Sex in Australia: the rationale and methods of the Australian Study of Health and Relationships.

abstract：:In Australia, there is a clear relationship (r=-0.56) between the ratio of health expenditure to burden and the ratio of mortality to disability across illness groups. Those illnesses with high mortality relative to disability (e.g. cancer and cardiovascular) are associated with lower health expenditure, relative to t...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Hickie IB,Davenport TA,Luscombe GM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of influenza immunisation of residents within South Australian aged care homes, reasons why vaccination is not given, the policy associated with vaccination administration and the source of the vaccination. METHOD:A clustered, multistage, area sample was used to assess the provisi...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Gill T,Taylor AW,Kempe A,Pickering S,Watson M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the prevalence and predictors of self screening for melanoma in a large sample of young New Zealanders. A self-report questionnaire was administered to a sample of 909, 21-year-olds to investigate if young adults check their skin for changes in lesions which could be melanoma, and to identify the f...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Douglass HM,McGee R,Williams S

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse sports sponsorship by food and alcohol companies by quantifying the proportion of time that the main sponsor's logo was seen during each of three cricket telecasts, the extent of paid advertising during the telecast and the contribution by the main sponsor to this, and to describe the associated gr...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Sherriff J,Griffiths D,Daube M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Counts of mortality and morbidity based on routinely collected national datasets have undercounted Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. To correct for the undercount, when estimating fatal and serious non-fatal injury incidence, the 'ever-Māori' method has been used. This study sought to determine ho...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Gulliver PJ,Cryer C,Langley JD,Davie GS

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated factors predicting help-seeking from the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) by Vietnam veterans. Data used were from a national Australian survey of Vietnam veterans' health (n = 641) conducted between July 1990 and April 1993. The survey involved current clinical assessments and retrospecti...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Marshall RP,Jorm AF,Grayson DA,Dobson M,O'Toole B

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the central role hospitals have in the health care system, relatively few health promotion activities are conducted in Australian public hospitals. This study investigated the types of obstacles that were perceived to inhibit health promotion activities in hospitals. A questionnaire for self-completion was sen...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Stanton WR,Balanda KP,Gillespie AM,Lowe JB

更新日期：1996-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The relationship of long-term population-level trends in oral, pharyngeal and oesophageal cancer mortality with major risk factors such as tobacco consumption have not been statistically analysed in Australia. We have demonstrated the long-term implications using historical data. METHODS:Estimated age and se...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Adair T,Hoy D,Dettrick Z,Lopez AD

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in male prisoners in South Australia from July 1989 to June 1994 was ascertained from a repeated cross-sectional study. We also compared the criminological and demographic characteristics and histories of drug use of 39 HIV-infected prisoners and a randomly selected...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Seamark RW,Gaughwin M,Owen N,Liew C

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Effective tobacco control policies include price increases through taxes, restrictions on smoking in public and work places, adequately funded mass media campaigns, bans on advertising, health warnings on packages and cessation assistance. As these policies have been largely implemented in Australia, what nex...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Freeman B,Gartner C,Hall W,Chapman S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes the changes in composition of mortality by major attributed cause during the Australian mortality decline this century. The principal categories employed were: infectious diseases, nonrheumatic cardiovascular disease, external causes, cancer, 'other' causes and ill-defined conditions. The data we...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Taylor R,Lewis M,Powles J

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large-scale survey was conducted to obtain a comprehensive picture of the range of women involved in prostitution in Victoria and to document their concerns about health in relation to sex work. There was considerable diversity in the ages, education levels, family situations and attitudes to sex work among women wo...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Pyett PM,Haste BR,Snow JD

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify behavioural barriers of service provision within general practice that may be impacting the vaccination coverage rates of Aboriginal children in Perth, Western Australia (WA). METHODS:A purposive developed survey was distributed to 316 general practices across Perth and three key informant interv...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Carman R,Andrew L,Devine A,Oosthuizen J

