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Long COVID in a highly vaccinated but largely unexposed Australian population following the 2022 SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron wave: a cross‐sectional survey
General practices play a major role in managing the burden of long COVID in Australia
Mulu Woldegiorgis · Gemma Cadby · Sera Ngeh · Rosemary J Korda · Paul K Armstrong · Jelena Maticevic · Paul Knight · Andrew Jardine · Lauren E Bloomfield · Paul V Effler
Post‐COVID‐19 condition symptoms 12 and 24 months after COVID‐19 during the first month of the pandemic in Melbourne: a cohort study
People frequently report somatic, psychiatric, and neurocognitive symptoms consistent with post-COVID-19 up to 24 months after COVID-19
Dorothy Q Ling · Grace Gibney · Fiona James · Natasha E Holmes · Kyra YL Chua
The uptake of long‐acting depot buprenorphine for treating opioid dependence in Australia, 2019–2022: longitudinal sales data analysis
There was a marked shift from daily opioid agonist treatments to long-acting depot buprenorphine during 2019–2022
Nicholas Lintzeris · Victoria Hayes · Adrian J Dunlop
Expanding access to fracture liaison services in Australia for people with minimal trauma fractures: a system dynamics modelling study
Changing key FLS operational characteristics would only moderately reduce minimal trauma fractures among people aged 50 years or more
Alicia R Jones · Danielle Currie · Cindy Peng · Peter R Ebeling · Jackie R Center · Gustavo Duque · Sean Lybrand · Greg Lyubomirsky · Rebecca J Mitchell · Sallie Pearson · Markus J Seibel · Jo‐An Occhipinti
First implantable cardiac defibrillator insertions in New South Wales, 2005–2020: an analysis of linked administrative data
ICDs should be offered only to people for whom the potential benefit outweighs the potential harm
Lin Zhu · Andrew Hayen · Bianca Blanch · Nathan Engstrom · Jenny A Doust · Christopher Semsarian · Katy JL Bell
The effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination for protecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants against infection, 2012–2017: a retrospective cohort study
Increasing the pertussis vaccination rate requires culturally appropriate strategies co-designed with local organisations and communities
Lisa McHugh · Heather A D’Antoine · Mohinder Sarna · Michael J Binks · Hannah C Moore · Ross M Andrews · Gavin F Pereira · Christopher C Blyth · Paul Van Buynder · Karin Lust · Annette K Regan
Presentations to selected Melbourne hospitals with cardiovascular disease by Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people, 2011–19: a linked administrative data analysis
Taking social health determinants into account is important for reducing the CVD burden for Indigenous Victorians
Eloise Price · Aneta Kotevski · Karen Lamb · Digsu Koye · Georgia Taylor · Gabrielle Ebsworth · Luke Burchill
The views of parents and carers on managing acute otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: a qualitative study
Shared decision making informed by the experience of parents and carers could reduce antibiotic use for managing acute otitis media
Jennifer S Reath · Sarah O'Brien · Letitia Campbell · Hasantha Gunasekera · Claudette A Tyson · Deborah A Askew · Wendy Hu · Tim Usherwood · Kelvin Kong · Peter Morris · Amanda J Leach · Robyn Walsh · Penelope A Abbott
Who smokes in Australia? Cross‐sectional analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics survey data, 2017–19
Our evidence-based profile of people who smoke can inform population and targeted interventions for reducing tobacco use
Jessica Yi Han Aw · Christina Heris · Raglan Maddox · Grace Joshy · Emily Banks AM
Bronchiectasis among Indigenous adults in the Top End of the Northern Territory, 2011–2020: a retrospective cohort study
Characterising the epidemiology of bronchiectasis in Indigenous Australia is crucial for its accurate diagnosis and effective management
Claire Gibbs · Timothy Howarth · Adriana Ticoalu · Winnie Chen · Payi L Ford · Asanga Abeyaratne · Lata Jayaram · Gabrielle McCallum · Subash S Heraganahally
Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in Australia: a retrospective real world cohort study
ICI therapy could benefit a broader range of people with advanced CSCC than are eligible for clinical trials
Luke S McLean · Annette M Lim · Mathias Bressel · Jenny Lee · Rahul Ladwa · Alexander D Guminski · Brett Hughes · Samantha Bowyer · Karen Briscoe · Samuel Harris · Craig Kukard · Rob Zielinski · Muhammad Alamgeer · Matteo Carlino · Jeremy Mo · John J Park · Muhammad A Khattak · Fiona Day · Danny Rischin
The Alfred Health post‐COVID‐19 service, Melbourne, 2020–2022: an observational cohort study
Our outpatient triage model can efficiently facilitate care for people with persistent symptoms after COVID-19
