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Up in smoke. The unravelling of world-leading policy changes in Smokefree legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand 化为乌有。世界领先的无烟立法政策变化在新西兰奥特罗亚的瓦解。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-12-01 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 “我们听到了什么”：对NHMRC对其土著研究卓越标准的审查的批判性评估

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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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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 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":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>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.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>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).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>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.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Public support exists for policies designed to restrict drone food and beverage deliveries.</div></div><div><h3>Implications for public health</h3><div>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.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 6","pages":"Article 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":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Assessing food retail access in remote Australia: revealing an unrepresented setting in the national food retail landscape 评估食品零售渠道在偏远的澳大利亚：揭示一个未代表的设置在全国食品零售景观。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-12-01 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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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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Preliminary evaluation of a novel Aboriginal community–controlled prison health service for First Nations people 为原住民提供由土著社区控制的新型监狱医疗服务的初步评估。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-11-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100204

Shehara Arumugam, Julie Tongs, Ana Herceg

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Increasing awareness of sexually transmitted infections (STI) testing and addressing stigma may improve STI testing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth: Evidence from the Next Generation Youth Wellbeing Study 提高原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民青少年对性传播感染（STI）检测的认识并消除耻辱感，可以改善性传播感染检测：下一代青年福祉研究》（Next Generation Youth Wellbeing Study）提供的证据。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-11-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100203

Tabassum Rahman , Fabian Yuh Shiong Kong , Robyn Williams , Katiska Davis , Justine Whitby , Francine Eades , Simon Graham , Grace Joshy , Sandra Eades

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A cross-sectional study of the experiences of distressed callers when accessing financial assistance from a telephone-based cancer information and support service 一项横断面研究，内容是受困来电者从电话癌症信息和支持服务获取经济援助时的经历。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-11-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100199

Elizabeth A. Fradgley , Paula Bridge , Katherine Lane , Danielle Spence , Della Yates , Melissa A. Carlson , Jo Taylor , Christine L. Paul

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Psychedelic medicine and cultural responsiveness: A call for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander engagement in Australian clinical trials and practice 迷幻药与文化响应：呼吁土著居民和托雷斯海峡岛民参与澳大利亚临床试验和实践。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100200

Bianca Sebben , Jem Stone , Jerome Sarris , Daniel Perkins , Kirt Mallie , Scarlet Barnett , Simon G.D. Ruffell , Vanessa L. Beesley

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An evaluation of the population uptake and contact tracer utilisation of the Covid-19 Bluetooth Exposure Notification Framework in New Zealand 对新西兰 Covid-19 蓝牙暴露通知框架的人口吸收和接触追踪器使用情况的评估。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100197

Tim Chambers , Andrew Anglemyer , Andrew Chen , June Atkinson , Phoebe Elers , Michael G. Baker

{"title":"An evaluation of the population uptake and contact tracer utilisation of the Covid-19 Bluetooth Exposure Notification Framework in New Zealand","authors":"Tim Chambers , Andrew Anglemyer , Andrew Chen , June Atkinson , Phoebe Elers , Michael G. Baker","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100197","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100197","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Our primary research objective was to assess the population uptake and contact tracer utilisation of the Bluetooth function of the New Zealand Covid Tracer App (NZCTA) throughout the pandemic.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We adopted a retrospective cohort study design using all diagnosed COVID-19 community cases from December 12, 2020 to February 16, 2022.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>At its height, more than 60 % of the eligible population had the Bluetooth function of NZCTA activated. However, only an estimated 2.2 % of the population was able to fully participate. Cases managed by the national case investigation service were 17 times (aRR 17.54, 95%CI: 13.02-23.90) and 9 times (aRR 9.27, 95%CI: 6.91, 12.76) more likely to generate a Bluetooth token than cases managed by local public health units during the Delta and Omicron periods, respectively.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The Bluetooth functionality of the NZCTA likely had a low impact on the pandemic response in NZ despite its exceptionally high levels of public uptake. The primary reason for the lack of impact was the low utilisation by contact tracers.</div></div><div><h3>Implications for public health</h3><div>The results highlight the need for greater consultation and collaboration with the public health sector during the development and implementation of digital contact tracing tools.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 6","pages":"Article 100197"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142581927","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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