Perspectives

A framework for planning, design and reporting of clinical trials, to optimise implementability

Helena J Teede · Karen Best · Frank H Bloomfield · Alan Cass · Paul Cohen · Sue Crengle · Tiffany Harris‐Brown · Stephen Jan · David W Johnson · Samantha Keogh · Anne McKenzie · Philippa Middleton · Sandra Peake · Hashim Periyalil · Paul A Scuffham · Angela Scheppokat · Greg R Sharplin · Steve Webb

Discussion of a more evidence-based approach to skin checks, including who to target for skin checks, what type of skin check, how often, the clinical setting, and resources, costs and quality frameworks

Linda K Martin · Pascale Guitera · Georgina V Long · Richard A Scolyer · Anne E Cust

There is potential to improve outcomes among women by taking a life-course approach that integrates care and prevention of non-communicable diseases with sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health care.

Jenny A Ramson · Myfanwy J Williams · Bosede B Afolabi · Stephen Colagiuri · Kenneth W Finlayson · Bianca Hemmingsen · Kartik K Venkatesh · Doris Chou

Medicines are less affordable for women, the ill, the young, and the socio-economically disadvantaged

Narcyz Ghinea

Australia’s stroke treatment performance has stagnated. A well targeted national quality improvement effort is required

For the 30/60/90 National Stroke Targets Taskforce

Poor health outcomes and barriers to health care access are underscored by the struggles of homelessness itself, along with many social determinants of health, including trauma, poverty and social exclusion

Lisa J Wood · Rhiannon C Villiers

Pregnant women face barriers to pharmaceutical trial participation, and a conservative drug safety categorisation system

Stefan C Kane · Renuka Shanmugalingam · Amanda Henry

New Australian guidelines strongly recommend against prescription of modified-release opioids for patients with acute pain

Pamela E Macintyre · Melissa A Jamcotchian · Jennifer A Stevens

Medical nomenclature should ideally describe the pathophysiological processes or clinical criteria relevant to the entity being defined

Leya Nedumannil · Diana Lewis

The loneliness epidemic affecting older people is a costly public health concern

Lidia Engel · Cathrine Mihalopoulos

Preventive action is needed to address the underlying drivers of climate change and health inequities

Sharon Friel · Katherine Trebeck · Nicholas Frank · Sandro Demaio · Megan Arthur · Chelsea Hunnisett · Francis Nona

Key action measures to help address disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence and mortality in First Nations Australians

Jessica Howell · Troy Combo · Paula Binks · Kylie Bragg · Sarah Bukulatjpi · Kirsty Campbell · Paul J Clark · Melissa Carroll · Jane Davies · Teresa de Santis · Kate R Muller · Bella Nguyen · John K Olynyk · Nicholas Shackel · Patricia C Valery · Alan J Wigg · Jacob George · Stuart K Roberts

Australia’s national pharmacovigilance systems work collaboratively to monitor the safety of seasonal influenza vaccines, with improvements to these systems ensuring the continued safety of medicines and vaccines available on the Australian market

Megan O'Moore · Belinda Jones · Megan Hickie · Catherine Glover · Lucy Deng · Yuanfei Huang · Michael Dymock · Evelyn Tay · Julie A Marsh · Nicholas Wood

Even when it looks, smells and sounds like inflammatory bowel disease, it might not be

Kathryn Demase · Mark G Ward

Falls and related injuries may be prevented with tailored interventions. Exercise is most effective, and additional interventions may be beneficial.

Ian D Cameron · Susan E Kurrle · Cathie Sherrington

Key actions to be taken by the National Hypertension Taskforce, including a roadmap to help implement identified actions

Aletta E Schutte · Belinda Bennett · Clara K Chow · Geoffrey C Cloud · Kerry Doyle · Zoe Girdis · Jonathan Golledge · Andrew Goodman · Charlotte M Hespe · Meng P Hsu · Sharon James · Garry Jennings · Taskeen Khan · Audrey Lee · Lisa Murphy · Mark R Nelson · Stephen J Nicholls · Natalie Raffoul · Breonny Robson · Anthony Rodgers · Andrea Sanders · Catherine Shang · James E Sharman · Nigel P Stocks · Tim Usherwood · Ruth Webster · Jun Yang · Markus Schlaich

Living evidence syntheses are critical for evidence-informed policy; however, their use is not as straightforward as providing policy makers with summarised results from research studies

Samantha P Chakraborty · Alex Collie · Rebecca Hodder · Suman S Majumdar · Kim Sutherland · Bernie Towler · Joshua Vogel · Andrew Wilson · Luke Wolfenden · Sally Green · Tari Turner

Systemic racism and its structural biases and institutional impediments must be addressed to implement the cultural determinants of health

Carmen Parter (Murrana, Juru and Darumbal Clans of Birra Gubba Nation with South Sea Islander heritage from Tanna Island of the Republic of Vanuatu) · Donna Murray (Wiradyuri Wonnarua) · Romlie Mokak (Djugun; member of Yawuru people) · Karl Briscoe (Kuku Yalanji) · Richard Weston (Meriam) · Janine Mohamed (Nurungga Kaurna)

Novel anti-amyloid therapies have generated hope in Alzheimer disease. Although the therapies are generally well tolerated, there are important side effects that need consideration

Oneil G Bhalala · Jane Thompson · Rosie Watson · Nawaf Yassi

Women mentorship programs in medicine provide significant benefits, but need more consideration of intersectionality

Pallavi Prathivadi · Naomi MacPherson