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{"title":"Development and implementation of Australian State, territory, and national policy on the health and wellbeing of adolescents and young adults: An exploration of policy actor perspectives using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research","authors":"Daniel Waller ,&nbsp;Melissa Kang ,&nbsp;Sally Gibson ,&nbsp;Fiona Brooks ,&nbsp;Sharon Medlow ,&nbsp;Katharine Steinbeck ,&nbsp;Lin Perry","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100112","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>Government policies that support the health and wellbeing of young people (aged 10 to 25) can have important individual and societal impacts. The aim of this study was to explore policy actor perspectives on the development and implementation of Australian government policies focussed on the health and wellbeing of young people.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We utilised a qualitative research design consisting of semi-structured interviews with policy actors with experience working with Australian youth health policies. Our interview guide and analyses were informed by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). We interviewed 19 participants from various national, state, and territory bodies.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Several specific barriers and facilitators to policy development and implementation were identified using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Key policy development barriers were limited available resources (e.g. staffing and funding) and low relative priority within health and political systems. Key policy implementation barriers were limited available resources, limited policy compatibility with health services, cosmopolitanism issues related to interagency collaboration, and a lack of policy evaluation. Meaningful engagement of young people could also be improved.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Although Australian youth health policies are perceived as evidence-based and comprehensively developed, the ability to promote implementation remains stalled.</p></div><div><h3>Implications for Public Health</h3><p>The development of policy implementation plans, monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, funding and resources, and a strong commitment to removing barriers to working across multiple departments and systems is required to improve outcomes for young people.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 1","pages":"Article 100112"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020023052895/pdfft?md5=89dea3d34825acc10436469ef8c74755&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020023052895-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139399068","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}

{"title":"High tobacco smoking rates in people with disability: An unaddressed public health issue","authors":"Tiana Vourliotis ,&nbsp;Laura Twyman ,&nbsp;Joshua Trigg ,&nbsp;Alicia Kate Fairweather ,&nbsp;George Disney ,&nbsp;Sharon Lawn ,&nbsp;Anne Kavanagh ,&nbsp;Billie Bonevski","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 1","pages":"Article 100110"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020023052871/pdfft?md5=be5c183e39c240a58b3cf33ab836f199&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020023052871-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139107732","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}

{"title":"Potential lateral and upstream consequences in the development and implementation of social prescribing in Australia","authors":"Candice Oster ,&nbsp;Svetlana Bogomolova","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100121","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100121","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 1","pages":"Article 100121"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020023052986/pdfft?md5=c8557646137cd7f9d42f40901c9589e9&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020023052986-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139085691","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}

{"title":"Attitudes, perceptions, and experiences of Western Australians towards vaccine safety surveillance systems following COVID-19 vaccines: A qualitative descriptive study","authors":"Denis Liu Shiu Cheong ,&nbsp;Jayden Tran ,&nbsp;Wyitt Chong ,&nbsp;Scott May ,&nbsp;Samantha J. Carlson ,&nbsp;Sandra M. Salter ,&nbsp;Katie Attwell","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100108","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100108","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Concerns regarding adverse events following immunisation are a barrier to vaccine uptake. Health professionals use vaccine safety surveillance systems (VSSSs) to monitor vaccines and inform the public of safety data. With little known about public attitudes, perceptions, and experiences with VSSS, we examined them in the context of COVID-19 vaccinations in Western Australia.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Researchers conducted 158 qualitative interviews between March 2021 and May 2022 within the broader [name redacted] project. Data regarding VSSS were coded in NVivo using the deductive and inductive methods.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Despite some not knowing about VSSS, participants expected follow-up post COVID-19 vaccination. Vaccine hesitant or refusing participants knew about VSSS and regarded these systems positively. Additional considerations concerned the reliability of data collected by VSSS.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Perceptions of VSSS signal a lack of understanding about how these systems work. Future studies should further explore the public’s understanding of VSSS, whether VSSS improves vaccine confidence, and how governments can better communicate to the public about VSSS.</p></div><div><h3>Implications for public health</h3><p>Lack of understanding of how VSSS operate may be stymying attempts to build public vaccine confidence. Healthcare providers and governments could build public knowledge and understanding of VSSS to mitigate concerns of adverse events following immunisation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 1","pages":"Article 100108"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020023052858/pdfft?md5=e28a06afeefdd3ca3dd7c6df125e18b0&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020023052858-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139032125","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}

