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Analysis of unintentional fatal drowning in Australia 2002-2022: Progress, challenges and data to inform prevention. 2002-2022年澳大利亚意外致命溺水分析：进展、挑战和数据，为预防提供信息。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100258

Lauren Miller, Stacey Willcox-Pidgeon, Justin-Paul Scarr, William Koon

{"title":"Analysis of unintentional fatal drowning in Australia 2002-2022: Progress, challenges and data to inform prevention.","authors":"Lauren Miller, Stacey Willcox-Pidgeon, Justin-Paul Scarr, William Koon","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100258","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The purpose of this study was to analyse 20 years of drowning data in Australia, using the Royal Life Saving - Australia National Fatal Drowning Database (NFDD).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study is a retrospective, total population epidemiological analysis of unintentional fatal drowning in Australia between 1 July 2002 and 30 June 2022. Data were extracted from the NFDD, which was collected over the years using coroner's findings, toxicology reports, autopsy reports and police reports from the National Coronial Information System (NCIS), in conjunction with media reports.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 5,692 unintentional drowning deaths during the study period. Overall, drowning trends were found to decrease at a statistically significant rate of 2.60% annually over the 20-year period. The average annual age-standardised mortality rate was 1.22 per 100,000. Rivers/creeks were the leading location for drowning, accounting for 26.3% of cases. Trend analysis identified a significant decrease in the drowning rate among children aged 0-4-years, with an annual decrease of 5.41%, while there was no statistically significant change in older adults (+65 years), who had an annual decrease of 0.59%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There was no evidence of statistical change in drowning rates at beaches or among people aged 65 years and over, indicating that this demographic and location remain priorities for drowning prevention campaigns.</p><p><strong>Implications for public health: </strong>There is an opportunity to enhance existing strategies and develop new and innovative strategies focusing on key populations, activities and risk factors. In addition, this study highlights the need to broaden our focus beyond just specific age groups and locations and to improve the availability of exposure data.</p>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"100258"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144688819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Public Health Association of Australia advocacy to promote youth health and wellbeing 澳大利亚公共卫生协会倡导促进青年的健康和福祉

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100259

Fiona Robards , Emma Stubbs , Allyson R. Todd , Stephanie R. Partridge , Jodi Belling , K. Connor , Emma Soo , Cristyn Davies

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Celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research that promotes the health and wellbeing of the next generation: NAIDOC 2025 庆祝促进下一代健康和福祉的土著和托雷斯海峡岛民研究：NAIDOC 2025

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100261

Summer May Finlay

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Health equity in a climate-altered world 气候变化世界中的卫生公平

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100257

Linda Murray , Aditya Vyas , Angelique Reweti , Kimberly Humphrey

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Unhealthy and inequitable: Online canteen sales do not reflect policy guidance in Victorian primary schools. 不健康和不公平：网上食堂销售没有反映维多利亚州小学的政策指导。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100255

Anna Nicholson, Claire Hardi, Rachael Jinnette, Maree Scully, Helen Dixon

{"title":"Unhealthy and inequitable: Online canteen sales do not reflect policy guidance in Victorian primary schools.","authors":"Anna Nicholson, Claire Hardi, Rachael Jinnette, Maree Scully, Helen Dixon","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100255","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study was to assess whether top-selling online (e-canteen) sales from Victorian Primary schools reflect canteen policy guidance and describe predictors of sales and cost.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study used e-canteen sales data from 29 Victorian primary schools. We categorised 425,332 items, assigned a nutritional rating (\"Everyday\", \"Select carefully\", \"Occasionally\" and \"Never\") to the top 10 items sold and used multivariable regression analyses to explore predictors of sales and cost.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among top-selling items (comprising 95% of sales), 8% were rated \"Everyday\", 54% \"Select carefully\", 19% \"Occasionally\", 7% \"Never\" and 12% \"Unknown\". Healthy (Everyday) sales were higher among schools with less than daily canteen availability, larger size, lower socio-educational position and higher area-level socio-economic position. Unhealthy (Occasionally-Never) sales were higher for special events, regional areas and areas of lower socio-economic position. The average meal price decreased with nutritional rating.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is low policy adherence, with similar sales of foods and drinks categorised as main choices (8%) vs. limited/prohibited (7%). Partial canteen policy implementation is resulting in inequitable nutrition and price outcomes across schools.</p><p><strong>Implications for public health: </strong>The current Victorian policy must be strengthened, fully implemented and centrally monitored to support all canteens to contribute to a healthy and equitable school food environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"100255"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144717282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A preliminary review of the impact of the Australian Consumer Goods (Quad Bikes) Safety Standard 2019 on fatal work-related incidents. 对2019年澳大利亚消费品（四轮摩托车）安全标准对致命工伤事故影响的初步审查。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-06-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100254