Anne E Holland · Daniel Fineberg · Tunya Marceau · Melissa Chong · Jessica Beaman · Lisa Wilson · Jo‐Anne Buchanan · Jacqueline Uren · Simone Dal Corso · Natasha A Lannin · Mariana Hoffman · Christie R Mellerick · Kathya Fernando · Janet Bondarenko
Steatotic liver disease in rural and regional Victoria, according to the NAFLD and newer diagnostic criteria: retrospective cohort analyses of 2001–03 and 2016–18 data
The rising prevalence of steatotic liver disease parallels that of obesity in regional and rural Victoria
Karl Vaz · William W Kemp · Ammar Majeed · John Lubel · Dianna Magliano · Kristen Glenister · Lisa Bourke · David Simmons · Stuart K Roberts
Changes in the numbers of hospital‐based abortions and outpatient early medical abortions in Victoria, 2012–22: a retrospective cohort study
The availability of outpatient abortion was important for maintaining access during the COVID-19 pandemic
Melvin B Marzan · Eleanor Johnson · Patricia Moore · Heng Jiang · Lisa Hui
The prevalence of and factors associated with prior induced abortion among women who gave birth in Victoria, 2010–2019
More comprehensive demographic data regarding unintended pregnancies and reproductive health service access would better guide policy and practice
Kristina Edvardsson · Kirsten I Black · Deborah Bateson · Wendy V Norman · Mridula Shankar · Leesa Hooker · Xia Li · Angela J Taft
Socio‐economic status and access to fluoridated water in Queensland: an ecological data linkage study
Queensland water fluoridation policy should be revised so that all residents can benefit from this evidence-based public health intervention
Christopher T Sexton · Diep H Ha · Thu Le · Ratilal Lalloo · Pauline Ford · Loc G Do · Nicole Stormon
Wood heater smoke and mortality in the Australian Capital Territory: a rapid health impact assessment
Banning new wood heaters, phasing out existing units, and supporting clean energy can achieve major health and environmental benefits
Sotiris Vardoulakis · Fay H Johnston · Nigel Goodman · Geoffrey G Morgan · Dorothy L Robinson
Disruption of gender‐affirming health care, and COVID‐19 illness, testing, and vaccination among trans Australians during the pandemic: a cross‐sectional survey
Training health care professionals in inclusive services for trans people could improve access to appropriate health care
Sav Zwickl · Tomi Ruggles · Alex FQ Wong · Ariel Ginger · Lachlan M Angus · Kalen Eshin · Teddy Cook · Ada S Cheung
The value of maternity care in Queensland, 2012–18, based on an analysis of administrative data: a retrospective observational study
Delivering high value, high quality maternity care requires strategies for containing costs while maintaining its quality
Emily J Callander · Joanne C Enticott · Bonnie Eklom · Jenny Gamble · Helena J Teede
The burden of occupational injury attributable to high temperatures in Australia, 2014–19: a retrospective observational study
Adaptive measures and industry-based policies are needed to safeguard workplace health and safety, particularly in heat-exposed industries
Blesson M Varghese · Alana Hansen · Nick Mann · Jingwen Liu · Ying Zhang · Tim R Driscoll · Geoffrey G Morgan · Keith Dear · Anthony Capon · Michelle Gourley · Vanessa Prescott · Vergil Dolar · Peng Bi
COVID‐19 vaccination of children with refugee backgrounds in Western Australia: a retrospective observational study
A specialist refugee health service can provide culturally sensitive catch-up vaccination and bridge gaps in hospital and community vaccination delivery
Thomas Volkman · Roisin Clarke · Jack Anstey · Sarah Cherian
Gestational diabetes mellitus screening and diagnosis criteria before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a retrospective pre–post study
Fasting blood glucose assessment could be adequate for ruling out GDM in women at low absolute risk of glycaemia-related pregnancy complications
Nina JL Meloncelli · Adrian G Barnett · Cate M Cameron · David McIntyre · Leonie K Callaway · Michael C d'Emden · Susan J de Jersey
The impact of COVID‐19 on consultations at an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care service: a retrospective observational study
There were fewer long consultations, Indigenous health assessments, and practice nurse/Aboriginal health worker consultations during the first year of the pandemic
Geoffrey K Spurling · Deborah A Askew · Noel E Hayman
Serum vitamin C status of people in New South Wales: retrospective analysis of findings at a public referral hospital
Socio-economic disadvantage increases the risk of vitamin C deficiency and is a significant public health problem
Puja Bhattacharyya · Kathrin Schemann · San San Min · David R Sullivan · Stephen J Fuller
Health care service use by people diagnosed with invasive melanoma in Queensland: a benefit incidence analysis
Residential location does not markedly influence access to health services for Queenslanders with melanoma
Daniel Lindsay · David C Whiteman · Catherine M Olsen · Louisa G Gordon