{"title":"Australian youth perspectives on the role of social media in climate action","authors":"Grace Arnot ,&nbsp;Hannah Pitt ,&nbsp;Simone McCarthy ,&nbsp;Chloe Cordedda ,&nbsp;Sarah Marko ,&nbsp;Samantha L. Thomas","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>The climate crisis poses a significant public health threat to current and future generations. Limited research has examined young people’s perspectives about the role of social media for climate awareness, action, and policy change.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Qualitatively led online survey of <em>n</em>=500 young Australians (aged 15–24). Questions focused on the effectiveness of social media platforms in communicating the need for climate action, with TikTok videos used to prompt about appeal strategies and campaigns. Data were analysed using a reflexive approach to thematic analysis.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Participants perceived that social media platforms were a powerful and inclusive communication mechanism for climate action. Social media had the ability to reach diverse audiences and connect young people globally. Limitations included influencing key decision makers and risks associated with misinformation and disinformation. Participants supported messages that highlighted the urgent need for action, trusted celebrity and youth voices, and practical information to engage in action.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Social media presents a powerful opportunity for engaging young people in discussions and decisions made about the climate crisis.</p></div><div><h3>Implications for public health</h3><p>The public health community should be guided by young people in developing a range of social media mechanisms to empower them to have a seat at the table in public health responses to climate.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 1","pages":"Article 100111"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020023052883/pdfft?md5=42ee38c3696a3f6625d2cd83be16c8fb&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020023052883-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139032136","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}

{"title":"Ethnic-specific prevalence rates of intimate partner violence against women in New Zealand","authors":"Janet L. Fanslow ,&nbsp;Brooklyn M. Mellar ,&nbsp;Pauline J. Gulliver ,&nbsp;Tracey K.D. McIntosh","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100105","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study presents age-standardised ethnic-specific prevalence rates of intimate partner violence against women in New Zealand, by physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, psychological intimate partner violence, controlling behaviours and economic abuse.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Data are from 1,431 ever-partnered women in the representative and cross-sectional He Koiora Matapopore, the 2019 New Zealand Family Violence Study.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>High lifetime prevalence of intimate partner violence is present across all ethnic groups in NZ, with over half of all women reporting any intimate partner violence (55.8%). Substantial ethnic disparities exist in intimate partner violence rates, with Māori women reporting the highest prevalence of intimate partner violence (64.6%), followed by NZ European women (61.6%).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Intimate partner violence prevention and intervention services are needed at the population-level, and services must be culturally responsive and attuned to the needs of communities that bear the greatest burden.</p></div><div><h3>Implications for Public Health</h3><p>Ethnic differences in intimate partner violence prevalence likely contribute to health disparities at the population-level, reinforcing calls for prevention and necessitating healthcare systems to be culturally informed and mobilised to address intimate partner violence as a priority health issue.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"47 6","pages":"Article 100105"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020023052822/pdfft?md5=75d5b9fb4a265cbfd21c57d61bc231c5&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020023052822-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138484799","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}

{"title":"Evaluation outcomes of a Western Australian campaign designed to reduce alcohol use in pregnancy","authors":"Simone Pettigrew ,&nbsp;Leon Booth ,&nbsp;Tahnee McCausland ,&nbsp;Kelly Kennington ,&nbsp;Danica Keric","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100102","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100102","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To assess (i) the effectiveness of a mass media campaign communicating the potential harms associated with consuming even small amounts of alcohol in pregnancy and (ii) changes in females’ intentions to abstain during pregnancy after campaign exposure.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Independent samples of ∼400 Western Australian adults (18-45 years) were recruited at two time points (before and after the ‘One Drink’ campaign) to complete online surveys. Attitudinal and behavioural intention outcomes were assessed at both time points. Descriptive analyses and generalised linear models were used to assess outcomes.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Three-quarters (76%) of the post-campaign sample members reported awareness of the campaign. In the descriptive analyses there were significant improvements in three of the seven attitudinal items. The regression models yielded significant increases in agreement that pregnant women should not drink alcohol (assessed among females and males) and intentions to abstain during pregnancy (assessed among females only).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The results indicate favourable understanding and behavioural intention effects from exposure to a campaign promoting alcohol abstinence during pregnancy.</p></div><div><h3>Implications for public health</h3><p>This study demonstrates that investment in campaigns warning about alcohol use in pregnancy is likely to be a worthwhile approach to reduce the burden of alcohol-related harms to individuals and society.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"47 6","pages":"Article 100102"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020023052792/pdfft?md5=c1aa386e30c796e74abc1d8ae0ea49e3&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020023052792-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138294556","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}

