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"We've wanted to vaccinate against it and now we can": views of respiratory syncytial virus disease and immunisation held by caregivers of Aboriginal children in Perth, Western Australia.

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100216

Samantha J Carlson, Charlie Holland, Valerie Swift, Catherine Hughes, Peter Richmond, Hannah C Moore

{"title":"\"We've wanted to vaccinate against it and now we can\": views of respiratory syncytial virus disease and immunisation held by caregivers of Aboriginal children in Perth, Western Australia.","authors":"Samantha J Carlson, Charlie Holland, Valerie Swift, Catherine Hughes, Peter Richmond, Hannah C Moore","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100216","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of respiratory infection with a higher burden in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants and children. We conducted a pilot qualitative study identifying disease knowledge and willingness to immunise following the changing immunisation landscape for infant RSV in 2024.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Yarning groups were held with a convenience sample of parents/carers of Aboriginal children attending playgroup at a metropolitan Aboriginal Health Service in Western Australia. Data collected in the form of notes were thematically analysed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We heard from nine parents/carers over two yarns in March/April 2024. Level of RSV awareness largely depended on lived experience of an RSV infection with some participants only first hearing of RSV following announcement of the immunisation program. Most participants were willing to accept immunisation. There was a strong preference for information on disease and immunisation safety coming from a 'trusted Aboriginal voice', but the level of information varied.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This pilot study provides initial insights into community views of RSV disease and immunisation. More RSV disease awareness is needed in the Indigenous community.</p><p><strong>Implications for public health: </strong>These findings will help inform current and future RSV immunisation programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"49 1","pages":"100216"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142963698","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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Higher population density is associated with worse air quality and related health outcomes in Tāmaki Makaurau.

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100213

Samuel Wrightson, Jamie Hosking, Alistair Woodward

{"title":"Higher population density is associated with worse air quality and related health outcomes in Tāmaki Makaurau.","authors":"Samuel Wrightson, Jamie Hosking, Alistair Woodward","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100213","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To explore associations between population density, air pollution concentrations, and related health outcomes in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) and fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) and associated health outcomes (premature mortality, cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalisations, and childhood asthma) were obtained from the Health and Air Pollution in New Zealand 2016 study. The possible mediating factors assessed were motor vehicle traffic, domestic fires, local industry, and green space.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Higher population density was associated with higher concentrations of NO<sub>2</sub> (β: 0.18, p < 0.01) and PM<sub>2.5</sub> (β: 0.04, p < 0.01). Adverse health outcomes related to NO<sub>2</sub> and respiratory hospitalisations attributed to PM<sub>2.5</sub> exposure increased incrementally with the density of urban areas. The mediating factor with the strongest effect was motor vehicle traffic.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Higher population density in Auckland is associated with worse air quality and related health outcomes. Motor vehicle traffic is the most important source of pollution and is highest in the most densely populated parts of the city.</p><p><strong>Implications for public health: </strong>Housing intensification in Auckland will likely increase ill health from air pollution unless steps are taken to reduce exposure to emissions from motor vehicles.</p>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"49 1","pages":"100213"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142963699","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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Welcoming the new ANZJPH editor-in-chief and their strategic development plans to strengthen public health research.

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100217

Alix Hall, Sam McCrabb, Michael Tong, Adyya Gupta, Brianna Poirier, Lisa McHugh, Ye In Jane Hwang, Alex P Metse, Linda Murray, Lisa Gaye Smithers, Summer May Finlay, Luke Wolfenden

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Why public health acts could be our best chance to stem the tide of non-communicable diseases

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100208

Maddie Heenan , Martyn Ralph , Janani Shanthosh

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Consumer support for restrictive policies on unhealthy food and beverage delivery via drones. 消费者支持对通过无人机运送不健康食品和饮料的限制性政策。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100193

Victoria Farrar, Leon Booth, Xiaoqi Feng, Jason Thompson, Branislava Godic, Rajith Vidanaarachchi, Simone Pettigrew

{"title":"Consumer support for restrictive policies on unhealthy food and beverage delivery via drones.","authors":"Victoria Farrar, Leon Booth, Xiaoqi Feng, Jason Thompson, Branislava Godic, Rajith Vidanaarachchi, Simone Pettigrew","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100193","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100193","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Drone delivery services are set to increase unhealthy food and alcohol accessibility. The aim of this study was to evaluate public receptiveness to various options for regulating drone food and beverage deliveries and to identify sociodemographic differences in receptiveness.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In total, 1079 adults were surveyed to assess total support and differences in support between population subgroups (e.g. age, sex, location, existing habits) for nine potential drone policies covering curfews, quotas, and product bans. Support was measured on five-point agreement scales, with mean individual policy support (M) and grand mean support calculated for all assessed policies (grand M).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was moderate support for all assessed policies (grand M=3.5), ranging from M=3.2 (drone delivery quotas for shopping centres and dwellings) to M=3.7 (night curfews, airspace quotas). Factors associated with policy support were older age, metropolitan residence and using grocery delivery services.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Public support exists for policies designed to restrict drone food and beverage deliveries.</p><p><strong>Implications for public health: </strong>Drone food and beverage delivery policies will likely be supported by the public and could assist in controlling the accessibility of such products for the benefit of population dietary health.</p>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"100193"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142456907","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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Up in smoke. The unravelling of world-leading policy changes in Smokefree legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100209

