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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
Using a validated instrument to assess pregnancy planning and preconception care at antenatal booking visits: a retrospective cohort study
Broader use of the LMUP could improve the management of preconception health
Kirsten I Black · Edwina Dorney · Jennifer A Hall · Marilena Pelosi · Saleem Ahmed Khan · Kate Cheney
Diabetes mellitus and the progression of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease to decompensated cirrhosis: a retrospective cohort study
Identifying advanced fibrosis and providing appropriate treatment to people with NAFLD/NASH is important for averting disease progression
James O'Beirne · Richard Skoien · Barbara A Leggett · Gunter F Hartel · Louisa G Gordon · Elizabeth E Powell · Patricia C Valery
Undiagnosed coeliac disease identified by active case finding in first degree relatives of people with coeliac disease in Australia: a prospective observational study
Research supports active case finding among of first degree relatives of people diagnosed with coeliac disease
Richard Muir · Anuj Sehgal · Jason A Tye‐Din · A James M Daveson
Preventive health checks in Australian general practice for women during mid‐life
GPs proactively provide preventive health care to those most in need, partly because of sufficiently high rebate levels
Louise F Wilson · Annette J Dobson · Gita D Mishra · Jenny A Doust
Treatment intervals and survival for women diagnosed with early breast cancer in Queensland: the Breast Cancer Outcomes Study, a population‐based cohort study
Findings support the treatment timeframes recommended as timely in the 2020 guidelines
Kou Kou · Joanne F Aitken · Christopher Pyke · Suzanne Chambers · Jeff Dunn · Peter D Baade
Financial support provided to male and female physicians by pharmaceutical companies in New Zealand: a cross‐sectional study
Transparency of pharmaceutical company support provides an opportunity to assess gender differences
Leah Jones
Sexual abuse during childhood and all‐cause mortality into middle adulthood: an Australian cohort study
Supporting children after sexual abuse is also essential for the adults they become
Nina Papalia · Benjamin L Spivak · Linda Ashford · Ahona Guha · Stefan Luebbers · James RP Ogloff · Nina Papalia · Benjamin L Spivak · Linda Ashford · Ahona Guha · Stefan Luebbers · James RP Ogloff
Prevalence, patterns of use, and socio‐demographic features of e‐cigarette use by Australian adolescents: a survey
Strategies for preventing the uptake and reducing the use of e-cigarettes by Australian adolescents are needed
Lauren A Gardner · Siobhan O'Dean · Katrina E Champion · Emily Stockings · Amy‐Leigh Rowe · Maree Teesson · Nicola C Newton · Lauren A Gardner · Siobhan O'Dean · Katrina E Champion · Emily Stockings · Amy‐Leigh Rowe · Maree Teesson · Nicola C Newton
Substance use, socio‐demographic characteristics, and self‐rated health of people seeking alcohol and other drug treatment in New South Wales: baseline findings from a cohort study
Health services should collect comprehensive patient information during assessment to facilitate more holistic, tailored, person-centred care
Emma Black · Raimondo Bruno · Kristie Mammen · Llewellyn Mills · Krista J Siefried · Rachel M Deacon · Anthony Shakeshaft · Adrian J Dunlop · Nadine Ezard · Mark Montebello · Steven Childs · David Reid · Jennifer Holmes · Nicholas Lintzeris
Non‐invasive ventilation for people with neuromuscular disorders in Australia and New Zealand: a qualitative study of clinician perspectives
Local guidelines, specific funding of respiratory care for people with neuromuscular disorders, and further training for clinicians are needed
Meredith A Perry · Bernadette Jones · Hemakumar Devan · Alister Neill · Amanda Piper · Tristram Ingham
Aldosterone and renin concentrations and blood pressure in young Indigenous and non‐Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory: a cross‐sectional study
Screening test results for primary aldosteronism were positive for about one-quarter of urban Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants
Elisabeth Ng · Stella M Gwini · Michael Stowasser · Morag J Young · Peter J Fuller · Gurmeet R Singh · Jun Yang
Clinical outcomes and health care costs of transferring rural Western Australians for invasive coronary angiography, and a cost‐effective alternative care model: a retrospective cross‐sectional study
Local assessment could improve access to cardiac services in rural centres and reduce the costs associated with sending patients to Perth
Mikhail Alexander · Nick S R Lan · Michael J Dallo · Tom G Briffa · Frank M Sanfilippo · Andrew Hooper · Helen Bartholomew · Loletta Hii · Graham S Hillis · Brendan M McQuillan · Girish Dwivedi · James M Rankin · Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid
Hospitalisations and in‐hospital deaths following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in Australia, 2015–20: a registry data analysis for the Australian Traumatic Brain Injury National Data (ATBIND) project
More effective care strategies are required to reduce the burden of TBI, particularly among younger men
Gerard M O'Reilly · Kate Curtis · Biswadev Mitra · Yesul Kim · Afsana Afroz · Kate Hunter · Courtney Ryder · Delia V Hendrie · Nick Rushworth · Jin Tee · Shane D'Angelo · Emma Solly · Oashe Bhattacharya · Mark C Fitzgerald · Gerard M O'Reilly · Kate Curtis · Biswadev Mitra · Yesul Kim · Afsana Afroz · Kate Hunter · Courtney Ryder · Delia V Hendrie · Nick Rushworth · Jin Tee · Shane D'Angelo · Emma Solly · Oashe Bhattacharya · Mark C Fitzgerald
Hepatitis C treatment hesitancy among people with heroin dependence in Australia. A prospective cohort study
Testing for HCV infection should be better integrated into opioid treatment programs
Chris Tremonti · Maree Teesson · Christina Marel · Katherine Mills · Paul S Haber
Elective spinal surgery in New South Wales adults, 2001–20, by procedure funding type: a cross‐sectional study
Differences in procedure rates suggest that too many private or too few publicly funded spinal procedures are undertaken
Duong Thuy Tran · Adriane M Lewin · Louisa Jorm · Ian A Harris
Patterns of care for people with small cell lung cancer in Victoria, 2011–19: a retrospective, population‐based registry data study
A national registry of SCLC-specific management and outcomes data could improve the quality and safety of care
Joanna Huang · Wasek Faisal · Margaret Brand · Shantelle Smith · Marliese Alexander · Lisa Briggs · Matthew Conron · Mary Duffy · Thomas John · David Langton · Jacqueline Lesage · Michael MacManus · Paul Mitchell · Inger Olesen · Phillip Parente · Jennifer Philip · Evangeline Samuel · Javier Torres · Craig R Underhill · John R Zalcberg · Susan Harden · Rob Stirling