更新日期：2019-12-01 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:Kava is marketed as a herbal anxiolytic in several countries and is consumed recreationally in high doses in many indigenous Pacific and Australian Aboriginal communities. We reviewed the published literature examining the association (if any) between kava use and motor vehicle crashes (MVCs), MVC-related inj...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Wainiqolo I,Kool B,Nosa V,Ameratunga S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Does the provision of a nurse-based intervention lead to smoking cessation in hospital patients? METHODS:At tertiary teaching hospital in Newcastle, Australia, 4,779 eligible (aged 18-80, admitted for at least 24 hours, and able to provide informed consent) and consenting (73.4%) in-patients were recruited i...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Nagle AL,Hensley MJ,Schofield MJ,Koschel AJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine reasons for the minimal use of Australian administrative health data for research and evaluation. METHOD:Legislative, organisational, social and political barriers in Australia are described. RESULTS:System changes are identified that would support the implementation of an evaluation-oriented hea...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Kelman C,Smith L

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a trial of the provision of community-service information to family carers, general practitioners and pharmacists from the Western region of Melbourne were supplied with tear-off pads listing suburb-specific community services, and were encouraged to discuss service needs with carers of people with disabilities and...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Murphy B,Nankervis J,Schofield H,Herrman H,Bloch S,Singh B

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between self-reported and clinical measurements for height and weight in adults aged 18 years and over and to determine the bias associated with using household telephone surveys. METHOD:A representative population sample of adults aged 18 years and over living in the north-west r...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Taylor AW,Dal Grande E,Gill TK,Chittleborough CR,Wilson DH,Adams RJ,Grant JF,Phillips P,Appleton S,Ruffin RE

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience adverse health outcomes and have high rates of smoking and related illnesses. This brief report describes stress as a barrier to quitting smoking derived from reflections within an Aboriginal Medical Service and makes recommendations for intervention dev...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： DiGiacomo M,Davidson PM,Davison J,Moore L,Abbott P

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Explore demographic characteristics, patterns of drug use and psychological distress among regular injecting drug users (IDUs) in Australia, as a function of recent criminal activity. METHODS:Structured, face-to-face interviews with 909 regular IDUs recruited from every capital city in Australia, between Jun...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Kinner SA,George J,Campbell G,Degenhardt L

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:International trade agreements, including the General Agreement on Trade in Services, are central elements of globalization. These agreements are likely to have significant implications for population health in rich nations such as Australia as well as in the developing world. But the technical language of the legal a...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Broom D

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine trends in health status over a 10-year interval in a high-risk remote Australian Aboriginal community. METHODS:Two health surveys were performed, one between 1992 and 1997 and the other between 2004 and 2006, on people aged five years or older. Outcomes were compared across age-matched and sex-m...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Wang Z,Scott J,Wang Z,Hoy WE

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine how OTDs and staff in rural and remote Indigenous health contexts communicate and negotiate identity and relationships, and consider how this may influence OTDs' transition, integration and retention. METHOD:Ten case studies were conducted in rural and remote settings across Australia, each of an ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Durey A,Hill P,Arkles R,Gilles M,Peterson K,Wearne S,Canuto C,Pulver LJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the accuracy of the hospital discharge coding of heart failure (HF) in the Western Australian (WA) Hospital Morbidity Data (HMD). METHODS:A retrospective medical chart review of a sample of 1,006 patients with a principal diagnosis code indicating HF in the WA HMD was undertaken. Validation was ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Teng TH,Finn J,Hung J,Geelhoed E,Hobbs M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports the findings from the second part of a two-stage study that used both qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate the communication context of school-based HIV-AIDS education in state secondary schools in metropolitan and rural areas of New South Wales. The quantitative data are here descr...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Lupton D,Tulloch J

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:1. Establish the prevalence of markers for hepatitis B (HBV), C (HCV) and G (HGV) in a sample of male and female inmates. 2. Examine exposure to multiple viruses. 3. Compare risk factors for HGV infection with known risk factors for HBV and HCV. DESIGN:Cross-sectional random sample stratified by sex, age an...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Butler T,Spencer J,Cui J,Vickery K,Zou J,Kaldor J

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine trends in socio-economic differentials in all-cause mortality in Sydney over a 25-year period (1970-94). METHODS:Five measures of single indicators (two for occupation, two for education and one for income) and a composite measure of socio-economic disadvantage based on Census data (the Australian...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Hayes LJ,Quine S,Taylor R,Berry G

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00