The dietary intake of chemical residues in Brisbane adults.

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:This study revisits disparities in health and wellbeing by sexual identity in Australia, identifying which domains demand priority policy intervention, documenting differences between gay/lesbian vs. bisexual populations, and examining change over time in the relative health and wellbeing of sexual minorities...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Perales F

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

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:To estimate the incidence, prevalence and mortality of stroke in New Zealand (NZ) in 2001, projected to 2011. METHODS:Multistate lifetable models were constructed using smoothed rates of first-ever stroke incidence and relative risks of mortality estimated from the most recent Auckland Regional Community Str...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Tobias M,Cheung J,Carter K,Anderson C,Feigin VL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence from the literature points to the disadvantages encountered by migrant women from non-English-speaking backgrounds in obtaining access to health services. In May 1994, a survey of 31 health units in the metropolitan area and two country areas was conducted in South Australia. The study investigated the servic...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Dolman J,Shackleton G,Ziaian T,Gay J,Yeboah DA

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Although Torres Strait Islanders (TSIs) are often combined with Aborigines, they are a distinct group and would prefer to be considered separately. The Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC) has been the only population-based, perinatal collection in Australia that has distinguished between Aboriginal a...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Coory M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the proportion of notifiable cases of Q fever attributable to occupational and community exposures and to identify missed opportunities for Q fever vaccination in notifications of occupational exposures. METHODS:A review of Q fever notifications to the BSPHU from January 2000 to September 2006 was un...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Palmer C,McCall B,Jarvinen K,Krause M,Heel K

更新日期：2007-08-01 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:Population ageing is driving many countries to review health and social care policies. For many, an important component is residential long-term care (LTC). This study uses New Zealand to ascertain the extent different reports provide consistent and accurate estimates of LTC use. METHODS:We searched for avai...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Broad JB,Ashton T,Lumley T,Connolly MJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify behavioural barriers of service provision within general practice that may be impacting the vaccination coverage rates of Aboriginal children in Perth, Western Australia (WA). METHODS:A purposive developed survey was distributed to 316 general practices across Perth and three key informant interv...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Carman R,Andrew L,Devine A,Oosthuizen J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse sports sponsorship by food and alcohol companies by quantifying the proportion of time that the main sponsor's logo was seen during each of three cricket telecasts, the extent of paid advertising during the telecast and the contribution by the main sponsor to this, and to describe the associated gr...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Sherriff J,Griffiths D,Daube M

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:In 1991, an intervention trial of the efficacy of an asthma self-management plan was carried out in partnership with a rural Mäori community. The program relied on Mäori community health workers and other health professionals working in partnership, was delivered through clinics in traditional Mäori communit...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Ratima MM,Fox C,Fox B,Te Karu H,Gemmell T,Slater T,D'Souza WJ,Pearce NE

更新日期：1999-12-01 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

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：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：OBJECTIVE:The burden of notifiable diseases in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victorians cannot be accurately estimated due to under-reporting of Indigenous status. We used data linkage to improve completeness of Indigenous status in people notified with viral hepatitis and gonococcal infection. METHODS:Notific...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Rowe SL,Cowie BC

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Measure the self-reported prevalence of HIV, history of HIV testing and associated risk factors among injecting drug users (IDUs) attending the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC). METHODS:Cross-sectional survey of IDUs attending the Sydney MSIC (n=9,778). RESULTS:The majority of IDUs had be...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Salmon AM,van Beek I,Amin J,Grulich A,Maher L

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To apply a 'health gain' approach to population-based cancer control. METHOD:We calculated the potential years of life otherwise lost prematurely which could be 'regained' through implementation of cancer control programs for which Level I or Level II evidence already exists for population outcomes. RESULTS...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Ward JE,Young JM,Jelfs P

更新日期：1999-10-01 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 assess homeowners' intentions to make voluntary improvements to their homes following a warrant-of-fitness (WOF) assessment to highlight health and safety issues. METHODS:We recruited 83 homeowners, including nine landlords, in Taranaki, New Zealand, who agreed to have a WOF assessment carried out on thei...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Chisholm E,Keall M,Bennett J,Marshall A,Telfar-Barnard L,Thornley L,Howden-Chapman P

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Current State of the Environment (SoE) reporting focuses primarily on indicators directly related to the physical environment such as climate, and air, water and soil quality. As the environment has both direct and indirect effects on human health, an opportunity exists to include environment-related human d...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Sladden T,Beard J,Simpson J,Luckie K

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoridation of community water supplies constitutes the main public health strategy for prevention of dental caries in Australia. In recent years questions have been raised about the effectiveness of water fluoridation. The aim of this paper was to examine differences in caries experience of children aged 5 to 12 yea...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Slade GD,Spencer AJ,Davies MJ,Stewart JF

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compliance of bar staff with the Western Australian liquor law prohibiting service to drunk patrons was assessed through the deployment of actors trained to behave in a drunken manner. The serving practices of 23 licensed premises (19 hotels and four nightclubs) were examined. During 120 visits to hotel and nightclub ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Rydon P,Stockwell T,Lang E,Beel A

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between self-reported and clinical measurements for high blood pressure (HBP) and high cholesterol (HC) in a random population sample. METHOD:A representative population sample of adults aged 18 years and over living in the north-west region of Adelaide (n=1537) were recruited to ...

journal_title：Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

authors： Taylor A,Dal Grande E,Gill T,Pickering S,Grant J,Adams R,Phillips P

更新日期：2010-08-01 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 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: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：: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