Tony Lower, Kerri-Lynn Peachey, Rajneesh Kaur

{"title":"A preliminary review of the impact of the Australian Consumer Goods (Quad Bikes) Safety Standard 2019 on fatal work-related incidents.","authors":"Tony Lower, Kerri-Lynn Peachey, Rajneesh Kaur","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100254","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This descriptive study assesses all work-related quad deaths in Australia for the 2001-2024 period. Preliminary findings and potential implications are discussed in relation to the introduction of the Consumer Goods (Quad Bikes) Safety Standard 2019.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were retrieved through the National Coronial Information System. Descriptive analysis was followed by a one-sample Wilcoxon test assessing rolling four-year totals, both nationally and by jurisdiction, for all work cases and rollover events.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 334 fatal cases in this period, there were 161 work-related cases (49%). Over 95% of work cases occurred on a farm, with 77% (n=120) over 50 years of age. Rollovers were responsible for 65% of all work cases (n=105). Nationally, there has been a nonsignificant reduction in all work cases (p=0.47) and work-related rollovers (p=0.63). No jurisdictions had significant changes in total work-related cases, while Victoria had a significant reduction in rollover events (p=0.045).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There was a small reduction nationally, with variability by jurisdiction. Significant reductions in Victoria (rollovers), may be suggestive of the impact of increased regulatory and enforcement approaches, made in conjunction with the Standards introduction and warrant further investigation.</p><p><strong>Implications for public health: </strong>These early data require further verification to assess the full impact of the Standard but point to a small reduction overall and the importance of enforcement approaches in the intervention mix.</p>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"100254"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144764397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Cancer control measures have prevented 230,000 deaths in Australia since the mid-1980s. 自20世纪80年代中期以来，癌症控制措施使澳大利亚避免了23万人死亡。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-06-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100252

Brigid M Lynch, Matthew T Warkentin, Melissa M Moore, Todd Harper, Craig Sinclair, Sue Evans, Graham G Giles, Darren R Brenner, Roger L Milne

{"title":"Cancer control measures have prevented 230,000 deaths in Australia since the mid-1980s.","authors":"Brigid M Lynch, Matthew T Warkentin, Melissa M Moore, Todd Harper, Craig Sinclair, Sue Evans, Graham G Giles, Darren R Brenner, Roger L Milne","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100252","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To estimate the lives saved because of cancer control measures implemented in Australia, since age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) have been available.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Secondary data analysis using publicly available data. We estimated ASMRs using the (unadjusted) age-specific rates and the corresponding population counts. We also estimated the expected number of cancer deaths, the number of avoided cancer deaths and standardised mortality ratios (SMR).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall ASMR for females peaked in 1985 at 116.50 per 100,000 (95% CI: 114.40, 118.60) and declined to 81.36 (95% CI: 80.24, 82.48) in 2018. For males, the overall ASMR peaked at 188.27 per 100,000 in 1987 (95% CI: 185.38, 191.16), declining to 116.08 per 100,000 (95% CI: 114.67, 117.48) in 2018. We estimated that 66,733 and 164,358 cancer deaths have been avoided for females and males, respectively. This corresponds to an 11% (SMR = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.89, 0.89) and 20% (SMR = 0.80, 95% CI: 0.80, 0.80) reduction in overall cancer mortality.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>When considering overall cancer rates, over 230,000 cancer-related deaths have been avoided in Australia since 1950.</p><p><strong>Implications for public health: </strong>These estimates demonstrate the value of sustained cancer control investment, particularly in primary and secondary prevention.</p>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"100252"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144599230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Emergency department mental health presentations in bushfire-, flood-, storm-, drought-, and COVID-19-affected areas: Analysis of growth models between 2017 and 2021 急诊部门在森林火灾、洪水、风暴、干旱和covid -19影响地区的心理健康报告：2017年至2021年增长模型分析

