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Environment and public health

Editorials

N95 respirators for health care workers: the importance of fit, comfort, and usability

Micah DJ Peters

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (2): 83-84 Free

Editorials

Doing “deadly” community‐based research during COVID‐19: the Which Way? study

Michelle Kennedy and Hayley Longbottom

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (2): 86-87 Free

Perspectives

mRNA vaccines: a transformative technology with applications beyond COVID‐19

Isabella Overmars, George Au‐Yeung, Terence M Nolan and Andrew C Steer

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (2): 71-75

Letters

Skin health situational analysis to inform skin disease control programs for the Kimberley

Frieda McLoughlin, Vicki O’Donnell and Asha C Bowen

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 58-58 Free

Research letters

Re‐assessing reactions to influenza vaccination initially classified as vaccine allergies

Beau Z Carr, Kymble Spriggs, Samar Ojaimi, Elizabeth Leahy and Sara L Barnes

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (3): 155-156 Free

Letters

Congenital syphilis on the rise: the importance of testing and recognition

Hannah MacKenzie, Suzanne McEvoy and Michelle Porter

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 58-58 Free

Perspectives

Climate, housing, energy and Indigenous health: a call to action

Simon Quilty, Norman Frank Jupurrurla, Ross S Bailie and Russell L Gruen

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 9-12 Free

Perspectives

The need for a roadmap to guide actions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent health: youth governance as an essential foundation

Seth Westhead, Quinton Appleby, Brittney Andrews, Tina Brodie, Alex Brown, Karla Canuto, Josh Cooke, Mahlia Garay, Thomas Harrington, Djai Hunter, Corey Kennedy, Jaeda Lenoy, Olivia Lester, Hannah McCleary, Odette Pearson, Lorraine Randall, Rachel Reilly, Hamish Rose, Daniel Rosendale, Jakirah Telfer and Peter Azzopardi

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 13-15 Free

Editorials

Life expectancy for Indigenous people is improving, but closing the gap remains unacceptably slow

Ian T Ring and Kalinda Griffiths

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 26-27 Free

Research

The influence of ambulance offload time on 30‐day risks of death and re‐presentation for patients with chest pain

Luke P Dawson, Emily Andrew, Michael Stephenson, Ziad Nehme, Jason Bloom, Shelley Cox, David Anderson, Jeffrey Lefkovits, Andrew J Taylor, David Kaye, Karen Smith and Dion Stub

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (7): n/a-n/a Free

Study protocols

SISTAQUIT: training health care providers to help pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women quit smoking. A cluster randomised controlled trial

Gillian S Gould, Nicole M Ryan, Ratika Kumar, Leah C Stevenson, Kristin V Carson‐Chahhoud, Christopher Oldmeadow, Joley Foster, Simon Deeming, Katherine Boydell, Christopher M Doran, Andrew Searles, Joerg Mattes, Louise Atkins and Marilyn Clarke

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 36-42 Free

Research

The incidence of falls after first and second eye cataract surgery: a longitudinal cohort study

Lisa Keay, Kam Chun Ho, Kris Rogers, Peter McCluskey, Andrew JR White, Nigel Morlet, Jonathon Q Ng, Ecosse Lamoureux, Konrad Pesudovs, Fiona J Stapleton, Soufiane Boufous, Jessie Huang‐Lung and Anna Palagyi

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (2): 94-99 Free

Perspective

Building resilience to Australian flood disasters in the face of climate change

Sotiris Vardoulakis, Veronica Matthews, Ross S Bailie, Wenbiao Hu, Luis Salvador‐Carulla, Alexandra L Barratt and Cordia Chu

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (9): n/a-n/a Free

Research

N95 respirators: quantitative fit test pass rates and usability and comfort assessment by health care workers

Irene Ng, Benjamin Kave, Fiona Begg, Charles R Bodas, Reny Segal and Daryl Williams

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (2): 88-93 Free

Research

Improved life expectancy for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, 1999–2018: overall and by underlying cause of death

Yuejen Zhao, Shu Qin Li, Tom Wilson and C Paul Burgess

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 30-35 Free

Research letters

Beyond the COVID‐19 pandemic: increasing the uptake of influenza vaccination by health and aged care workers

Lyn‐li Lim, Noleen J Bennett, Sheena G Sullivan, Ann L Bull and Leon J Worth

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (3): 157-158 Free

Perspectives

International medical graduates (IMGs) in cul‐de‐sacs: “lost in the labyrinth” revisited?

Neville D Yeomans, Ayaz Chowdhury and Alan Roberts

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (11): 553-555

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Possum bites man: case of Buruli ulcer following possum bite

Rachel W Xu, Timothy P Stinear, Paul DR Johnson and Daniel P O’Brien

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (9): 452-453

Letters

Chemical analysis of fresh and aged Australian e‐cigarette liquids

Alexander Larcombe, Sebastien Allard and Benjamin Mullins

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 430-430

Letters

Effectiveness of COVID‐19 vaccines: findings from real‐world studies

David A Henry, Mark A Jones, Paulina Stehlik and Paul P Glasziou

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 431-431

Perspectives

The need for improved Australian data on social determinants of health inequities

Joanne Flavel, Martin McKee, Toby Freeman, Connie Musolino, Helen Eyk, Fisaha H Tesfay and Fran Baum

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 388-391 Free

Letters

Chemical analysis of fresh and aged Australian e‐cigarette liquids

Colin P Mendelsohn and Alex D Wodak

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 430-430

Letters

Chemical analysis of fresh and aged Australian e‐cigarette liquids

Jody Morgan, Alison Jones and Celine Kelso

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (7): 373-373

Letters

Chemical analysis of fresh and aged Australian e‐cigarette liquids

Alexander Larcombe, Sebastien Allard and Benjamin Mullins

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (7): 373-373

Perspectives

The National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (NORDR): it is time to learn from failure

Ryan F Hoy and Fraser J Brims

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (7): 328-330 Free