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Recruitment and retention of new doctors in remote and Aboriginal medical services through the Remote Vocational Training Scheme's Targeted Recruitment Strategy: a focus group study
The Targeted Recruitment Strategy is a proactive collaborative approach to attract and support doctors to train as general practitioners in high need rural and remote areas
Belinda G O'Sullivan · Veeraja Uppal · Ronda Gurney · Patrick Giddings
Perceived stakeholder benefits of continuously training general practitioners in the same rural or remote practice: interviews exploring the Remote Vocational Training Scheme
The RVTS model of training doctors continuously in the same practice improves access to safe and high quality longitudinal care and contributes to service enhancements in rural, remote and First Nations communities that otherwise lack stable doctors
Belinda G O'Sullivan · Patrick Giddings · Matthew R McGrail
Lessons learnt from the first two SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron waves of the COVID‐19 pandemic in six remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective epidemiological review
Co-designed, collaborative partnerships between local councils, community-controlled health services, state health services and public health units likely had a positive impact on the management and outcomes of COVID-19 in Indigenous communities
Allison Hempenstall · Barbara Telfer · Sean Cowley · Shalomie Shadrach · Caroline Taunton · Jay Short · Nicolas Smoll · Roy Rasalam · Oscar Whitehead · Peter Roach · Karen Koko · Josh Stafford · Rittia Matysek · Renarta Whitcombe · Gulam Khandaker · Jason King · Nishila Moodley · Maree Finney · Rica Lacey · Steven Donohue · Richard Gair · Katie Panaretto
Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion: cross‐sectional study of women attending a Perth sexual health clinic, 2019–20
Effective screening programs are needed to recognise, respond to, and refer for support people at risk of intimate partner violence
Mariana Galrao · Catherine B Brooker · Alison Creagh · Richelle Douglas · Sarah Smith
Non‐index hospital re‐admissions after hospitalisation with acute myocardial infarction and geographic remoteness, New South Wales, 2005–2020: a retrospective cohort study
Non-index hospital re-admission is associated with reduced mortality for people from regional or remote areas
Md Shajedur Rahman Shawon · Jennifer Yu · Art Sedrakyan · Sze‐Yuan Ooi · Louisa Jorm
Hospital costs for unplanned re‐admissions within 30 days of hospitalisations with heart failure, Australia, 2013–2017: a retrospective cohort study
Reducing the number of unplanned re-admissions could improve outcomes for people with heart failure and reduce hospital costs
Trang Dang · Wandy Chan · Sunnya Khawaja · James Fryar · Brenda Gannon · Sanjeewa Kularatna · William Parsonage · Isuru Ranasinghe
The health and economic burden of breathlessness, Australia, 2019: a national survey
Breathlessness imposes major burdens on individuals, the health care system, and the economy
Anthony P Sunjaya · Leanne M Poulos · Gian Luca Di Tanna · Thomas Lung · Guy B Marks · Helen K Reddel · Christine R Jenkins
6‐Methylnicotine: a new nicotine alternative identified in e‐cigarette liquids sold in Australia
Clinicians should be aware of the availability of these products in Australia, including without prescription
Caitlin Jenkins · Celine Kelso · Jody Morgan
Policies on the collection, analysis, and reporting of sex and gender in Australian health and medical research: a mixed methods study
Research policy and guidelines for integrating sex and gender into health and medical research must be implemented and evaluated to achieve change
Cheryl Carcel · Amy Vassallo · Laura Hallam · Janani Shanthosh · Kelly Thompson · Lily Halliday · Jacek Anderst · Anthony KJ Smith · Briar L McKenzie · Christy E Newman · Keziah Bennett‐Brook · Zoe Wainer · Mark Woodward · Robyn Norton · Louise Chappell
Changes in the incidence of melanoma in Australia, 2006–2021, by age group and ancestry: a modelling study
Migration may have reduced the incidence of melanoma among younger Australians, but social changes may also have contributed
David C Whiteman · Rachel E Neale · Peter Baade · Catherine M Olsen · Nirmala Pandeya
Sensitivity and specificity of Aboriginal‐developed items to supplement the adapted PHQ‐9 screening measure for depression: results from the Getting it Right study
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-developed depressive symptom screening scale that we studied is reliable and valid, and it performs well across multiple Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary care settings
Timothy Skinner · Alex Brown · Armando Teixeira‐Pinto · Sara F Farnbach · Nicholas Glozier · Deborah A Askew · Graham Gee · Alan Cass · Maree L Hackett
The impact of ageing‐in‐place reforms on the provision of home care packages for older Australians, 2008–21: a repeated cross‐sectional study
Meeting demand for higher care level support will require a larger aged care workforce particularly in regional and remote areas
Johannes Schwabe · Gillian E Caughey · Steve L Wesselingh · Craig Whitehead · Renuka Visvanathan · Keith Evans · Maria C Inacio
Mental health training for physicians supervising resident physicians: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Simple training programs for senior physicians can change self-reported behaviour that may support the mental health of their staff
Aimée Gayed · Jessica Strudwick · Nathasha Kugenthiran · Anthony D LaMontagne · Andrew Mackinnon · Helen Christensen · Nicholas Glozier · Samuel Harvey
Measuring progress toward the Closing the Gap healthy birthweight target for Indigenous babies: an analysis of Queensland perinatal data, 2011–2020
Are we accurately tracking healthy birthweights for Indigenous babies?
