Research

Would clinical ethics support services be useful in Australian hospitals?

Evan Doran BA, PhD · Jennifer Fleming BA, MHA, PhD · Christopher Jordens BA (Hons), MPH, PhD · Cameron L Stewart BEc, LLB(Hons), PhD · Julie Letts MBioeth · Ian H Kerridge MPhil, FRACP, FRCPA

The ABC’s Catalyst program criticising statins affected people’s willingness to take these important drugs

Andrea L Schaffer BSc(Hons), MSc, MBiostat · Nicholas A Buckley BMed, FRACP, MD · Timothy A Dobbins BMath, PhD · Emily Banks MB BS, PhD, FAFPHM · Sallie-Anne Pearson BSc(Hons), PhD

headspace centres are providing direct and indirect access to mental health care for young people

Debra J Rickwood BA(Hons),PhD, FAPS · Nic R Telford BSocSc, MSocSc · Kelly R Mazzer PhD · Alexandra G Parker BA(Hons), MPsychol(Clin), PhD · Chris J Tanti BSW · Patrick D McGorry PhD, FRCP, FRANZCP

The first major review of outcomes for young people using mental health services at headspace centres

Debra J Rickwood BA(Hons), PhD, FAPS · Kelly R Mazzer PhD · Nic R Telford MSocSc, BSocSc · Alexandra G Parker PhD, MPsychol(Clin), BA(Hons) · Chris J Tanti BSW · Patrick D McGorry PhD, FRCP, FRANZCP

Partnership between community-controlled and government organisations leads to improved health service access for remote-living Aboriginal people

Carole Reeve FRACGP, FACRRM, FAFPHM · John Humphreys BA, DipEd, PhD · John Wakerman HonDSc, FAFPHM, FACRRM · Maureen Carter · Vicki Carroll BSc(Hons) · David Reeve DrPH

The administrative burden of claiming incentives is large and not always worth the effort

Milica Kecmanovic PhD · Jane P Hall PhD

Almost half of Australian asthmatics have poor symptom control

Helen K Reddel MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Susan M Sawyer MB BS, MD, FRACP · Peter W Everett BSc(Hons) · Paul V Flood MSc · Matthew J Peters MD, FRACP

Assessment is lengthy, costly and consumes significant resources

Louise Cullen MB BS, FACEM · Jaimi Greenslade PhD · Katharina Merollini MSocEconomics, PhD · Nicholas Graves PhD · Christopher J K Hammett BHB, MB ChB, MD · Tracey Hawkins BHealthSc(nursing) · Martin P Than FRCS(Ed), FFAEM · Anthony F T Brown FRCP, FACEM, FRCEM · Christopher B Huang MB BS · Seyed E Panahi BMedSc, BSc(Hons) · Emily Dalton BSc, BN · William A Parsonage DM, MRCP, FRACP

The current emphasis is on individual skills rather than responding to community needs

David J Hillis · Michael W Gorton AM, FRACS(Hon), FANZCA(Hon) · Bruce H Barraclough AO, FRACS, FACS · David Beckett PhD, FACEL, FPESA

A massive increase in antidepressant prescriptions has had little impact on rates of self-harm or antidepressant poisoning

Nicholas A Buckley BMed, FRACP, MD · Ian M Whyte MB BS(Hons), FRACP, FACMT · Andrew H Dawson MB BS, FRCP, FRACP · Geoffrey K Isbister BSc, FACEM, MD

A multimodal perioperative care pathway leads to shorter hospital stays

Nicholas Christelis FFPMRCA, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA · Sophie Wallace BHSc(Nurs), GradCertInfectCont, MPH · Claire E Sage BAppSci(Nurs), MNurs · Uate Babitu MB BS, FANZCA · Susan Liew MB BS(Hons), FRACS(Orth) · James Dugal MB BS, FRACS · Ibolya Nyulasi MSc, GradDipMgt · Nora Mutalima BSc, MB ChB, DPhil · Ton Tran MB BS, FRACS, FAOA · Paul S Myles MD, FRARCSI, FANZCA

Data reveal levels of polypharmacy that may suggest a lack of attempts to deprescribe when appropriate

Ruth E Hubbard MSc, MD, FRACP · Nancye M Peel PhD, MPH, BPhty · Ian A Scott FRACP, MHA, MEd · Jennifer H Martin FRACP, MA, PhD · Alesha Smith PhD, MSc, BSc · Peter I Pillans MB BCh, FRACP, MD · Arjun Poudel MScPharm · Leonard C Gray PhD, FRACP, FACHSM

Doctors should be encouraged to improve their documentation of measures of obesity

