Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Jul 2010
Reducing alcohol related harm experienced by Indigenous Australians: identifying opportunities for Indigenous primary health care services.
Identify key issues and opportunities relating to the dissemination of cost-effective interventions for alcohol in Indigenous-specific settings. ⋯ An opportunity exists to implement brief intervention into Indigenous primary health care settings, as an evidence-based strategy using established resources. There is the possibility that such Indigenous-specific health services research will lead the dissemination field in demonstrating how the implementation process can be successfully tailored to specific and defined clinical settings.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Jul 2010
Low daily smoking estimates derived from sales monitored tobacco use in six remote predominantly Aboriginal communities.
To estimate daily cigarette consumption among residents aged 15+ in five remote central Australian predominantly Aboriginal communities. ⋯ While smoking prevalence may be high in these Aboriginal communities, smoking frequency is low compared to that in the wider Australian community. These results are consistent with other studies. Approaches to cessation premised on assumptions of nicotine dependence in such populations are likely to be misconceived.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Jun 2010
Trends in paediatric injury rates using emergency department based injury surveillance.
The primary aim of this study was to develop a method of calculating paediatric injury rate from Emergency Department injury surveillance data and use this to describe trends in paediatric injury. This study also aimed to establish whether triage category could be used as an indicator of severity. ⋯ The methodology used in this study is easily repeatable and could be used to evaluate injury prevention interventions. The prevention and management of injury should be directed by accurate injury incidence data.
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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.