Carbon pricing of food in Australia: an analysis of the health, environmental and public finance impacts.

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 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：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：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: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：OBJECTIVE:To review Australian legislation about privacy, focusing on provisions within the regulations to conduct health research using identified data and lobby for regulatory change in the ACT. METHOD:A systematic review of Commonwealth and jurisdiction health privacy regulation. RESULTS:Australia has a number of ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Lovett R,Fisher J,Al-Yaman F,Dance P,Vally H

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:In 1993, New Zealand implemented radical health sector reform, separating purchaser from provider and creating a competitive market. This paper reports on a 1994 survey of senior managers' perceptions of how well public health services were adapting to this more commercial environment. An initial questionnaire to chie...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Malcolm L,Barnett P,Nuthall J

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare estimates of population levels of 'adequate activity' for health benefit in different age and sex groups using two different measures--kilocalories (kcals) and Mets.mins. METHODS:10,464 mid-age women (47-52 years) from the second survey of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Brown WJ,Bauman AE

更新日期：2000-10-01 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 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine reported outcomes of health services delivered by telehealth to Indigenous Australians. METHODS:Systematic review of the literature. Searches were conducted to identify articles that reported a telehealth service used to provide clinical services to Indigenous Australians. Articles were screened f...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Caffery LJ,Bradford NK,Wickramasinghe SI,Hayman N,Smith AC

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to consider the global context in which we operate and in which the association between society and health is to be explored. We are in a democratic world, with an economy that emphasises the market and a post-modern culture. The ancient elements of state, market and community are discernible in avaric...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Leeder S,Dominello A

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper describes and compares magnitudes of socioeconomic (SES) inequalities in oral health among Indigenous and non-Indigenous children over a 10-year period. METHODS:We analysed annual oral health survey data from NSW, NT and SA. Data were extracted for time period 1 (2000-2002, N=215,317) and time per...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Ha DH,Xiangqun J,Cecilia MG,Jason A,Do LG,Jamieson LM

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To describe the seroepidemiology of Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, in those under 25 years of age in South West Queensland. METHODS:A convenience sample of residual sera from a diagnostic laboratory was tested for C. burnetii antibodies by immunofluorescence at 1:10 dilution. Prevalence a...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Parker N,Robson J,Bell M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the reservoir and risk factors of HCV infection in a hospital population. METHODS:The presence of anti-HCV in 2,119 endoscopy patients was related to putative risk factors for exposure using the SAS statistical package. RESULTS:Most of the 4.7% of anti-HCV positive patients had multiple risk fa...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Vickery K,Tawk HM,Bisset L,Selby W,Cossart YE

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：: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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the evidence for association between obesity risk outcomes >12 months of age and timing of solid introduction in healthy term infants in developed countries, the large majority of whom are not exclusively breastfed to six months of age. METHODS:Studies included were published 1990 to March 2013. ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Daniels L,Mallan KM,Fildes A,Wilson J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine school participation in sponsorship, incentive and fundraising initiatives and to describe feedback about potential health implications and possible solutions from key stakeholders in the health and education sectors. METHODS:All secondary/area schools and 15% of primary/intermediate schools were ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Richards R,Darling H,Reeder AI

更新日期：2005-08-01 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:Participation rates have been declining in case-control studies, particularly among controls, raising concerns about possible bias. Formal assessments of the effect of low participation on odds ratios (OR) are seldom presented however. We sought to quantify possible bias using multiple imputation techniques. ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Pandeya N,Williams GM,Green AC,Webb PM,Whiteman DC

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：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 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：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 emphasis in the literature regarding illicit drugs has been overwhelmingly on the subject of harm caused by their ingestion. Little has been reported on the potential and real harm associated with the illicit manufacture of drugs. This paper describes the increasing prevalence of clandestine drug laboratories in A...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Caldicott DG,Pigou PE,Beattie R,Edwards JW

更新日期：2005-04-01 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 review published randomised controlled trials of health assessments for older people; consider the effects of assessments in maintaining health and quality of life for older people; and identify those factors associated with more successful health assessment programs. METHODS:A systematic literature searc...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Byles JE

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00