Abstract:
:The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in male prisoners in South Australia from July 1989 to June 1994 was ascertained from a repeated cross-sectional study. We also compared the criminological and demographic characteristics and histories of drug use of 39 HIV-infected prisoners and a randomly selected sample of 86 uninfected prisoners admitted at the same time. The numbers of HIV-infected prisoners in prison in any month ranged from 4 to 12. Prevalence among the total prison population ranged from 0.4 per cent to 1.4 per cent, and among the subpopulation of injecting drug users from 1.25 per cent to 4.36 per cent. Many HIV-infected prisoners continued after their diagnosis to have lifestyles that resulted in imprisonment. Infected prisoners were significantly older, had spent longer in prison and were more likely to be users of heroin (OR = 13.1) and methadone (OR = 25.4) than controls. Infection with HIV among South Australian prisoners has been continuous since at least the mid-1980s. The recidivism among many of the infected prisoners contributes to the variation in prevalence but also raises concerns about their management. Greater effort to minimise the recidivism of the HIV-infected prisoners could reduce the prevalence of HIV in the prison population.
journal_name
Aust N Z J Public Healthjournal_title
Australian and New Zealand journal of public healthauthors
Seamark RW,Gaughwin M,Owen N,Liew Cdoi
10.1111/j.1467-842x.1997.tb01757.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-10-01 00:00:00pages
572-6issue
6eissn
1326-0200issn
1753-6405journal_volume
21pub_type
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journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00146.x
更新日期:2007-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2006.tb00864.x
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To assess current approaches to inclusion of equity in economic analysis of public health interventions and to recommend best approaches and future directions. METHODS:We conducted a systematic review of studies that have used socioeconomic position (SEP) in cost-effectiveness analyses. Studies were identif...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12709
更新日期:2018-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.1996.tb01049.x
更新日期:1996-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12600
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2005.tb00770.x
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To report changes in sexual behaviour among gay men in Sydney from 1986 to 2003. METHODS:Baseline data from four studies of gay men in Sydney were used: the Social Aspects of the Prevention of AIDS study (1986/87: 91 HIV-positive and 444 HIV-negative men); the Sydney Men and Sexual Health cohort (1993-95: 23...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2005.tb00245.x
更新日期:2005-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12566
更新日期:2016-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2000.tb01564.x
更新日期:2000-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12927
更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To develop a comprehensive list of asthmagens which may occur in occupational settings in Australia. METHODS:Potential asthmagens considered for this list were identified through work health and safety classification databases in Australia and through lists developed by professional associations in other cou...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12479
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The Castlereagh Regional Waste Disposal Depot (CRWDD) has been the focus of community concerns regarding the impact of hazardous waste disposal on their health and that of their local environment. As part of a phased epidemiological approach to investigate the levels of illness in people living in the vicinity of the ...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.1998.tb01389.x
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We aimed to quantify the extent to which socioeconomic differences in body mass index (BMI) drive avoidable deaths, incident disease cases and healthcare costs. METHODS:We used population attributable fractions to quantify the annual burden of disease attributable to socioeconomic differences in BMI for Aust...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12970
更新日期:2020-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.1999.tb01288.x
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We describe the methods used to trace and recruit a cohort (including injecting drug users) 25 years after admission to hospital in Melbourne with hepatitis. METHODS:Information recorded in the original medical record was used for tracing purposes. Subjects were located using the electoral roll, CD-ROM telep...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2001.tb00309.x
更新日期:2001-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.1997.tb01654.x
更新日期:1997-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The World Health Organization calls upon local government worldwide to play a greater role in improving public health by improving the social determinants of health. This research aimed to determine how local governments in Victoria, Australia, conceptualised their organisational efficacy to address public he...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12847
更新日期:2019-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2006.tb00783.x
更新日期:2006-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12561
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To examine reasons for the minimal use of Australian administrative health data for research and evaluation. METHOD:Legislative, organisational, social and political barriers in Australia are described. RESULTS:System changes are identified that would support the implementation of an evaluation-oriented hea...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2000.tb00734.x
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:An assessment of linked data was used to investigate the scope and the extent to which hospitalisations data and police crash records represent road crashes in New South Wales (NSW). METHODS:Hospital separation records for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, inclusive, were linked to police crash casual...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00162.x
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To assess whether workers at Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre (LHSTC) have different levels of mortality from the New South Wales (NSW) and Australian populations. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was undertaken at LHSTC. Data on 7,076 workers employed between 1957-98 were abstracted from per...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2005.tb00760.x
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2000.tb00141.x
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To ascertain the extent to which general practitioners in Queensland recommend physical activity to their patients, the types of patients they target, types of activities they suggest and how patients respond to the recommendations. METHODS:Questions designed to answer the research objectives were included i...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00779.x
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The effectiveness of the National Death Index (NDI) in identifying deaths among different populations has been studied before. Prisoners represent a segment of the population that might be expected to be difficult to link. The objective of this research was to evaluate the accuracy of the Australian NDI to as...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2005.tb00253.x
更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This paper reports the clinical, practical and ethical issues arising in the assessment of 10 consecutive referrals from a remote Immigration Reception and Processing Centre to a child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) between February and August 2002. METHOD:The 16 adults and 20 children (age ran...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2004.tb00041.x
更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.1997.tb01696.x
更新日期:1997-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1753-6405.13043
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To illustrate how regional variation in data quality could explain some or all of the apparent regional differences in the health status of Indigenous Australians. METHODS:A series of simple hypothetical numerical examples is provided, with varying assumptions regarding the accuracy of identification of Indi...
journal_title:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2002.tb00355.x
更新日期:2002-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2003.tb00425.x
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00