Article Types
Narrative reviews
Supporting nursing and allied health student placements in rural and remote Australia: a narrative review of publications by university departments of rural health
University departments of rural health are Commonwealth‐funded to improve recruitment and retention of the rural allied health and nursing (including midwifery) workforce, primarily through student placements. We examined publications by university departments of rural health that were focused on allied health and nursing students undertaking placements in rural Australia, to understand the characteristics, main findings and implications of the research conducted. Interprofessional learning was a key feature of placements and placement education, although other activities such as community engagement added to placement experiences. Factors such as quality supervision and being involved in the community contributed to a positive placement experience and increased rural practice intention. Tracking studies showed a relationship between rural placements, rural practice intention and rural practice. Rural placements occurred across a variety of settings and in locations consistent with the policy framework. Embedding university departments of rural health in rural communities enabled staff to build relationships and increase placement capacity.
Sandra M Walsh · Vincent L Versace · Sandra C Thompson · Leanne J Browne · Sabina Knight · David M Lyle · Geoff Argus · Martin Jones
Rapid access chest pain clinics in Australia and New Zealand
A national framework could be beneficial to provide sites with evidence, possible models, and business cases
Kenneth K Cho · John K French · Gemma A Figtree · Clara K Chow · Rebecca Kozor
Current approaches in the recognition and management of eating disorders
There is emerging evidence for increased person-centred care and treatment adaptation
Phillipa J Hay · Rebekah Rankin · Lucie Ramjan · Janet Conti
Influenza and pertussis vaccine coverage in pregnancy in Australia, 2016–2021
Maternal influenza and pertussis vaccine coverage rates appear to be increasing, at least in parts of Australia, but significant gaps remain
Jocelynne E McRae · Lisa McHugh · Catherine King · Frank H Beard · Christopher C Blyth · Margie H Danchin · Michelle L Giles · Hassen Mohammed · Nicholas Wood · Kristine Macartney
Cardiovascular risk management in the peri‐operative setting
Accurate peri-operative risk assessment is important to enable shared decision making and to optimise the multidisciplinary management of patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery
Shehane Mahendran · Aravinda Thiagalingam · Graham Hillis · Richard Halliwell · Henry CC Pleass · Clara K Chow
Cardiovascular risk management following gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a narrative review
Pregnancy can be seen as a stress test for cardiometabolic conditions, where the physiological demands of pregnancy can unmask women at risk for CVD
Simone Marschner · Anushriya Pant · Amanda Henry · Louise J Maple‐Brown · Lisa Moran · N Wah Cheung · Clara K Chow · Sarah Zaman
Management of cutaneous melanoma in Australia: a narrative review
The management of cutaneous melanoma has been revolutionised in the past decade, with ongoing efforts to improve patient outcomes centred on rich translational research endeavours and robust clinical trials
Prachi Bhave · Jessica Wong · Aideen McInerney‐Leo · Anne E Cust · Craig Lawn · Monika Janda · Victoria J Mar
Coping with uncertainty in clinical practice: a narrative review
The ever-increasing novelty and complexity of modern medicine brings decisional uncertainty for clinicians; various strategies can be used to minimise and manage this uncertainty without compromising the clinician–patient relationship or clinician credibility
Ian A Scott · Jenny A Doust · Gerben B Keijzers · Katharine A Wallis
Challenges for Medicare and universal health care in Australia since 2000
More effective, coordinated approaches are needed to improve and secure the universality of public health care
Mary Rose Angeles · Paul Crosland · Martin Hensher
Current and emerging medications for the management of obesity in adults
Five medications are currently indicated for obesity management in Australia, all of which have beneficial effects on obesity-related complications
Rosalind Walmsley · Priya Sumithran
Young‐onset dementia diagnosis, management and care: a narrative review
Management of young-onset dementia needs to be age-appropriate and multidisciplinary
Samantha M Loi · Monica Cations · Dennis Velakoulis
The role of spinal surgery in the treatment of low back pain
The role of spinal surgery in the management of degenerative low back pain is not supported by the studies currently available
