODS:A total of 7,800 participants, aged 20-25 years, from the 1989-95 cohort of the Australian Long...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Anderson AE,Cavenagh D,Forder P,Loxton D,Byles J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To elicit community preferences for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening by faecal occult blood test (FOBT) using discrete choice modeling (DCM). To provide policymakers with information that would assist them in designing the future national screening program. METHODS:301 participants in central Sydney, aged ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Salkeld G,Solomon M,Short L,Ryan M,Ward JE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence from the literature points to the disadvantages encountered by migrant women from non-English-speaking backgrounds in obtaining access to health services. In May 1994, a survey of 31 health units in the metropolitan area and two country areas was conducted in South Australia. The study investigated the servic...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Dolman J,Shackleton G,Ziaian T,Gay J,Yeboah DA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the relationship between sun protection and physical activity in young adults (18-30 years) involved in four organised sports. METHODS:Participants (n=237) in field hockey, soccer, tennis and surf sports completed a self-administered survey on demographic and sun-protective behaviours while playi...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Lawler S,Spathonis K,Eakin E,Gallois C,Leslie E,Owen N

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to assess emerging trends in five characteristics: age, first ever pregnancy, contraception at time of conception, contraception choices post-operatively and referral source of women presenting for a termination of pregnancy (1996-2006) from a southern service in Adelaide, South...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Abigail W,Power C,Belan I

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate time trends in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence disparities, and ethnic differences in risk factors, comorbidity and treatment pathways among HCC patients. METHODS:Cohorts of the NZ population (1981-2004) were created and probabilistically linked to cancer registry records to investiga...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Chamberlain J,Sarfati D,Cunningham R,Koea J,Gurney J,Blakely T

更新日期：2013-12-01 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 evaluate an established screening program for postnatal depression using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in a rural Victorian shire. By protocol, all women were screened at three time points post delivery by maternal and child health nurses. The efficacy of this approach in detecting probab...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Armstrong S,Small R

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Aboriginal leaders concerned about high rates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in the Fitzroy Valley, remote north-western Australia, introduced restrictions on access to take-away full-strength alcohol. Following this, Aboriginal leaders engaged strategic partners in a broader strategy to address FA...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Fitzpatrick JP,Oscar J,Carter M,Elliott EJ,Latimer J,Wright E,Boulton J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00