M Mamun Huda · James Ward · Abdullah Al Mamun
The public health and economic burden of long COVID in Australia, 2022–24: a modelling study
The health and economic burdens of long COVID are substantial, especially for working adults
Valentina Costantino · Quentin Grafton · Tom Kompas · Long Chu · Damian Honeyman · Adriana Notaras · C Raina MacIntyre
Tetanus, pertussis, and diphtheria vaccination coverage in older adults, Australia, 2023: analysis of Australian Immunisation Register data
Tetanus, pertussis, and diphtheria-containing vaccine coverage among older Australians is suboptimal, particularly with respect to dTpa uptake
Alexandra J Hendry · Helen E Quinn · Kristine Macartney · Frank H Beard
Indigenous governance, ethics and data collection in Australian clinical registries
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities remain invisible in data which is used to inform policy, clinical models of care, health services and initiatives
Courtney Ryder · Sadia Hossain · Leanne Howard · Julia Severin · Rebecca Ivers
Obesity in women giving birth in Victoria, 2010–2019: a retrospective cohort study
The proportion of births to Victorian women with obesity rose during 2010–2019, particularly in regional areas
Yvonne E Baker · Glyn Teale · Vidanka Vasilevski · Alemayehu Mekonnen · Linda Sweet
Outcomes for people admitted to Australian and New Zealand intensive care units with primary, exacerbating, or incidental SARS‐CoV‐2 infections, 2022–23: a retrospective analysis of ANZICS data
SARS-CoV-2 infections are still associated with poorer clinical outcomes for people admitted to ICUs
Alastair Brown · Andrew Udy · Martyn Kirk · Sonya Bennett · Shaila Chavan · Sue Huckson · David Pilcher
Notification rates for syphilis in women of reproductive age and congenital syphilis in Australia, 2011–2021: a retrospective cohort analysis of national notifications data
To avert congenital syphilis, equitable access to antenatal care must be secured for all women
Belinda Hengel · Hamish McManus · Robert Monaghan · Donna B Mak · Amy Bright · Ximena Tolosa · Kellie Mitchell · Lorraine Anderson · Jackie R Thomas · Nathan Ryder · Louise Causer · Rebecca J Guy · Skye McGregor
The economics of a national anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention program for amateur football players: a Markov model analysis
Investing in a national, evidence-based program for averting ACL injuries in amateur footballers is economically justifiable
Andrew Ross · Joosup Kim · Marnee McKay · Evangelos Pappas · Natalie Hardaker · Matt Whalan · Kerry Peek
Out‐of‐pocket health care expenses for people with and without cancer, New South Wales, 2020: a cross‐sectional study
High out-of-pocket expenses can restrict access to health care for people with limited financial resources, especially those with cancer
David E Goldsbury · Philip Haywood · Alison Pearce · Louisa G Collins · Deme Karikios · Karen Canfell · Julia Steinberg · Marianne F Weber
Multiple myeloma incidence, mortality, and prevalence estimates and projections, Australia, 1982–2043: a statistical modelling study
In view of the projected increase in disease burden, further research into prevention and early detection is needed
Qingwei Luo · Deanne Jenkin · Marianne F Weber · Julia Steinberg · Kate White · Adam Irving · Hannah Rillstone · Anna Kelly · Karen Canfell · Eleonora Feletto
Heat health alerts and emergency department presentations by people aged 65 years or older, Victoria, 2010–22: a case–crossover analysis
Extreme heat influences the risk of morbidity beyond the conditions typically associated with heat exposure
Tilda N Thomson · Joshua Szanyi · Vanora Mulvenna
Aged care service use by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people after aged care eligibility assessments, 2017-2019: a population‐based retrospective cohort study
It is likely that the care needs of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are not being met
Odette Pearson (Eastern Kuku‐Yalanji and Torres Strait Islander) · Tracy Air · Greer Humphrey · Clare Bradley · Noeleen Tunny · Alex Brown (Yuin Nation) · Steven L Wesselingh · Maria C Inacio · Gillian E Caughey