Environmental health

Young and male: the risk of being caught under the missing toe

Theodore D Cosco PhD · James H King MB BS, MPhil, PhD

Climate change has negative health impacts: urgent mitigation is needed, and this will benefit our health

Linda A Selvey MB BS(Hon), PhD, FAFPHM

Prolonged needle retention time can lead to significant complications

Constantin E Dlaska MD · Scott Temple MB BS · Michael A Schuetz PhD, FRACS

An approach which enjoins public health programs and clinicians in the four components of the food security equation is potentially gainful in addressing malnutrition; namely, the adequacy, availability, utilisation and security/sustainability of food supplies

Costa S Boyages BA(Hons), LLB, MB BS

At the hospital, we are so far downstream that we are practically out to sea. Essentially, we patch the kids up, keep them from dying, and make an attempt at educating the child’s parents about what has happened and why

Victoria C Smith BBiomedSc, MB BS (final year student)

Clinicians have often been the “outsiders” in the global health discourse

Georgina A Phillips MB BS, FACEM

Prisons have substantially underinvested in health care — a mixed funding approach can help to overcome the problem

Tessa M Plueckhahn BA(Hons), JD · Stuart A Kinner PhD · Georgina Sutherland BAppSc(Hons), PhD · Tony G Butler PhD

In-hospital falls are expensive — even when there is no serious injury

Renata T Morello BPhty, MPH · Anna L Barker BPhty, MPhty(Geriatrics), PhD · Jennifer J Watts BBus(Ec), PGDipHEcon, MComm(Ec) · Terry Haines BPhty(Hons), GCHEcon, PhD · Silva S Zavarsek BSc(Hons), PhD · Keith D Hill BAppSc(Physio), GradDipPhysio, PhD · Caroline Brand MB BS, MPH, FRACP · Catherine Sherrington BAppSc(Physio), MPH, PhD · Rory Wolfe BSc, PhD · Megan A Bohensky BA, MPH, PhD · Johannes U Stoelwinder MB BS, MD, FRACMA

A personal checklist for the time-poor clinician

Jeanette Ward MB BS, MHPEd, PhD

There remains an overriding belief in Australian correctional systems that PNSPs are incompatible with security; a contention not borne out by international experience

Mark Stoové BAAppSci(Hons), GradDip(Ed), PhD · Carla J Treloar PhD · Lisa Maher PhD · Helen Tyrrell BA, MBA, FCHSM · Jack Wallace MSc(IntDev)

The 2014 New South Wales Population Health Survey provides insights into e-cigarette use in the state

Timothy C Harrold BCom/BSci, MBiostat · Audrey K Maag BSocSci, MIntSec MPH · Sarah Thackway BSocSci, MPH · Jo Mitchell PostGradDipNutrDiet, MPH, DrPH · Lee K Taylor MB BS, MPH, FAFPHM

Attitudes to what men should be told before undergoing a PSA test were examined

Chris Degeling PhD, BVSc · Lucie Rychetnik PhD, MPH · Kristen Pickles MPH · Rae Thomas PhD · Jennifer A Doust BM BS, PhD, FRACGP · Robert A Gardiner MD, FRCS, FRACS · Paul Glasziou BM BS, PhD, FRACGP · Ainsley J Newson PhD, LLB(Hons), BSc(Hons) · Stacy M Carter PhD, MPH(Hons)

geographical differences in population-adjusted sports injury hospital admissions rates … have persisted over time

Anna Wong Shee BSc(Hons), BAppSci (Phty), PhD · Angela Clapperton BSc, GradDip(EdPsych), MC · Caroline F Finch PhD, ASTAT, FASMF

There is a strong rationale for precautionary measures based on the health and environmental risks identified in the scientific literature

Madelon L Finkel PhD · Jake Hays MA · Adam Law MD, FRCP

We need fairer policies and investment in change that may only be realised in the long term

Thomas Astell-Burt PhD · Xiaoqi Feng PhD

The epidemiology of malignant mesothelioma in WA reflect patterns of occupational asbestos exposure of more than 30 years ago

Arthur W (Bill) Musk MD, MSc, MB BS · Nola Olsen BAppSc, RGN · Helman Alfonso PhD · Susan Peters PhD · Peter Franklin PhD

Responsibility for health care in detention must be transferred from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection to an independent body

Peter Young MB BS, FRANZCP

Oxford handbook of public health practice

Jeremy M McAnulty

Men living outside major cities are still at a disadvantage compared with their urban brothers

Xue Qin Yu PhD, MPH · Qingwei Luo MAppStats, BSc · David P Smith PhD, MPH · Dianne L O’Connell PhD, BMaths(Hons) · Peter D Baade PhD, AStat

Universal health coverage in poorer nations may not reduce inequities in access to and outcomes from health care

David B Hipgrave MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Krishna Hort MB BS, MCH, FAFPHM

Comparing data between centres and nationally is complex but necessary

Tracey A Davenport · Elizabeth M Scott · Daniel F Hermens

Good protection is provided within the first 4 years, but wanes thereafter

Sarah L Sheridan BMed, MPH, MAppEpid · Bradley J McCall MB BS, MPH, FAFPHM · Craig A Davis MAppEpi, MAppSc, BA · Jennifer M B Robson FRACP, FRCPA · Brynley P Hull BSc(Hons), MPH · Christine E Selvey MB BS, MSc · Robert S Ware PhD · Keith Grimwood MB ChB, FRACP, MD · Stephen B Lambert MB BS, FAFPHM, PhD

Continuous surveillance showed a significant reduction in rates during the first 3 years

Leon J Worth MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Tim Spelman MB BS, BSc, GradCert(Stats) · Ann L Bull PhD · Michael J Richards MB BS, FRACP, MD

There are signs that the prevalence of whipworm infection in the NT is declining but more can be done

Amy L Crowe MB BS · Pam Smith · Linda Ward BAppSci, MMedSci · Bart J Currie FRACP, FAFPHM, DTM+H · Rob Baird MB BS, FRACP, FRCPA

Out of over half a million arrivals at Sydney Airport, only three were confirmed to have influenza A

Praveena J Gunaratnam BA, MPH · Sean Tobin BM BS, MPH, FAFPHM · Holly Seale BSc, MPH, PhD · Andrew Marich MB BS, MPH, DCH · Jeremy McAnulty MB BS, MPH, FAFPHM