The health and wellbeing of Australian lesbian, gay and bisexual people: a systematic assessment using a longitudinal national sample.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Explore demographic characteristics, patterns of drug use and psychological distress among regular injecting drug users (IDUs) in Australia, as a function of recent criminal activity. METHODS:Structured, face-to-face interviews with 909 regular IDUs recruited from every capital city in Australia, between Jun...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Kinner SA,George J,Campbell G,Degenhardt L

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the proportion and numbers of cancers in Australia in 2010 attributable to infectious agents. METHODS:The population attributable fraction (PAF) and number of cancers caused by hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV, HCV), Helicobacter pylori and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were calculated using ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Antonsson A,Wilson LF,Kendall BJ,Bain CJ,Whiteman DC,Neale RE

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila is an important cause of community-acquired pneumonia. Domestic sources of infection have been increasingly recognised among community-acquired cases. This report summarises the public health investigations and management of a single community-acquired case of Legionnaires' disease in Queensland...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Young M,Smith H,Gray B,Huang B,Barten J,Towner C,Plowman S,Afshar B,Fry N,Blair B,Savill J,McCall B

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of strategies designed to prevent falls among older people. METHODS:A decision analytic Markov model of interventions designed to prevent falls was developed. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) using quality adjusted life year (QALYs) as the measure, were calcula...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Church J,Goodall S,Norman R,Haas M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper attempted to examine the question of whether 351 disability services workers in an Australian State Government agency given manual handling training had significantly lower injury rates from manual handling injuries a year post-training than a control group (n = 351) without the training. METHODS:...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Ore T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the age-specific population prevalence and predictors of uptake of home modifications and exercise to prevent falls in the NSW older population. METHODS:A total of 5,681 respondents were asked questions on fall prevention activities as part of the 2009 NSW Falls Prevention Survey. RESULTS were wei...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Harvey LA,Mitchell RJ,Lord SR,Close JC

更新日期：2014-12-01 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: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 examine the effect of the application, and removal, in the Northern Territory of a levy on the sale of cask wine--a beverage shown to contribute disproportionately to alcohol-related harm. METHOD:Using data on licensee purchases of alcoholic beverages and ABS population data, estimates were made of per ca...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Gray D,Chikritzhs T,Stockwell T

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the prevalence and predictors of self screening for melanoma in a large sample of young New Zealanders. A self-report questionnaire was administered to a sample of 909, 21-year-olds to investigate if young adults check their skin for changes in lesions which could be melanoma, and to identify the f...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Douglass HM,McGee R,Williams S

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To elicit community preferences for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening by faecal occult blood test (FOBT) using discrete choice modeling (DCM). To provide policymakers with information that would assist them in designing the future national screening program. METHODS:301 participants in central Sydney, aged ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Salkeld G,Solomon M,Short L,Ryan M,Ward JE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence rates of hypertension, diabetes, ischaemic heart disease (IHD), renal disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and their co-occurrence among the remote Aboriginal population of the Northern Territory (NT) in 2005. METHODS:Information from a primary care chronic di...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Zhao Y,Connors C,Wright J,Guthridge S,Bailie R

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to assess emerging trends in five characteristics: age, first ever pregnancy, contraception at time of conception, contraception choices post-operatively and referral source of women presenting for a termination of pregnancy (1996-2006) from a southern service in Adelaide, South...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Abigail W,Power C,Belan I

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:Over 26 months, 223 general practitioners recorded consultations involving the management of skin naevi and some demographic details of the patients. We used data from the Health Insurance Commission and the Australian Bureau of Statistics to estimate population consultation rates. Of 749,171 consultations, 9,729 invo...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Del Mar CB,Balanda KP

更新日期：1998-01-01 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 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 determine local values for environmental attributable fractions and explore their applicability and potential for public health advocacy. METHODS:Using World Health Organization (WHO) values for environmental attributable fractions, responses from a practitioner survey (73% response rate) were considered...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： McMullen C,Eastwood A,Ward J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between self-reported and clinical measurements for height and weight in adults aged 18 years and over and to determine the bias associated with using household telephone surveys. METHOD:A representative population sample of adults aged 18 years and over living in the north-west r...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Taylor AW,Dal Grande E,Gill TK,Chittleborough CR,Wilson DH,Adams RJ,Grant JF,Phillips P,Appleton S,Ruffin RE

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Guidelines for vaccination of health care workers (HCWs) have been available in Victoria since 1998. We estimated knowledge and attitudes towards vaccination among HCWs as well as self-reported vaccination status in a tertiary adult hospital in Melbourne, Australia. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was cond...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Murray SB,Skull SA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine age group- and cause-of-death-specific contributions to area socioeconomic status (SES), sex and remoteness life expectancy inequalities. METHODS:Mortality and estimated residential population data from New South Wales, Australia, over 2010-2012 was used to calculate life expectancy. Inequaliti...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Stephens AS,Blyth F,Gupta L,Broome RA

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：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: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：OBJECTIVES:Counts of mortality and morbidity based on routinely collected national datasets have undercounted Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. To correct for the undercount, when estimating fatal and serious non-fatal injury incidence, the 'ever-Māori' method has been used. This study sought to determine ho...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Gulliver PJ,Cryer C,Langley JD,Davie GS

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：: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：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：: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