Big yellow taxi, or, unhealthy terms of trade?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Health Star Rating (HSR) is a voluntary front-of-pack nutrition labelling system that rates products from ½ to 5 stars (five being healthiest). The Chilean Warning Label system displays warnings on foods high in sugar, saturated fat, sodium, or energy. We aimed to evaluate alignment between the systems. ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Söderlund F,Eyles H,Mhurchu CN

更新日期：2020-02-01 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 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：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 measure changes in undiagnosed HIV among gay and bisexual men (GBM) in Melbourne. METHODS:Undiagnosed HIV was compared between GBM recruited anonymously in 2008 in gay venues only and GBM anonymously or confidentially (results delivery) recruited in 2014 at gay venues and a community festival. Surveys wer...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Stoové M,Asselin J,Pedrana A,Lea T,Hellard M,Wilson D,Prestage G,de Wit J,Holt M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe survey findings which measure broader gambling harms and provide benchmark data to evaluate an awareness and education program to minimise harm; part of NZ's public health approach to problem gambling. To assess whether previously reported ethnic and socio-economic disparities are evident when res...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Walker SE,Abbott MW,Gray RJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 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: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：OBJECTIVE:This study described the communication dynamics, identified problems and recommended changes to improve patient follow-up and communication between Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) and isolated Aboriginal community health clinics (CHC) in the Northern Territory (NT). METHOD:In 1995, staff interviews were conducte...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Mackenzie G,Currie BJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To increase Pap smear participation and to assess the prevalence of sexually transmitted infection (STI) in urban Indigenous women in Townsville. DESIGN:Convenience sample of women attending Townsville Aboriginal and Islanders Health Services (TAIHS) for health care participating in the Trichomonas vaginalis...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Panaretto KS,Dallachy D,Manessis V,Larkins S,Tabrizi S,Upcroft J,Garland S

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the burden of hospitalised fall-related injury in community-dwelling older people in Victoria. METHODS:We analysed fall-related, person-identifying hospital discharge data and patient-level hospital treatment costs for community-dwelling older people aged 65+ years from Victoria between 1 July 20...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Vu T,Day L,Finch CF

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:This article reports on terminations of pregnancy done in New South Wales (NSW) for NSW residents, using routinely collected data from the Health Insurance Commission (HIC) and the NSW Inpatient Statistics Collection (ISC). The HIC and ISC recorded 29,348 terminations for NSW residents in 1990, representing a terminat...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Adelson PL,Frommer M,Weisberg E

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endorsement of clinical trials by prominent local or national organisations may help to promote public awareness of and enhance patient and doctor participation in randomised trials. METHOD:A survey was undertaken of the specialist medical colleges of Australia, State and Territory cancer councils and natio...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Ellis PM,Tattersall MH

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To describe and compare vaccination coverage for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter referred to as Indigenous) adults in 2004-05 and 2012-13, including the impact of national vaccination funding initiatives. METHODS:National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health cross-sectional surveys ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Webster F,Gidding H,Matthews V,Taylor R,Menzies R

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：: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:Internationally, work is underway to develop or revise public health graduate competencies, of which Indigenous public health competencies are a subset in Australia. This paper outlines the summative results from a review of Master of Public Health (MPH) programs undertaken to determine the level of coverage ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Coombe L,Lee V,Robinson P

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of the Canterbury earthquakes on the important adolescent transition period of school leaving. METHOD:Local and national data on school leaving age, attainment of National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) standards, and school rolls (total registered students for schools) w...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Beaglehole B,Bell C,Frampton C,Moor S

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Measure the self-reported prevalence of HIV, history of HIV testing and associated risk factors among injecting drug users (IDUs) attending the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC). METHODS:Cross-sectional survey of IDUs attending the Sydney MSIC (n=9,778). RESULTS:The majority of IDUs had be...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Salmon AM,van Beek I,Amin J,Grulich A,Maher L

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Life and Living in Advanced Age: A Cohort Study in New Zealand (LiLACS NZ) aims to determine the predictors of successful advanced ageing and understand the trajectories of wellbeing in advanced age. This paper reports recruitment strategies used to enrol 600 Māori aged 80-90 years and 600 non-Māori aged 85 ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Dyall L,Kepa M,Hayman K,Teh R,Moyes S,Broad JB,Kerse N

更新日期：2013-04-01 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 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 examine the magnitude, 10-year temporal trends and treatment cost of intentional injury hospitalisations of children aged ≤16 years in Australia. METHOD:A retrospective examination of linked hospitalisation and mortality data for children aged ≤16 years during 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2012 with self-harm or...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Mitchell RJ,Seah R,Ting HP,Curtis K,Foster K

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and describe caregiver perspectives on factors important for the health and wellbeing of urban Aboriginal children. METHODS:Caregivers of Aboriginal children participating in the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH) were asked to describe the single most importa...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Miller HM,Young C,Nixon J,Talbot-McDonnell M,Cutmore M,Tong A,Craig JC,Woolfenden S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Parental cancer is a significant problem for adolescent and young adult offspring. To understand the extent of the problem of parental cancer for Australian offspring, data regarding those impacted are required. The aim of this study was to enumerate and describe the characteristics of Western Australian adol...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Morris JN,Zajac I,Turnbull D,Preen D,Patterson P,Martini A

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：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