Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Oct 2006
Promoting smoking cessation among prisoners: feasibility of a multi-component intervention.
To conduct a pilot study to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a multi-component smoking cessation intervention among prison inmates. ⋯ The prevalence of smoking within Australian prisons is alarmingly high. Further work into how to encourage prisoners to quit smoking is required.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Oct 2006
Cancer mortality in Aboriginal people in New South Wales, Australia, 1994-2002.
To describe, for the first time, mortality from cancer for Aboriginal residents of New South Wales (NSW). ⋯ It was possible to increase the rate of identification in a population register using routinely collected data, but the completeness and accuracy of Indigenous status should, and can, be improved in all notifying data collections. Public health planners in NSW can now begin to address the issues of prevention, treatment and palliation of cancer in Aboriginal people with local, rather than imputed, evidence.
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To determine if toxic mushroom species are sold at Melbourne fruit and vegetable markets. ⋯ While this study provides no evidence that public health is at risk from mushrooms sold at Melbourne markets, it has important limitations. Ongoing periodic surveillance is warranted.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Apr 2006
ECHO: the Western Australian Emergency Care Hospitalisation and Outcome linked data project.
To describe and assess the quality of the data resources linked for the Western Australian Emergency Care Hospitalisation and Outcome (ECHO) project. ⋯ Linkage quality consistent with international standards has been achieved, resulting in an information infrastructure capable of supporting an extensive research agenda focusing on the interaction and outcomes of both pre-hospital and within-hospital emergency medical care services.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Apr 2006
Risk factors for preterm, low birth weight and small for gestational age birth in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Townsville.
To assess the characteristics of Indigenous births and to examine the risk factors for preterm (<37 weeks), low birth weight (<2,500 g) and small for gestational age (SGA) births in a remote urban setting. ⋯ The prevalence of demographic and clinical risk factors is high in this group of urban Indigenous women. Strategies addressing potentially modifiable risk factors should be an important focus of antenatal care delivery to Indigenous women and may represent an opportunity to improve perinatal outcome in Indigenous communities in Australia.