Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Apr 2010
Factors associated with return-to-work and health outcomes among survivors of road crashes in Victoria.
To explore the relationships between injury, disability, work role and return-to-work outcomes following admission to hospital as a consequence of injury sustained in a road crash. ⋯ These results demonstrate that both injury type and severity and the nature of ones occupation have a considerable influence on the rate and pattern of return to work following injury. Further, persisting disability has a direct influence on the likelihood of returning to work. The implications of these findings and the types of data required to measure outcome post-injury are discussed.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Apr 2010
Beliefs about bowel cancer among the target group for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in Australia.
To assess awareness of and intentions and self-reported participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) in Australia and the program's impact on knowledge of and beliefs about bowel cancer. ⋯ Education and screening campaigns are required to further increase perceived prevalence of bowel cancer and to increase knowledge of symptoms and risk factors.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Apr 2010
Identification of alcohol involvement in injury-related hospitalisations using routine data compared to medical record review.
To quantify the extent that alcohol related injuries are adequately identified in hospitalisation data using ICD-10-AM codes indicative of alcohol involvement. ⋯ The current best estimates of the frequency of hospital admissions where alcohol is involved prior to the injury underestimate the burden by around 62%. This is a substantial underestimate that has major implications for public policy, and highlights the need for further work on improving the quality and completeness of routine administrative data sources for identification of alcohol-related injuries.