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100251

Samineh Sanatkar , Samuel B. Harvey , Andrew Mackinnon , Richard Bryant , Grant Sara

{"title":"Emergency department mental health presentations in bushfire-, flood-, storm-, drought-, and COVID-19-affected areas: Analysis of growth models between 2017 and 2021","authors":"Samineh Sanatkar , Samuel B. Harvey , Andrew Mackinnon , Richard Bryant , Grant Sara","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100251","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100251","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Repeated exposure to adverse events increases the possibility of negative emotional consequences and the development of post-traumatic stress disorders. Communities who have faced several extreme weather events and pandemic-related disruptions may require emergency care for mental health-related reasons to a greater extent than less affected regions.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This study investigated linear time trends of mental health-related emergency department presentations of adults residing in regions with high, medium, and lesser exposure to fires, floods, storms, droughts, COVID-19 infections and pandemic-related layoffs. Emergency department data were captured from 2017 to 2021.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Disaster-affected communities presented to emergency departments at a higher rate well before ‘the Black Summer bushfires’, possibly due to fewer alternatives to hospital care in regional areas. Exposure to multiple disasters was associated with reduced emergency department presentations for mental health reasons. No increase in presentations was noted during the observation period.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Possible reasons for this pattern relate to community characteristics, including resilience, reappraisal of symptom severity, and a possible service gap for those with less acute mental health problems.</div></div><div><h3>Implications for public health</h3><div>Mental health service usage needs to be observed across multiple service areas and on an ongoing basis with the clear intention to explain how disasters shape support needs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"49 3","pages":"Article 100251"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144240024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Examining the impact of decriminalisation on sex workers in Victoria, Australia: Results from an online survey 在澳大利亚的维多利亚州，检查非犯罪化对性工作者的影响：一项在线调查的结果

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100250

Tiffany R. Phillips , Christopher K. Fairley , Mish Pony , Dylan O’Hara , Kate Maddaford , Finn Mercury , Ranjit Samra , Basil Donovan , Eric P.F. Chow

{"title":"Examining the impact of decriminalisation on sex workers in Victoria, Australia: Results from an online survey","authors":"Tiffany R. Phillips , Christopher K. Fairley , Mish Pony , Dylan O’Hara , Kate Maddaford , Finn Mercury , Ranjit Samra , Basil Donovan , Eric P.F. Chow","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100250","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100250","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3><strong>Objective</strong></h3><div>This survey aimed to examine the impact of decriminalisation on rates of sex worker’s condom use with clients, and sexually transmissible infection/blood-borne virus (STI/BBV) testing.</div></div><div><h3><strong>Methods</strong></h3><div>An anonymous, mixed-methods, online survey among sex workers in Victoria, Australia (December 2022-April 2023). This survey asked about changes in condom use and STI/BBV testing following decriminalisation.</div></div><div><h3><strong>Results</strong></h3><div>101 participants were included in the study. Median age of participants was 29 years (IQR: 25-33), the majority of participants spoke English (97; 96.0%) and had worked in sex work for at least a year (87; 87.0%). Following decriminalisation, the majority of participants reported no change to condom use for giving oral sex (81/92; 88.0%), receiving oral sex (79/87; 90.8%), receptive vaginal sex (73/80; 91.3%), insertive vaginal sex (37/41; 90.2%), receptive anal sex (45/50; 90.0%) or insertive anal sex (37/42; 88.1%). Most participants did not change their testing frequency for STI/BBV (60/99; 60.6%). Free text responses included positive, neutral and fearful aspects of decriminalisation.</div></div><div><h3><strong>Conclusion</strong></h3><div>The majority of sex workers maintained high rates of condom use and regular sexual health testing following the decriminalisation of sex work in Victoria.</div></div><div><h3><strong>Implications for Public Health</strong></h3><div>These findings suggest that decriminalisation may not negatively affect sex practices or STI testing, supporting policy changes to reduce stigma and enhance health access for sex workers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"49 3","pages":"Article 100250"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144212081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Improving access to ivermectin for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia: Big gains from a small change 改善澳大利亚土著和托雷斯海峡岛民获得伊维菌素的机会：小变化大收获

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100237

Victoria R.V. Cox , Mike Stephens , Gurmeet R. Singh , Bart J. Currie

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