High rates of alcohol consumption and related harm at schoolies week: a portal study.

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：OBJECTIVE:This study examines the effectiveness and costs of follow-up phone calls in improving response rates to a community survey. METHODS:Non-responders to a postal survey were randomly allocated to receive a phone call or no phone call. The resources used for the development and implementation of the survey were ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Breen CL,Shakeshaft AP,Doran CM,Sanson-Fisher RW,Mattick RP

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To develop a scale to assess the perceived readiness of general practitioners (GPs) to identify and respond to intimate partner abuse (IPA) and to examine its psychometric properties. METHODS:A qualitative study of GPs' perceived readiness and a literature review were used to generate items for the General ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Leung TP,Bryant C,Phillips L,Hegarty K

更新日期：2017-10-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effects of age, period and birth cohort on observed trends, and to provide short- to medium-term projections of population BMI in New Zealand. METHODS:Data were obtained from New Zealand national health surveys covering the period 1997 to 2015 (n=76,294 individuals). A Hierarchical Age-Period...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Wilson R,Abbott JH

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To compare dietary intakes of European, Māori, Pacific, and Asian men and women living in Auckland. METHODS:Daily nutrient intakes were calculated from a self-administered food frequency questionnaire from participants in a cross-sectional health screening study carried out between 2002 and 2003. Participant...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Metcalf PA,Scragg RR,Schaaf D,Dyall L,Black PN,Jackson R

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Although the importance of exercise as a public health issue is increasingly recognised, little attention has been paid to exercise in very old people. We examined exercise patterns in 1788 subjects aged 70 years and over who were participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing. In the two weeks before in...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Finucane P,Giles LC,Withers RT,Silagy CA,Sedgwick A,Hamdorf PA,Halbert JA,Cobiac L,Clark MS,Andrews GR

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prevalence of contraception among a sample of women with hepatitis C (HCV), compare it with contraceptive use among Australian women generally, and look for associations between contraception and sample characteristics. METHOD:Women who self-identified as living with HCV were recruited throug...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Banwell C,Bammer G,Main N,Gifford SM,O'Brien M

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Antipsychotics are commonly used in the elderly despite limited efficacy and safety data from randomised controlled trials. Observational comparative safety studies of antipsychotics vary, which may be due to confounding. OBJECTIVE:To compare the characteristics of typical and atypical antipsychotic initiat...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Pratt N,Roughead E,Salter A,Ryan P

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the fraction of remaining life lived with and without dementia among Australian males and females at later life. METHOD:Analysis was performed by applying the life table technique that integrates mortality and morbidity statistics to derive a single population health indicator. Observed prevalenc...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Nepal B,Brown L,Ranmuthugala G

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:The efficiency of regulation of public health risks has been questioned on the grounds that the costs of regulation may outweigh the benefits. There are strong arguments that risk management is best left to the market place, where individual consumers can make the trade-off between risk and the forgone benefi...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Harris A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is limited epidemiological data on the performance of different refrigerator types for vaccine storage in the real world. This study aims to measure if the introduction of purpose-built vaccine refrigerators has reduced the cost of vaccine losses in South Australia. METHODS:Data were taken from a regi...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： D'Onise K,Almond S,MacDonald B,Watson M,Scrimgeour S

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:There is widespread inappropriate use of pharmaceuticals. Problems are with the prescribing and dispensing as well as with the taking of medicines. Levels of potentially inappropriate prescribing were estimated in the population of Australian veterans and war widows. This group tends to have multiple medical condition...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Parkes AJ,Coper LC

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To compare the prevalence of disability between migrants and non-migrants at three and 24 months post-injury, and to identify key predictors of post-injury disability among migrants. METHODS:Disability among 2,850 injured participants, including 677 migrants to New Zealand, was measured prospectively using ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Baker W,Samaranayaka A,Wyeth E,Ameratunga S,Derrett S

更新日期：2019-10-01 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:Victorian local governments are required to develop Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plans that incorporate state-level health planning priorities and address the social determinants of health. This paper describes a novel method for evaluating councils' performance against these requirements. METHODS:D...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Browne GR,Davern MT,Giles-Corti B

更新日期：2016-04-01 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:Population ageing is driving many countries to review health and social care policies. For many, an important component is residential long-term care (LTC). This study uses New Zealand to ascertain the extent different reports provide consistent and accurate estimates of LTC use. METHODS:We searched for avai...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Broad JB,Ashton T,Lumley T,Connolly MJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:Universal hepatitis B immunisation of young adolescents was included in the Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule in 1998. However, rates of immunisation among adolescents world-wide have often been inadequate. Australia's experience in this area is no exception, particularly in States where school-based delivery i...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Skinner R,Nolan T

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00