Consumer alcohol exposure in supermarkets: legislatively adherent, but a societal problem.

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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to survey women aged 40 to 49 to determine their perceptions of the benefits and the downsides of screening mammography for women in this age group, and the degree of support for targeting women aged 40 to 49 in the national BreastScreen program. METHOD:Telephone interviews were use...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Cockburn J,Pit S,Redman S

更新日期：1999-06-01 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：:The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of risk factors for liver disease, particularly hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, in a population-based series of hepatocellular carcinoma, and to assess the feasibility of retrospective surveys in determining risk factors for hepatocellular carci...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Thompson SC,Lin A,Warren R,Giles G,Crofts N

更新日期：1997-10-01 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 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：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：:Previous research has yielded inconsistent results on the effects of exercise, smoking and alcohol use on cognitive impairment and dementia in old age. We analysed data from the Sydney Older Persons Study to see if these health habits were associated with cognitive functioning, dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Health ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Broe GA,Creasey H,Jorm AF,Bennett HP,Casey B,Waite LM,Grayson DA,Cullen J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the cost-effectiveness of adding school based Mantoux screening programs to the New South Wales current TB prevention strategy. METHOD:A decision analysis model compared the costs and consequences of screening strategies against the current no-screen strategy. Costs associated with screening and wi...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Lowin A,Slater J,Hall J,Alperstein G

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the accuracy of the hospital discharge coding of heart failure (HF) in the Western Australian (WA) Hospital Morbidity Data (HMD). METHODS:A retrospective medical chart review of a sample of 1,006 patients with a principal diagnosis code indicating HF in the WA HMD was undertaken. Validation was ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Teng TH,Finn J,Hung J,Geelhoed E,Hobbs M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore caregiver perspectives of their children's journey through the specialist paediatric service, the Aboriginal Ambulatory Care Coordination Program (AACC), and non-AACC services at the Perth Children's Hospital. METHODS:Eighteen semi-structured interviews with families of Aboriginal children were co...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Strobel N,Moylan C,Durey A,Edmond K,McAuley K,McAullay D

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geographical Information Systems-computerised systems for the capture, storage, retrieval, analysis and display of spatial data-have recently been promoted as important tools for the study of public health. Attention must also be given to the issues involved in this relatively new application, especially in Australian...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： O'Dwyer LA,Burton DL

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a trial of the provision of community-service information to family carers, general practitioners and pharmacists from the Western region of Melbourne were supplied with tear-off pads listing suburb-specific community services, and were encouraged to discuss service needs with carers of people with disabilities and...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Murphy B,Nankervis J,Schofield H,Herrman H,Bloch S,Singh B

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined chronic disease risks and the use of a smartphone activity tracking application during an intervention in Australian truck drivers (April-October 2014). METHODS:Forty-four men (mean age=47.5 [SD 9.8] years) completed baseline health measures, and were subsequently offered access to a free...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Gilson ND,Pavey TG,Vandelanotte C,Duncan MJ,Gomersall SR,Trost SG,Brown WJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To compare average levels of population health for Australia and other OECD countries in 2001. METHODS:Healthy life expectancies (HALE) for OECD countries for 2001 are based on analysis of mortality data for OECD countries, country-specific estimates of health state prevalences for 135 causes from the Globa...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Mathers CD,Murray CJ,Salomon JA,Sadana R,Tandon A,Lopez AD,Ustün B,Chatterji S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study described the communication dynamics, identified problems and recommended changes to improve patient follow-up and communication between Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) and isolated Aboriginal community health clinics (CHC) in the Northern Territory (NT). METHOD:In 1995, staff interviews were conducte...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Mackenzie G,Currie BJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examine the feasibility and acceptability of an electrocardiogram (ECG) attached to a mobile phone (iECG) screening device for atrial fibrillation (AF) in Aboriginal Controlled Community Health Services (ACCHS) and other community settings. METHODS:Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ACCHS staff i...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Macniven R,Gwynn J,Fujimoto H,Hamilton S,Thompson SC,Taylor K,Lawrence M,Finlayson H,Bolton G,Dulvari N,Wright DC,Rambaldini B,Freedman B,Gwynne K

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To contextualise and provide an overview of two review papers--prepared as part of a larger research program--dealing with different aspects of the treatment of Indigenous Australians with alcohol-related problems. METHOD:The papers were reviewed thematically and compared to identify key issues raised in the...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Gray D,Saggers S,Wilkes E,Allsop S,Ober C

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：: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：: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 describe the characteristics of Australian adults' experience of commercial sex. METHOD:Telephone interviews were completed by a representative sample of 10,173 men and 9,134 women aged 16-59 years (response rate 73.1%; 69.4% men, 77.6% women). Respondents were asked about their experiences both as client...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Rissel CE,Richters J,Grulich AE,de Visser RO,Smith AM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the prevalence and socio-demographic distribution of physical activity among New South Wales school students in Years 8 and 10. METHODS:Cross-sectional survey of 2,026 randomly selected NSW high school students in 1997. The survey participants self-reported their physical activity participation du...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Booth ML,Okely AD,Chey T,Bauman AE,Macaskill P

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the associations between generational status, acculturation and substance use among immigrant and non-immigrant secondary school students in New Zealand. METHODS:A nationally representative sample of secondary school students in New Zealand was selected using a two-stage cluster sample design....

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Di Cosmo C,Milfont TL,Robinson E,Denny SJ,Ward C,Crengle S,Ameratunga SN

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the prevalence of key outcomes among Māori and non-Māori 12 months post-injury, and to estimate the risk of these outcomes for Māori compared to non-Māori. METHODS:The Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study recruited 2,856 New Zealand residents from five regions of New Zealand. This paper examines o...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Maclennan B,Wyeth E,Davie G,Wilson S,Derrett S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00