A review of Australian health privacy regulation regarding the use and disclosure of identified data to conduct data linkage.

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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of regional and rural breast cancer survivors at 12 months post-diagnosis and to identify correlates of HRQoL. METHODS:In 2006/07, 323 (202 regional and 121 rural) Queensland women diagnosed with unilateral breast cancer participated in a population-based,...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： DiSipio T,Hayes S,Newman B,Janda M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between self-reported and clinical measurements for high blood pressure (HBP) and high cholesterol (HC) in a random population sample. METHOD:A representative population sample of adults aged 18 years and over living in the north-west region of Adelaide (n=1537) were recruited to ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Taylor A,Dal Grande E,Gill T,Pickering S,Grant J,Adams R,Phillips P

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the characteristics of Australian general practice that predict performance of Pap smears by secondary analysis of the Australian Morbidity and Treatment Survey 1990 to 1991. Chi-squared analysis identified potential associations between Pap smear rate and patient, doctor and practice variables. Signif...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Reid SE,Simpson JM,Britt HC

更新日期：1997-06-01 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:An exploratory study to determine the proportion of people aged 50-76 years who have Internet access, the location of this access, predictive characteristics of such access, and preparedness to receive unsolicited health information through this medium. METHODS:A random sample of 1,000 South Australians was ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Wilson C,Flight I,Hart E,Turnbull D,Cole S,Young G

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report on the prevalence and demographic variation in circumcision in Australia and examine sexual health outcomes in comparison with earlier research. METHODS:A representative household sample of 4,290 Australian men aged 16-64 years completed a computer-assisted telephone interview including questions o...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Ferris JA,Richters J,Pitts MK,Shelley JM,Simpson JM,Ryall R,Smith AM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to examine the dose-response relationship between physical activity and mental health, comparing two recommended levels of physical activity involvement. The two current physical activity recommendations used to study the dose-response relationships in a sample of older adults we...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Mummery K,Schofield G,Caperchione C

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether capture-recapture analysis provides more reliable estimates of the cumulative incidence and prevalence of leg ulcers in Auckland, New Zealand. METHODS:A population-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in the Central and North Auckland health districts of New Zealand in 1998. Cases ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Walker NK,Vandal AC,Holden JK,Rodgers A,Birchall N,Norton R,Triggs CM,MacMahon S

更新日期：2002-10-01 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 examine the associations between housing and gastrointestinal infection in Aboriginal children in urban New South Wales. METHODS:A total of 1,398 Aboriginal children were recruited through four Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. Multilevel regression modelling of survey data estimated associ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Andersen MJ,Skinner A,Williamson AB,Fernando P,Wright D

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The primary aim of the study was to investigate the determinants of attitudes towards alternative medicine. The study also examined the dimensionality of dissatisfaction with conventional medicine. METHOD:The data was based on a telephone survey of a random sample of 787 Victorians. The survey was conducted...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Siahpush M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoridation of community water supplies constitutes the main public health strategy for prevention of dental caries in Australia. In recent years questions have been raised about the effectiveness of water fluoridation. The aim of this paper was to examine differences in caries experience of children aged 5 to 12 yea...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Slade GD,Spencer AJ,Davies MJ,Stewart JF

更新日期：1996-12-01 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: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 illustrate how regional variation in data quality could explain some or all of the apparent regional differences in the health status of Indigenous Australians. METHODS:A series of simple hypothetical numerical examples is provided, with varying assumptions regarding the accuracy of identification of Indi...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Cunningham J

更新日期：2002-12-01 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:Estimate the prevalence of sexual behaviour and alcohol use and examine the association between excessive alcohol use and risky sexual behaviour in late secondary students in Victoria, Australia. METHOD:The sample of Year 11 students from government and independent schools participating in the 2008 Internati...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Agius P,Taft A,Hemphill S,Toumbourou J,McMorris B

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To assess the completeness of ACIR data for south-eastern Sydney children at 12 to < 15 months of age and to develop strategies to improve rates. METHODS:We surveyed children aged 12 to < 15 months listed as overdue on the ACIR011A report, December 2001, by contacting the last immunisation provider or the p...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Botham SJ,Poulos RG,McFarland KJ,Ferson MJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:This research explores food insecurity among asylum seekers who are members of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) in Melbourne, Australia. METHODS:Structured person-assisted questionnaires were conducted with 56 asylum seekers. The questionnaires examined issues around access to food, cultural appropr...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： McKay FH,Dunn M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the leading mechanisms of hospitalised unintentional injury in Australian Aboriginal children and identify the injury mechanisms with the largest inequalities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. METHODS:We used linked hospital and mortality data to construct a whole of population birt...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Möller H,Falster K,Ivers R,Falster MO,Clapham K,Jorm L

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1991, an intervention trial of the efficacy of an asthma self-management plan was carried out in partnership with a rural Mäori community. The program relied on Mäori community health workers and other health professionals working in partnership, was delivered through clinics in traditional Mäori communit...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Ratima MM,Fox C,Fox B,Te Karu H,Gemmell T,Slater T,D'Souza WJ,Pearce NE

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the impact of integrating the price of greenhouse gas emissions into the price of food commodities on dietary and weight-related risk factors and associated disease burden in Australia, as well as on national emissions reductions and public revenues. METHODS:We used country-specific data for Aust...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Springmann M,Sacks G,Ananthapavan J,Scarborough P

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Information on the treatment of women with breast cancer in Australia is generally available only from special surveys. Analysis of routinely collected datasets may be more timely and cost effective, if the data are sufficiently accurate and complete. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the accuracy and completeness of d...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： McGeechan K,Kricker A,Armstrong B,Stubbs J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the contribution of trends in three risk factors--systolic blood pressure (SBP), total blood cholesterol (TBC) and cigarette smoking--to the decline in premature coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in New Zealand from 1980-2004. METHOD:Risk factor prevalence data by 10-year age group (35-64 ye...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Tobias M,Taylor R,Yeh LC,Huang K,Mann S,Sharpe N

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the incidence, prevalence and mortality of stroke in New Zealand (NZ) in 2001, projected to 2011. METHODS:Multistate lifetable models were constructed using smoothed rates of first-ever stroke incidence and relative risks of mortality estimated from the most recent Auckland Regional Community Str...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Tobias M,Cheung J,Carter K,Anderson C,Feigin VL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00