Malcolm Campbell, Matthew Hobbs

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‘What we heard’: A critical appraisal of the NHMRC’s review of its Indigenous research excellence criteria

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100205

Chelsea Watego, David Singh, Francis Nona, Helena Kajlich, Saran Singh

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Assessing food retail access in remote Australia: revealing an unrepresented setting in the national food retail landscape.

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100207

Emma van Burgel, Luke Greenacre, Megan Ferguson, Amanda Hill, Emma McMahon, Eddie Miles, Cristina Rodrigues, Julie Brimblecombe

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National, state and territory trends in gestational diabetes mellitus in Australia, 2016-2021: Differences by state/territory and country of birth.

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-11-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100202

Wubet Worku Takele, Lachlan L Dalli, Siew Lim, Jacqueline A Boyle

{"title":"National, state and territory trends in gestational diabetes mellitus in Australia, 2016-2021: Differences by state/territory and country of birth.","authors":"Wubet Worku Takele, Lachlan L Dalli, Siew Lim, Jacqueline A Boyle","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine trends of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Australia by state/territory and country of birth.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was undertaken from 2016 to 2021 using data from the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) and Australian Bureau of Statistics. The trends were assessed using Average Annual Percentage Changes (AAPCs) and the Cochrane-Armitage test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nationally, the age-standardised incidence of GDM was 9.3% (95%CI; 9.1-9.4) in 2016 and 15.7% (95%CI; 15.4-15.9) in 2021, representing AAPC of +10.9%. The highest increase was in the Northern Territory, from 6.7% (95%CI; 5.1-8.3) in 2016 to 19.2% (95%CI; 16.9-21.6) in 2021, AAPC=+24.6%. In Southeast Asian-born women, the incidence of GDM rose from 12.2% (95%CI; 11.7-12.7) in 2016 to 22.5% (95%CI; 21.9-23.2) in 2021 (p<sub>-trend</sub><0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The incidence of GDM has risen in Australia, particularly in the Northern Territory and Victoria, as well as among those born in Southeast Asia and South and Central Asia.</p><p><strong>Implications for public health: </strong>This increase in GDM incidence in Australia underscores the pressing need for location and culturally responsive GDM prevention interventions. The lack of information on some risk factors of GDM (e.g. high body mass index) in the NDSS registry requires further investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"100202"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142806063","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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Taking a strengths-based approach to mental health in rural communities: A systematic literature review 在农村社区采取基于优势的心理健康方法：系统文献综述

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-11-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100201

Annika Luebbe , Zoe Rutherford , Sandra Diminic , Hannah Roovers , Mikesh Patel , Harvey Whiteford

{"title":"Taking a strengths-based approach to mental health in rural communities: A systematic literature review","authors":"Annika Luebbe , Zoe Rutherford , Sandra Diminic , Hannah Roovers , Mikesh Patel , Harvey Whiteford","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100201","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100201","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This review aimed to 1) identify existing rural strengths in the literature that proposed a relationship to mental health, 2) classify strengths into a socioecological framework, and 3) identify which strengths make a conceptual link to improved mental health.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Literature was systematically reviewed using online databases (PubMed, PsycInfo, CINAHL, and Scopus). Applicable original research studies that met the inclusion criteria, published (1990–2022) from Australia, Canada, and the United States were thematically analysed.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Sixty-one articles from Australia (n=28, 46%), Canada (n=8, 13%), and the United States (n=25, 41%) identified mental health-strengths relationships (e.g. social networks, nature). Twenty-seven studies proposed conceptual links to improved mental health and identified potential 'mechanisms' to harness strengths (e.g. identification, referral).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Despite an entrenched rural deficit discourse, many strengths of rural communities were identified in the literature that, using an adapted socioecological framework to categorise, may be harnessed to improve the mental health of communities across the socioecological continuum.</div></div><div><h3>Implications for public health</h3><div>Understanding existing strengths that are embedded in rural communities can inform future mental health policy and commissioning models in a way that is relevant and sustainable for communities, while recognising rural agency.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 6","pages":"Article 100201"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142698904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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