Topics
Environmental health
Japanese encephalitis virus in Australia: an ecological and epidemiological enigma
The 2022 outbreak has important implications for vaccine recommendations and surveillance activities
John S Mackenzie · David W Smith
The seroprevalence of antibodies to Japanese encephalitis virus in five New South Wales towns at high risk of infection, 2022: a cross‐sectional serosurvey
About one in eleven survey participants in five NSW towns at high risk were infected with JEV during a single arbovirus season
Zoe Baldwin · Linda Hueston · April Roberts‐Witteveen · Priscilla Stanley · Meru Sheel · Noni Winkler · Archana Koirala · Kristine Macartney · Jennifer Case · Kirsty Hope · Keira M Glasgow
Which reference equation should we use for interpreting spirometry values for First Nations Australians? A cross‐sectional study
The normal spirometry values of healthy First Nations Australians may be substantially higher than previously reported
Andrew J Collaro · Rachel Foong · Anne B Chang · Julie M Marchant · Tamara L Blake · Johanna F Cole · Glenn Pearson · Rebecca Hii · Henry Brown · Mark D Chatfield · Graham Hall · Margaret S McElrea
Misperceptions about routine childhood vaccination among parents in Australia, before and after the COVID‐19 pandemic: a cross‐sectional survey study
Monitoring vaccine sentiment and perceived access barriers could identify worrying trends before they lead to reduced vaccination rates
Jessica Kaufman · Monsurul Hoq · Anthea L Rhodes · Mary‐Anne Measey · Margie H Danchin
Exploring opportunities to reduce scope 3 emissions in renewably powered health services
Health services are transitioning to become renewably powered: could this also help reduce health care supply chain emissions?
Urvi D Thanekar · Martin Hensher · Rebecca Patrick · George Keel · Michael Forrester
Age group‐specific changes in keratinocyte cancer treatment rates in Australia, 2012–2021: a retrospective cohort study based on MBS claims data
Factors contributing to lower keratinocyte cancer treatment rates among younger Australians require further investigation
Catherine M Olsen · Nirmala Pandeya · Rachel E Neale · David C Whiteman
The Health4Life e‐health intervention for modifying lifestyle risk behaviours of adolescents: secondary outcomes of a cluster randomised controlled trial
School-based e-health multiple health behaviour change interventions need effective engagement strategies to maximise their effectiveness
Siobhan O'Dean · Matthew Sunderland · Nicola Newton · Lauren Gardner · Maree Teesson · Cath Chapman · Louise Thornton · Tim Slade · Leanne Hides · Nyanda McBride · Frances J Kay‐Lambkin · Steve J Allsop · David Lubans · Belinda Parmenter · Katherine Mills · Bonnie Spring · Bridie Osman · Rhiannon Ellem · Scarlett Smout · Karrah McCann · Emily Hunter · Amra Catakovic · Katrina Champion
Private equity investment in health care delivery, Australia, 2008–2022
Doctors are increasingly likely to interact with private equity firms and assets owned by these firms
Victoria L Berquist
Ambient maximum daily temperature and mental health‐related presentations to a western Sydney emergency department, 2015–2019: analysis of hospital and meteorological data
Health services should be alert to the potential effects of high ambient temperatures on mental health presentations, particularly by women
Wen Yu Claire Ooi · Taylor A Braund · James Elhindi · Anthony WF Harris
The impact of tightened prescribing restrictions for PBS-subsidised opioid medicines and the introduction of half-pack sizes, Australia, 2020–21: an interrupted time series analysis
The introduction of new PBS rules for subsidised opioid medicines were followed by a decline in subsidised dispensing
Forrest C Koch · Jake Olivier · Jonathan Brett · Nicholas A Buckley · Natasa Gisev · Sallie Pearson · Benjamin Daniels
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
Australian consensus statement on doxycycline post‐exposure prophylaxis (doxy‐PEP) for the prevention of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhoea among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men
This consensus statement on doxy-PEP provides clinicians with appropriate and accurate information on doxy-PEP
Vincent J Cornelisse · Benjamin Riley · Nicholas A Medland
The 2023 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: sustainability needed in Australia's health care sector
There are signs of progress, but a greater sense of urgency is still required
Paul J Beggs · Stefan Trueck · Martina K Linnenluecke · Hilary Bambrick · Anthony G Capon · Ivan C Hanigan · Nicolas Borchers Arriagada · Troy J Cross · Sharon Friel · Donna Green · Maddie Heenan · Ollie Jay · Harry Kennard · Arunima Malik · Celia McMichael · Mark Stevenson · Sotiris Vardoulakis · Tran N Dang · Gail Garvey · Raymond Lovett · Veronica Matthews · Dung Phung · Alistair J Woodward · Marina B Romanello · Ying Zhang
Yarning together: toward targeted, co‐designed parenting programs for Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal ways of knowing, being, and doing must be privileged across all aspects of research in their communities
Simone Sherriff · Josephine D Gwynn
Challenges for Medicare and universal health care in Australia since 2000
Damien Linnane · Craig Cumming · Stuart A Kinner
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
Who should get the last TAVI valve? Public versus private access to disruptive technologies in the Australian health care system
The failure of health technology assessments to bridge the federal–state divide contributes to public–private access gaps
Jonathon B Ryan
Screening and prevention of ovarian cancer
Despite advances in treatment, ovarian cancer remains a lethal disease which lacks an established screening program, and surgical prevention remains the gold standard for women at increased risk
Michail Sideris · Usha Menon · Ranjit Manchanda
Medical students: a potentially sustainable solution for our workforce crisis and future reforms in health care
An agile and dynamic workforce of medical students can address critical workforce shortages in the health care system and facilitate future reforms
Rebecca Goodall · Emily Matejin · Sean Fabri · Paul Eleftheriou
Toxigenic cutaneous diphtheria without recent travel, Sydney, Australia, 2022
A 58-year-old man attended a Sydney outpatient dermatology clinic in November 2022 for a lesion on the vertex of the scalp, enlarging over 3 years
Caitlin Swift · Anthea L Katelaris · Thea Briggen Tiqui · Julie Smith · Tracey Papa · Estella Janz‐Robinson · Trang Nguyen · Qinning Wang · Jenny Draper · Vitali Sintchenko · Debbie JE Marriott · Vicky Sheppeard
Reaching everyone: tobacco control must remain a health priority
We need a strong, comprehensive, adequately funded approach that prioritises equity and reaches the entire community
Becky Freeman · Mike Daube
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
Feasibility of organ donation following voluntary assisted dying in Australia: lessons from international practice
Elena Cavazzoni · Maeghan Toews · Helen I Opdam