{"title":"A pilot place-based renal dialysis model of care responding to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander priorities in South Australia","authors":"Toni Shearing ,&nbsp;Leda Sivak ,&nbsp;Gloria Mejia ,&nbsp;Nikki Clinch ,&nbsp;Kim O’Donnell ,&nbsp;Nari Sinclair ,&nbsp;Jared Kartinyeri ,&nbsp;Kelli Owen ,&nbsp;Douglas Clinch Jr. ,&nbsp;Kim Morey","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100107","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"47 6","pages":"Article 100107"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020023052846/pdfft?md5=5de9f04f0b4b3eb7d07c11e2e5797cad&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020023052846-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138549053","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}

{"title":"Meet us where we are: non-Indigenous young peoples’ ideas on how to reduce alcohol-related harm in Mparntwe (Alice Springs)","authors":"Timothy A. Carey ,&nbsp;Mikaela Cibich ,&nbsp;Margaret Carey ,&nbsp;Sonia Hines","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100100","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100100","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This research sought to understand the strategies young people in a remote central Australian town believed would reduce alcohol-related harms amongst their peers.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A total of 38 non-Indigenous residents of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), aged between 14 and 18 years, participated in focus groups at their school. Participants discussed strategies they thought would reduce alcohol-related harms among people their age. Data were analysed using thematic analysis.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Participants suggested that young peoples’ drinking behaviour developed with peers. Through social learning in peer groups, drinking alcohol was perceived as fun and normal. Participants indicated a willingness to learn about strategies to stay safe around alcohol. Their ideas for doing so reflected their existing social methods of learning about alcohol: having comfortable conversations and storytelling with a small group of peers and a relatable role model.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Young residents of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) advised that alcohol-related harm reduction strategies would be most effective if focussed on safety, rather than abstinence, and applied social-learning strategies.</p></div><div><h3>Implications for Public Health</h3><p>Young people value their burgeoning self-determination. Youth health interventions must engage youth in intervention co-design and aim to assist young people to make safer decisions, rather than making decisions on their behalf.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"47 6","pages":"Article 100100"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020023052779/pdfft?md5=836baf9c6ee77761e51fb05fdb06019c&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020023052779-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138457507","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}

{"title":"Aboriginal peoples’ lived experience of household overcrowding in the Kimberley and implications for research reciprocity in COVID-19 recovery","authors":"Chicky Clements ,&nbsp;Christine Hoy ,&nbsp;Louis Bin-Maarus ,&nbsp;Sarah Morris ,&nbsp;Ray Christophers","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100104","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Household overcrowding was identified early in the COVID-19 pandemic as a risk factor increasing transmission and worsening outcomes. Nirrumbuk Environmental Health and Services designed this project to deepen understanding of Aboriginal peoples’ experiences of overcrowding in social housing.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Our household survey explored overcrowding, capacity to respond to COVID-19 directives and the Canadian National Overcrowding Standard (CNOS).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>For 219 participating Aboriginal households, usual number of residents per household ranged from 1 to 14, increasing with short- and long-term visitors. 17.8% had occupants who themselves were on waiting lists for their own home. Nearly one-third of houses had three generations under one roof. 53.4% indicated isolation of COVID-19 cases as ‘extremely’ difficult. 33.8% indicated their community could not manage COVID-19 at scale. Overcrowding was defined by interpersonal dynamics or consequences such as plumbing blockages or conflict rather than the number or people or ratio of people to bedrooms. 64.8% welcomed CNOS to determine acceptable and healthy occupancy levels. Participants encouraged research about environmental health in Aboriginal hands.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Cultural obligations, poverty and social housing waitlist management impose extreme demand on remote housing. CNOS relevance was endorsed but tempered by lived experience.</p></div><div><h3>Implications for Public Health</h3><p>Aboriginal-led research is directly accountable to communities through reciprocity and kinship. Nirrumbuk has already modified service planning.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"47 6","pages":"Article 100104"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020023052810/pdfft?md5=4989434f10db0c0b490364ad3637b407&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020023052810-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138549052","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}