Lachlan Evans · Thomas O’Donohoe · Andrew Morokoff · Katharine Drummond
Medications for early treatment of COVID‐19 in Australia
An increase in options available would appear to be our best chance at living alongside SARS-CoV-2
Adam Polkinghorne · James M Branley
Modern paradigms for prostate cancer detection and management
Over the past decade, detection and management of prostate cancer have evolved, with the focus now placed on harm minimisation, reducing overdiagnosis and avoiding overtreatment
Isabella SC Williams · Aoife McVey · Sachin Perera · Jonathan S O’Brien · Louise Kostos · Kenneth Chen · Shankar Siva · Arun A Azad · Declan G Murphy · Veeru Kasivisvanathan · Nathan Lawrentschuk · Mark Frydenberg
Breast surgery: a narrative review
Increased understanding of how to predict who is most at risk of breast cancer is leading to the possibility of risk-based screening, allowing better and more targeted early detection and treatment for women at high risk
Christobel M Saunders
Transforming health settings to address gender‐based violence in Australia
For too long gender-based violence has been seen as the domain of social services or justice, with policy failing to resource an integrated response by the health system
Kelsey L Hegarty · Shawana Andrews · Laura Tarzia
Review of management priorities for invasive infections in people who inject drugs: highlighting the need for patient‐centred multidisciplinary care
Using a multidisciplinary, pragmatic, patient-centred, non-judgemental approach may allow people who inject drugs to achieve improved outcomes for invasive infections and reduce their risk of subsequent admissions
Lucy O Attwood · Megan McKechnie · Olga Vujovic · Peter Higgs · Martyn Lloyd‐Jones · Joseph S Doyle · Andrew J Stewardson
Interrogating the intentions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: a narrative review of research outputs since the introduction of Closing the Gap
We need intellectual investment that prioritises Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing, and acknowledges the historical and contemporary colonisation, dispossession and racism that continue to have an impact on health outcomes today
Michelle Kennedy · Jessica Bennett · Sian Maidment · Catherine Chamberlain · Kate Booth · Romany McGuffog · Bree Hobden · Lisa J Whop · Jamie Bryant
Management of atopic dermatitis: a narrative review
Ongoing elucidation of genetic and inflammatory pathways responsible for atopic dermatitis holds promise for new targeted treatments and increasingly personalised atopic dermatitis therapy
Michelle SY Goh · Jenny SW Yun · John C Su
Neglected tropical diseases in Australia: a narrative review
Neglected tropical diseases represent a threat to the health, wellbeing and economic prosperity of billions of people worldwide, often causing serious disease or death
Johanna Kurcheid · Catherine A Gordon · Naomi E Clarke · Kinley Wangdi · Matthew Kelly · Aparna Lal · Polydor N Mutombo · Dongxu Wang · Mary L Mationg · Archie CA Clements · Stephen Muhi · Richard S Bradbury · Beverley‐Ann Biggs · Wendy Page · Gail Williams · Donald P McManus · Darren Gray
Potential indirect impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children: a narrative review using a community child health lens
We suggest five potential strategy areas that could begin to address nequities
Sharon Goldfeld · Elodie O'Connor · Valerie Sung · Gehan Roberts · Melissa Wake · Sue West · Harriet Hiscock
Fertility, pregnancy and post partum management after bariatric surgery: a narrative review
Women who undergo bariatric surgery should be managed in the perinatal period with a multidisciplinary team to improve pregnancy-related outcomes
Sarah Cheah · Yijun Gao · Shirley Mo · Georgia Rigas · Oliver Fisher · Daniel L Chan · Michael G Chapman · Michael L Talbot
Evaluation and management of rectal bleeding in pregnancy
Rectal bleeding is common in pregnancy, with a reported prevalence of 10–43%
Ralley Prentice · Aysha Al‐Ani · Tiffany Cherry · Julia Dixon‐Douglas · Jade Eccles‐Smith · Julia Matheson · Jeanne Tie · Iniyaval Thevathasan · Jacob J McCormick · Britt Christensen
Interventional bronchoscopy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: more than a pipe dream
COPD is the fifth greatest contributor to burden of disease and fifth overall cause of death among Australians
Alan M Carew · Jonathan P Williamson · Claude S Farah · Tajalli Saghaie · Martin Phillips · Alvin Ing
Co‐occurring depression and insomnia in Australian primary care: recent scientific evidence
It is critical primary care clinicians dedicate specific attention to the management of both depression and insomnia when they co-occur
Alexander Sweetman · Leon Lack · Emer Van Ryswyk · Andrew Vakulin · Richard L Reed · Malcolm W Battersby · Nicole Lovato · Robert J Adams
