Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Jun 2008
ReviewA review of Australian health privacy regulation regarding the use and disclosure of identified data to conduct data linkage.
To review Australian legislation about privacy, focusing on provisions within the regulations to conduct health research using identified data and lobby for regulatory change in the ACT. ⋯ The information from the review was used to inform the ACT Government that the health privacy regulations in place were inconsistent with the rest of Australia and resulted in regulatory change in the ACT. ACT legislation was amended to include provisions for the disclosure of identified health information for health research under controlled circumstances. The amendments were passed in December 2005, facilitating future health research involving data linkage in the ACT.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Apr 2008
Comparative StudyThe social determinants of being an Indigenous non-smoker.
To examine the association between various social factors and being a non-smoker in a national survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 and over. ⋯ Indigenous tobacco control programs need to consider additional targeting of more disadvantaged groups. Tobacco control programs should work with broader campaigns to ameliorate social disadvantage among Indigenous peoples.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Feb 2008
Historical ArticleBanning smoking in cars carrying children: an analytical history of a public health advocacy campaign.
Framing public health policy reform in ways that attract public and political support is a core skill of advocacy. In this paper we summarise the 12-year Australian history of advocacy for banning smoking in cars carrying children, culminating in the governments of the Australian States of South Australia and Tasmania enacting legislation. ⋯ Smoke-free cars legislation can and should be fast tracked in order to capitalise on this community support.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Feb 2008
The mental health of Australian mothers and fathers of young children at risk of disability.
To: (1) determine the strength of the relationship between risk of child disability and parental mental health in a nationally representative sample of Australian families with young children; (2) estimate the contribution of distress among parents of children at risk of disability to overall parental psychiatric morbidity; and (3) explore the extent to which between-group differences in parental mental health may be attributable to differences in exposure to other risk factors. ⋯ The association between risk of child disability and maternal mental health is strongly confounded by increased rates of poverty among children at risk of disability. Any residual risk appears to be related to the poorer social, emotional and behavioural development of children at risk of disability. Social and health policy responses need to focus on poverty reduction, enhancing the personal social capital of mothers living in poverty and on improving the social, emotional and behavioural development of the children.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Dec 2007
Analysis of primary prevention services for cardiovascular disease in Australia's community pharmacies.
To analyse the prevalence and factors associated with the provision of primary preventive services for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Australia's community pharmacies. ⋯ The configuration and size of Australia's community pharmacies were associated with providing primary preventive services for CVD.