Forecasting future tobacco control policy: where to next?

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 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:To describe the incidence rate and clinical outcomes of intussusception in Australia in children aged <24 months prior to the use of rotavirus vaccines in Australia, and to explore associations between patient characteristics and outcomes in children with intussusception. METHODS:This study used Australian ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Palupi-Baroto R,Lee KJ,Carlin JB,Bines JE

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to quantify the extent to which socioeconomic differences in body mass index (BMI) drive avoidable deaths, incident disease cases and healthcare costs. METHODS:We used population attributable fractions to quantify the annual burden of disease attributable to socioeconomic differences in BMI for Aust...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Gearon E,Backholer K,Lal A,Nusselder W,Peeters A

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess Australian health and medical research (HMR) investment returns by measuring the trends in HMR expenditure and PubMed publications by Australian authors. METHODS:Bibliometric analysis collating Australian HMR expenditure reported by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Australian HMR ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Mendis K,Bailey J,McLean R

更新日期：2015-06-01 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

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：OBJECTIVES:To explore the interaction of computed tomography (CT) use, dose and radiation risk of Australian Medicare-funded CT scanning and the impact on cancer incidence and mortality. METHODS:This retrospective cohort study used records of Medicare subsidised CT scans in Australia (2006/07 to 2011/12) and Australia...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Gibson DA,Moorin RE,Semmens J,Holman DJ

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: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：OBJECTIVES:To describe trends in teenage pregnancy rates in South Australia and Australia in 1970-2000, and the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics and outcomes of teenage women who gave birth in South Australia in 1995-99. METHODS:A descriptive study using population-based legislated South Australian perin...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： van der Klis KA,Westenberg L,Chan A,Dekker G,Keane RJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：:This paper argues for greater dialogue on public health ethics. There has been little discussion in Australia about the significant ethical dilemmas in this field, and there is no agreed framework for analysing and responding to these challenges. We highlight concerns about the suitability of biomedical principles-bas...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Fry CL,Peerson A,Scully AM

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide an overview of the shared structural causes of obesity and climate change, and analyse policies that could be implemented in Australia to both equitably reduce obesity rates and contribute to mitigating climate change. METHODS:Informed by the political economy of health theoretical framework, a re...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Lowe M

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To examine access and equity to induced abortion services in Australia, including factors associated with presenting beyond nine weeks gestation. METHODS:Cross-sectional survey of 2,326 women aged 16+ years attending for an abortion at 14 Dr Marie clinics. Associations with later presentation assessed using...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Shankar M,Black KI,Goldstone P,Hussainy S,Mazza D,Petersen K,Lucke J,Taft A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Testing is the first step in treatment and care for blood-borne viruses (BBVs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). As new treatments for viral hepatitis emerge, it is important to document effective models for BBV/STI testing. A nurse-led intervention was implemented across three prisons in Victoria ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Winter RJ,White B,Kinner SA,Stoové M,Guy R,Hellard ME

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of Halls Creek, a small town in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia, is predominantly Aboriginal. After many years of high alcohol consumption, a number of measures were taken in an effort to redress its negative influence on the community. Key among these was a restriction on the trading h...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Douglas M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop, deliver and evaluate a cancer education course for Indigenous Health Professionals. METHOD:The cancer education course combines expert presentations, interactive sessions and visits to local cancer treatment centres. Three four-day courses have been run, in both metropolitan and regional Western ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Croager EJ,Eades T,Pratt IS,Slevin T

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：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:To monitor changes in the number of indoor tanning facilities in Australia's capital cities following widespread negative publicity and the introduction of legislation in some states. METHODS:An audit of listings under Solarium/Tanning Centres in the most recent hard copy Yellow Pages for Australia's capital...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Makin JK,Dobbinson SJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eye health of rural Aboriginal Australians is known to be poor. Over the past 20 years, Aboriginal communities in remote parts of Australia have had increasing access to eye health services through the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program (NTEHP). Using published and unpublished data, we examined trends in the...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Stocks NP,Hiller JE,Newland H,McGilchrist CA

更新日期：1996-08-01 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 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：: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 assess mothers' intentions to introduce their adolescent to alcohol and to examine whether their own alcohol use influences their intentions. METHODS:Mothers (N = 161) of children aged 12.5 years (SD = 0.8) completed measures of their alcohol use and their intentions and attitudes towards their children b...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Roberts R,Beckwith M,Watts D

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：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:The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 came into force to promote the safe and responsible sale, supply, and consumption of alcohol in New Zealand. The Act was intended to minimise harm caused by excessive consumption of alcohol and reduce exposure to alcohol promotion. This study assessed supermarket adhere...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： McBride-Henry K,Lui SM,Woods L,Officer TN

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00