Health habits and risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in old age: a prospective study on the effects of exercise, smoking and alcohol consumption.

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

authors： Williams A,Jalaludin B

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper outlines the New Zealand experience in using health goals and examines its strengths and weaknesses from an 'insiders's' perspective. METHOD:This paper reports on a review of the New Zealand health goals framework conducted in 1996-97. The review centred on a discussion paper, written submissions ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Signal L,Durham G

更新日期：2000-04-01 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 ascertain and meet current and anticipated needs for residential care and other services by older Indigenous people in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and region. METHODS:With advice from a reference group, qualitative and quantitative data were gathered from 98 older (45 years and over) Indigenous...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Dance P,Brown R,Bammer G,Sibthorpe B

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with diabetes do not regularly utilise eye services for the early prevention of vision loss due to diabetic eye disease. A community-based screening program has been initiated in Victoria to address this issue. To encourage people to take preventive eye health care measures, the most effective health ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Livingston PM,McCarty CA,Wood CA,Harper AC,Keeffe JE,Taylor HR

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：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:Data from the Queensland Poisons Information Centre (QPIC) was assessed to determine mechanisms of acute insecticide poisoning in young children (<5 years) and whether age affects insecticide-poisoning patterns. METHODS:Records of all insecticide-related calls placed to QPIC in 2014 were obtained. A stratifi...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： English K,Jagals P,Ware RS,Wylie C,Sly PD

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：: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 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：BACKGROUND:Antipsychotics are commonly used in the elderly despite limited efficacy and safety data from randomised controlled trials. Observational comparative safety studies of antipsychotics vary, which may be due to confounding. OBJECTIVE:To compare the characteristics of typical and atypical antipsychotic initiat...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Pratt N,Roughead E,Salter A,Ryan P

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Injecting drug use remains a major public health concern, particularly because of opiate overdose and transmission of blood-borne viruses. Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) opened on a trial basis in May 2001 in an effort to reduce the harms of drug use. In this report, we provide a brief...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Kelly C,Conigrave KM

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the contribution of trends in three risk factors--systolic blood pressure (SBP), total blood cholesterol (TBC) and cigarette smoking--to the decline in premature coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in New Zealand from 1980-2004. METHOD:Risk factor prevalence data by 10-year age group (35-64 ye...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Tobias M,Taylor R,Yeh LC,Huang K,Mann S,Sharpe N

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:International trade agreements, including the General Agreement on Trade in Services, are central elements of globalization. These agreements are likely to have significant implications for population health in rich nations such as Australia as well as in the developing world. But the technical language of the legal a...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Broom D

更新日期：2003-01-01 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

authors： Robertson R,Jepson R,Shepherd A,McInnes R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe Aboriginal community members' perspectives on the outcomes and origins of resilience among Aboriginal children. METHODS:Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 36 Aboriginal adults (15 health service professionals, 8 youth workers and 13 community members) at two urban and one regional Aborig...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Young C,Tong A,Nixon J,Fernando P,Kalucy D,Sherriff S,Clapham K,Craig JC,Williamson A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

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 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 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：:This study investigated mothers' perceptions of vaccine-preventable diseases and associated vaccines in terms of perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits and barriers. A purposive sampling strategy was used to choose mothers whose only or youngest child was completely, incompletely (behind the recommended immunisa...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Bond L,Nolan T,Pattison P,Carlin J

更新日期：1998-06-01 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 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: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

authors： Mares S,Jureidini J

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To describe the methods and process of the Australian Study of Health and Relationships. METHODS:A computer-assisted telephone interview was developed and applied to a stratified sample of the Australian population. After initially weighting to reflect the study design, the sample was further weighted to ref...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

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

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the trends of all-cause natural mortality for people aged 15 years and over in a remote Australian Aboriginal community between 1996 and 2010. METHODS:The annual population in the community by gender and age group was obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). All known deaths and al...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Wang Z,Hoy WE

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00