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Environment and public health

Perspectives

Upholding our rights in research: calling for urgent investment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research ethics

Michelle Kennedy and Janine Mohamed

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 9-11 Free

Perspectives

A step in the right direction: the potential role of smartwatches in supporting chronic disease prevention in health care

Graeme Mattison, Oliver J Canfell, Doug Forrester, Chelsea Dobbins, Daniel Smith, David Reid and Clair Sullivan

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 384-388 Free

Perspectives

The impact of climate change on skin health

Austen Anderson, Fiona Bruce, H Peter Soyer, Crystal Williams and Rebecca B Saunderson

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 388-390

Editorials

General practice and melanoma management in Australia: controversies and implications for generalist GP training

Cliff Rosendahl and Simon Clark

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 397-398

Research letters

Bloodstream infection rates in Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal people in Central Australia, 2014–2018

Alice Coe, Richard J Woodman, Rob Baird and Lloyd Einsiedel

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 415-417 Free

Reflection

Reflections on the life and career of Professor Dame Valerie Beral AC DBE FRS FRCOG FMedSci (1943–2022)

Karen Canfell, Bette Liu and Emily Banks

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 352-353 Free

Editorials

The mental health of health and aged care workers in Australia

Samuel Harvey

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 357-358

Research

Mental health and wellbeing of health and aged care workers in Australia, May 2021 – June 2022: a longitudinal cohort study

Sarah L McGuinness, Owen Eades, Kelsey L Grantham, Shannon Zhong, Josphin Johnson, Peter A Cameron, Andrew B Forbes, Jane RW Fisher, Carol L Hodgson, Jessica Kasza, Helen Kelsall, Maggie Kirkman, Grant M Russell, Philip L Russo, Malcolm R Sim, Kasha Singh, Helen Skouteris, Karen Smith, Rhonda L Stuart, James M Trauer, Andrew Udy, Sophia Zoungas and Karin Leder

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 361-367 Free

Research letters

A rise in invasive and non‐invasive group A streptococcal disease case numbers in Melbourne in late 2022

Aleece MacPhail, Wen Jie Isaac Lee, Despina Kotsanas, Tony M Korman and Maryza Graham

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 378-379 Free

Letter

Reducing the burden of group A streptococcal disease in the Northern Territory: the role of chemoprophylaxis for those at greatest risk

Johanna M Birrell, Bart J Currie and Vicki L Krause

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 380-380

Perspectives

Why losing Australia's biodiversity matters for human health: insights from the latest State of the Environment assessment

Katherine A Barraclough, Marion Carey, Kenneth D Winkel, Emily Humphries, Brooke Ah Shay and Yi Chao Foong

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 336-340 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Neurotoxic risks from over‐the‐counter vitamin supplements

Dhayalen Krishnan and Matthew C Kiernan

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (7): 304-306 Free

Letters

Modern paradigms for prostate cancer detection and management

Rosalie Schultz

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (7): 331-331

Medical education

Japanese encephalitis virus: changing the clinical landscape of encephalitis in Australia

Sarah Allen, Celia M Cooper, Ajay Taranath, Allen C Cheng and Philip N Britton

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 344-347

Systematic review

Electronic cigarettes and health outcomes: umbrella and systematic review of the global evidence

Emily Banks, Amelia Yazidjoglou, Sinan Brown, Mai Nguyen, Melonie Martin, Katie Beckwith, Amanda Daluwatta, Sai Campbell and Grace Joshy

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (6): 267-275 Free

Letters

Clinician alert: toxigenic diphtheria cases across North Queensland are on the rise

Allison Hempenstall, Jay Short, Tonia Marquardt, Valmay Fisher and Janice Johnson

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (5): 238-238

Letters

Historic breakthrough for public access defibrillation in Australia

Joshua G Kovoor, Gregory J Page and Pramesh Kovoor

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (5): 238-238 Free

Editorials

Universal testing for hepatitis B must be accompanied by better linkage with care

Lien Tran and Benjamin C Cowie

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (4): 165-166

Letters

Cremation and the medical practitioner

Mark J Ferson, Reannon Johnson and Toni Cains

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (4): 190-191

Perspectives

Australia's political engagement on health and climate change: the MJA–Lancet Countdown indicator and implications for the future

Maddie Heenan, Lucie Rychetnik, Elly Howse, Paul J Beggs, Tarun S Weeramanthri, Fiona Armstrong and Ying Zhang

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (5): 196-202 Free

Editorials

Dispelling misconceptions about who uses e‐cigarettes and why

Alexander Larcombe

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (3): 117-118

Perspectives

Designing digital health applications for climate change mitigation and adaptation

Zerina Lokmic‐Tomkins, Ann Borda and Kimberly Humphrey

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (3): 106-110 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Keratinocyte cancer in chronic smokers: is this arsenic exposure?

Lachlan DW Lau, Anneliese Willems and Laura Scardamaglia

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (2): 68-69

Research

The cost‐effectiveness of universal hepatitis B screening for reaching WHO diagnosis targets in Australia by 2030

Yinzong Xiao, Margaret E Hellard, Alexander J Thompson, Christopher Seaman, Jess Howell and Nick Scott

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (4): 168-173 Free

Research

Emergency department presentations during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Queensland (to June 2021): interrupted time series analysis

Amy L Sweeny, Gerben Keijzers, Andrea Marshall, Emma J Hall, Jamie Ranse, Ping Zhang, Gary Grant, Ya‐Ling Huang, Dinesh Palipana, Yang D Teng, Benjamin Gerhardy, Jaimi H Greenslade, Philip Jones and Julia L Crilly

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (3): 120-125 Free