Lyle R Turner BSc(Hons), PhD · Mark F Harris FRACGP, DRACOG, MD · Danielle Mazza MD, FRACGP, DRANZCOG

Children with autism spectrum disorders may not be diagnosed as early as possible and desirable

Catherine A Bent BPsySc(Hons) · Cheryl Dissanayake PhD · Josephine Barbaro PhD

A reduced rate of breastfeeding after breast augmentation highlights a need for support

Christine L Roberts MB BS, FAFPHM, DrPH · Amanda J Ampt DipAppSc, MHIM, PostGradDipClinEp · Charles S Algert MPH · Mark S Sywak MB BS, MMedSc(ClinEpi), FRACS · Jian Sheng C Chen MStats, MPH, PhD

An insufficiently specific test may be leading to false-positive diagnoses of gonorrhoea

Eric P F Chow PhD, MPH, MApplSc · Glenda Fehler MSc, FMLT · Tim R H Read PhD, MB BS, FAChSHM · Sepehr N Tabrizi PhD · Jane S Hocking PhD, MPH, MHlthSc · Ian Denham MB BS, FRACP, FAChSHM · Catriona S Bradshaw MB BS(Hons), FACSHP, PhD · Marcus Y Chen MB BS, PhD, FAChSHM · Christopher K Fairley PhD, FAFPHM, FACSHP

General practice researchers measure the minimum likely effect of not indexing Medicare schedule fees

Christopher Harrison BPsy(Hons), MSocHealth · Clare Bayram BAppSc(HIM)(Hons), PhD · Graeme C Miller MB BS, PhD, FRACGP · Helena C Britt BA, PhD

A drastic reduction in CLABSIs in an ICU

Damoon Entesari-Tatafi MB BS · Neil Orford MB BS, FCICM, PGDipEcho · Michael J Bailey PhD, MSc, BSc · Martina N I Chonghaile FCICM, FCARSCI, MB BCh · Jill Lamb-Jenkins RN, Grad Dip Ed, MN · Eugene Athan MB BS, FRACP, MPH

Known HIV status and testing rates have increased in a high-risk population with tuberculosis

Jeffrey J Post MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP · Hazel Goldberg MB BS, FRACP · Gregory Kaufman FRACP · Marshall Plit MB BCh, PhD, FRACP · Kelly-Anne Ressler BSc, MPH · Mark J Ferson MD, FAFPHM, FRACP

Push for starting ART early

Limin Mao PhD · Philippe C G Adam PhD · Susan Kippax BA(Hons), PhD · Levinia Crooks BA(Hons), DipEd, MBA · Jeffrey J Post MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP · Michael R Kidd AM, MD, FRACGP · Sean Slavin PhD · Edwina J Wright MB BS, PhD, FRACP · John B F de Wit MSc, PhD

Antibiotics are still prescribed too frequently for many respiratory infections in young children

Ruby Biezen BSc, MAppSc · Allan J Pollack MB BS(Hons), FRACS, MPH(PP) · Christopher Harrison BPsych(Hons), MSocHealth · Bianca Brijnath PhD, BA(Hons) · Danilla Grando MAppSc, PhD, MASM · Helena C Britt BA, PhD · Danielle Mazza MD, MB BS, FRACGP

A simple test involving swabbing upper and lower gum lines may help tackle Australia’s HIV epidemic

Derek Chan MPH, FAChSHM, PhD · Michael Stewart BIntS, MIPH · Maggie Smith RN, CertSexualReproductiveHealth · Tony Price BN, MNurs(Ed) · Jo Lusk MB ChB, FAChSHM, MPH · Catriona Ooi MB BS, BSc(Med), FAChSHM · Phillip Read MRCP, MPH, FAChSHM · Robert Finlayson MB BS, FAChSHM

Australians with affective and anxiety disorders are not all receiving evidence-based care

Meredith G Harris MPH · Megan J Hobbs PhD · Philip M Burgess PhD · Jane E Pirkis PhD · Sandra Diminic MPH · Dan J Siskind MB BS, PhD, FRANZCP · Gavin Andrews MD, FRANZCP · Harvey A Whiteford MB BS, MPH, FRANZCP

Disadvantaged areas are still missing out

Graham N Meadows MD, MPhil, FRANZCP · Joanne C Enticott PhD · Brett Inder BEc(Hons), PhD · Grant M Russell PhD, MFM, FRACGP · Roger Gurr DPM, MRCPsych, FRANZCP

Investigating the spread of cancer by cancer type among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in NSW

Alison Gibberd MStat · Rajah Supramaniam BSc, MPH(Hons) · Anthony Dillon PhD · Bruce K Armstrong DPhil, FRACP, FAFPHM · Dianne L O’Connell BMaths(Hons), PhD