Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Oct 2009
Comparative StudyMatching health needs of refugee children with services: how big is the gap?
To document the health needs of refugee children accessing comprehensive refugee health services in New South Wales (NSW), to match needs with available services and establish gaps in services. ⋯ There is a strong moral and public health imperative to provide appropriately resourced, culturally competent and comprehensive health care to optimise refugee children's wellbeing.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Oct 2009
Baseline indicators for measuring progress in preventing falls injury in older people.
Over recent years, there has been increasing attention given to preventing falls and falls injury in older people through policy and other initiatives. This paper presents a baseline set of fall injury outcome indicators against which these preventive efforts can be assessed in terms of monitoring the rate of fall-related deaths and hospitalisations. ⋯ Future use of these metrics will help to evaluate and monitor the progress of falls prevention in older people in NSW. They could also be adopted in other jurisdictions.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Aug 2009
Challenges, lessons learned and results following the implementation of a human papilloma virus school vaccination program in South Australia.
To describe the process and challenges in the roll out of a large cervical cancer vaccination program to protect against human papilloma virus (HPV) infection. ⋯ Historically, there has been high uptake of other vaccines given to adolescents. However, the introduction of HPV vaccine may have adversely affected the uptake of Hepatitis B vaccine, given concurrently in the school program. Further studies are needed to determine if this is likely to have a negative effect on the public perception of the value of vaccine programs in general.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Jun 2009
Comparative StudyHospital admissions of indigenous and non-indigenous Australians due to interpersonal violence, July 1999 to June 2004.
To compare the incidence of injury-related hospitalisations and the injury profiles for interpersonal violence, in the Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations of Australia. ⋯ Culturally appropriate interventions that tackle a wide range of social and economic issues are needed to mitigate Indigenous interpersonal violence.