Help-seeking in Vietnam veterans: post-traumatic stress disorder and other predictors.

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：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：OBJECTIVES:With a rapidly ageing population, it is imperative to examine health service costs and plan appropriately for the future. This paper determines the factors related to extended hospital stay for 'Rehabilitation' or 'Convalescence', as defined by ICD-10 coding, in acute hospital settings for older women in New...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Chojenta C,Byles J,Nair BK

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine how OTDs and staff in rural and remote Indigenous health contexts communicate and negotiate identity and relationships, and consider how this may influence OTDs' transition, integration and retention. METHOD:Ten case studies were conducted in rural and remote settings across Australia, each of an ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Durey A,Hill P,Arkles R,Gilles M,Peterson K,Wearne S,Canuto C,Pulver LJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide an overview of qualitative methodologies for health researchers in order to inform better research practices. APPROACH:Different possible goals in health research are outlined: quantifying relationships between variables, identifying associations, exploring experience, understanding process, disti...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Dew K

更新日期：2007-10-01 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 gain deeper insight into the corporate political activity (CPA) of the Australian food industry from a public health perspective. METHODS:Fifteen interviews with a purposive sample of current and former policy makers, public health advocates and academics who have closely interacted with food industry rep...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Mialon M,Swinburn B,Allender S,Sacks G

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Protecting the skin from ultraviolet (UV) radiation is critical during adolescence to reduce the risk of developing skin cancer later in life, but adolescents tend to be less likely to engage in sun-protective behaviours than adults. The present study examined changes and trends (2001/02-2011/12) in sun-prote...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Koch S,Pettigrew S,Hollier LP,Slevin T,Strickland M,Minto C,Jalleh G,Lin C

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：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 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 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 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：OBJECTIVES:Despite widespread use of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), there are no published contemporary population-level scores for Australia. We examined population-level AUDIT scores and hazardous drinking for Australia over the period 2007-2016. METHODS:Total population, age- and gender-spec...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： O'Brien H,Callinan S,Livingston M,Doyle JS,Dietze PM

更新日期：2020-12-01 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 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 describe and critique methodological aspects of school-based interventions that involve a broader community initiative. METHODS:An electronic search of 11 databases and manual search of references for intervention studies published in peer-reviewed journals from January 2000 to August 2004. To be included...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Wood E,Shakeshaft A,Gilmour S,Sanson-Fisher R

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indigenous participation in every aspect of health research is increasingly recognised as an important element of any research project that aims to improve Indigenous health. Despite the acceptance of its importance, when the concept of 'Indigenous participation' is mentioned, authors are often imprecise as to the nat...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Kowal E,Anderson I,Bailie R

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:To determine the acceptability of intervention strategies that increase the responsible service of alcohol by non-metropolitan rugby league clubs. METHOD:Rugby league clubs were provided an information kit and advice by local public health workers, police and a lead agency regarding their responsible servic...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Warner-Smith M,Wiggers J,Considine R,Knight J

更新日期：2000-06-01 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 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:To assess the value of drinking guidelines applied in adolescence for predicting alcohol-related outcomes in young adulthood. METHODS:We conducted an eight-wave, population-based cohort study of 696 males and 824 females in Victoria between 1992 and 2003. Adolescent drinking was assessed at five survey waves...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Moore E,Coffey C,Carlin JB,Alati R,Patton GC

更新日期：2009-04-01 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 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：:The study examined the frequency and patterns of assault within a large regional population of Victoria. The records of 860 victims of physical assault who presented to the Geelong Hospital emergency department during 1993 and 1994 were analysed retrospectively. The policy data on 1427 reported cases of physical assau...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Taylor D,Eddey D,Cameron P

更新日期：1997-02-01 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 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