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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
Serosurvey for Japanese encephalitis virus antibodies following an outbreak in an immunologically naïve population, Victoria, 2022: a cross‐sectional study
People in northern Victoria are possibly at risk of JEV infection, but few factors are consistently associated with infection
Madeleine J Marsland · Tilda N Thomson · Helen M O'Brien · Elizabeth Peach · Jody Bellette · Nicole Humphreys · Clare‐Anne McKeon · William Cross · Michael A Moso · Mitchell Batty · Suellen Nicholson · Theo Karapanagiotidis · Chuan Kok Lim · Deborah A Williamson · Noni Winkler · Archana Koirala · Kristine Macartney · Anna Glynn‐Robinson · Tony Stewart · Corinna Minko · Kathryn J Snow · Jim Black · N Deborah Friedman
The burden of working time lost to compensable occupational injury and disease in Australia, 2012–17: a retrospective population‐based study
Measuring the impact of occupational injury and disease is important for effective health surveillance, policy development, and resource allocation
Alex Collie · Luke Sheehan
Lifestyle advice from general practitioners and changes in health‐related behaviour in Australia: secondary analysis of 2020–21 National Health Survey data
Interventions that prioritise effective lifestyle advice from general practitioners are needed to combat major risk factors for chronic medical conditions
Loai Albarqouni · Hannah Greenwood · Caroline Dowsett · Paul P Glasziou
The Australian Health Care Homes trial: quality of care and patient outcomes. A propensity score‐matched cohort study
Improved access to care and processes of care were achieved, but not in diabetes-related outcomes, hospital use, or risk of death
Duong T Tran · Michael O Falster · Jim Pearse · Deniza Mazevska · Patrick McElduff · Sallie Pearson · Kees C Gool · Jane Hall · Louisa Jorm
Interventions for reducing the prescribing of pharmaceutical opioids in Australia: are they effectively reducing opioid harm?
Capturing the intended and unintended outcomes of interventions is important for fully assessing their impact
Suzanne Nielsen · Ting Xia
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
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
Expanding access to fracture liaison services in Australia for people with minimal trauma fractures: a system dynamics modelling study
Changing key FLS operational characteristics would only moderately reduce minimal trauma fractures among people aged 50 years or more
Alicia R Jones · Danielle Currie · Cindy Peng · Peter R Ebeling · Jackie R Center · Gustavo Duque · Sean Lybrand · Greg Lyubomirsky · Rebecca J Mitchell · Sallie Pearson · Markus J Seibel · Jo‐An Occhipinti
First implantable cardiac defibrillator insertions in New South Wales, 2005–2020: an analysis of linked administrative data
ICDs should be offered only to people for whom the potential benefit outweighs the potential harm
Lin Zhu · Andrew Hayen · Bianca Blanch · Nathan Engstrom · Jenny A Doust · Christopher Semsarian · Katy JL Bell
The Australian Child Maltreatment Study: National prevalence and associated health outcomes of child abuse and neglect
Leonie Segal · Emmanuel S Gnanamanickam
Bronchiectasis among Indigenous adults in the Top End of the Northern Territory, 2011–2020: a retrospective cohort study
Characterising the epidemiology of bronchiectasis in Indigenous Australia is crucial for its accurate diagnosis and effective management
Claire Gibbs · Timothy Howarth · Adriana Ticoalu · Winnie Chen · Payi L Ford · Asanga Abeyaratne · Lata Jayaram · Gabrielle McCallum · Subash S Heraganahally
Steatotic liver disease in rural and regional Victoria, according to the NAFLD and newer diagnostic criteria: retrospective cohort analyses of 2001–03 and 2016–18 data
The rising prevalence of steatotic liver disease parallels that of obesity in regional and rural Victoria
Karl Vaz · William W Kemp · Ammar Majeed · John Lubel · Dianna Magliano · Kristen Glenister · Lisa Bourke · David Simmons · Stuart K Roberts
Changes in the numbers of hospital‐based abortions and outpatient early medical abortions in Victoria, 2012–22: a retrospective cohort study
The availability of outpatient abortion was important for maintaining access during the COVID-19 pandemic
Melvin B Marzan · Eleanor Johnson · Patricia Moore · Heng Jiang · Lisa Hui
Providing Australian children and adolescents with equitable access to new and emerging therapies through clinical trials: a call to action
Investment and a coordinated national approach are needed to prevent Australian children falling behind their international peers
Michelle S Lorentzos · David Metz · Andrew S Moore · Laura K Fawcett · Paula Bray · Lani Attwood · Craig F Munns · Andrew Davidson
COVID‐19 rapid antigen tests approved for self‐testing in Australia: published diagnostic test accuracy studies and manufacturer‐supplied information. A systematic review
The sensitivity of RATs used for self-testing was lower than reported by manufacturers, increasing the risk of false negative results
Katy JL Bell · Yuyang Li · Ellie Medcalf · Deonna Ackermann
The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australia a world leader in neglecting its responsibilities
As the world prepares for COP28, we shine a spotlight on Australia’s climate and health performance
Paul J Beggs · Ying Zhang
Cough in Children and Adults: Diagnosis, Assessment and Management (CICADA). Summary of an updated position statement on chronic cough in Australia
Updated recommendations from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and Lung Foundation Australia for managing chronic cough in children and adults
Julie M Marchant · Anne B Chang · Emma Kennedy · David King · Jennifer L Perret · Andre Schultz · Maree R Toombs · Lesley Versteegh · Shyamali C Dharmage · Rebecca Dingle · Naomi Fitzerlakey · Johnson George · Anne Holland · Debbie Rigby · Jennifer Mann · Stuart Mazzone · Mearon O'Brien · Kerry‐Ann O'Grady · Helen L Petsky · Jonathan Pham · Sheree MS Smith · Danielle F Wurzel · Anne E Vertigan · Peter Wark
Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: current and future perspectives
Hepatocellular carcinoma is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and is increasing in incidence in Australia
Samuel Hui · Sally Bell · Suong Le · Anouk Dev
Japanese encephalitis virus: changing the clinical landscape of encephalitis in Australia
Guy D Eslick · Suzy M Teutsch · Elizabeth J Elliott
Child abuse and premature mortality: disrupting the harm cascade
The health, social, and monetary costs of child abuse and neglect are indefensible on ethical, medical, and financial grounds
Leonie Segal · Harriet Hiscock
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
Is BCG vaccination of possums the solution to the Buruli ulcer epidemic in south‐eastern Australia?
Vaccinating possums in the wild with oral bait BCG could provide an acceptable, safe and feasible intervention benefiting human and possum populations
Daniel P O'Brien · Kim Blasdell · Stephen Muhi · Ben J Marais · Bryce Buddle · Bridgette McNamara · Eugene Athan
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
