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{"title":"Corrigendum to “Real-world utilisation of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing to enable face-to-face learning in Australian schools, an ecological study” [Aust NZ J Public Health 48 (2024) 100159]","authors":"Archana Koirala , Noni Winkler , Caroline Sharpe , Trish van Tussenbroek , Paul Wood , Kristine Macartney , Helen Quinn","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100178","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100178","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 4","pages":"Article 100178"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020024000542/pdfft?md5=05a5a6284d03520bc59672a9f3cb71f4&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020024000542-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141732355","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.2024.100177","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100177","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Concerns regarding adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) are a barrier to vaccine uptake. Health professionals use vaccine safety surveillance systems (VSSS) 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 to May 2022 within the broader Coronavax project. Data regarding VSSS was coded in NVivo using 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 AEFIs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 4","pages":"Article 100177"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020024000530/pdfft?md5=6b778ae1dd1fe8b1531186cc6b85db43&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020024000530-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141726815","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":"Public health audit of vaccine cold chain management in general practice and community pharmacy in Western Australia","authors":"Adeline Hillan ,&nbsp;Li Pung ,&nbsp;Susan Ridderhof ,&nbsp;Jessica Ramsay ,&nbsp;Rashmi Vinogradov ,&nbsp;Darren Westphal ,&nbsp;Mayli Foong ,&nbsp;Alan Leeb ,&nbsp;Benjamin Scalley ,&nbsp;Anastasia Phillips","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100168","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To support immunisation providers through a cold chain management audit.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>An electronic audit survey using the National Vaccine Storage Guidelines as a gold standard was developed for general practice (GP) and community pharmacy. It included automated feedback, with individualised support from a clinical nurse specialist as required. Responses were analysed to determine the proportion of providers meeting criteria in four categories: procedures, refrigerators and equipment, temperature monitoring and emergency storage.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Of 818 providers invited, 420 GPs (89.6%) and 276 pharmacies (82%) responded. Over 70% met all procedural and emergency storage criteria. Although most providers (98.1% GPs, 97.0% pharmacies) used a data logger, the proportion measuring at 5-minute intervals, reviewing data logger printouts weekly and manually recording minimum and maximum temperatures was lower. In total, 58% of providers required follow-up by the clinical nurse specialist, most regarding the need for equipment.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>An electronic audit enabled public health to engage with a large number of immunisation providers. Most reported high compliance with the national guidelines although opportunities for education were identified and actioned.</p></div><div><h3>Implications for Public Health</h3><p>Electronic solutions can support public health units to engage with providers to ensure vaccines remain effective and wastage is limited.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 4","pages":"Article 100168"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020024000438/pdfft?md5=0149ea8ebce400a0cf59b2c2453360fe&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020024000438-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141607751","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":"Hotspots of kidney failure: Analysing Australian metropolitan dialysis demand for service planning","authors":"Dominic Keuskamp ,&nbsp;Christopher E. Davies ,&nbsp;Shilpanjali Jesudason ,&nbsp;Stephen P. McDonald","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100161","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100161","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To locate incident hotspots of dialysis demand in Australian capital cities and measure association with prevalent dialysis demand and socioeconomic disadvantage.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A retrospective cohort study used Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry data on people commencing dialysis for kidney failure (KF) resident in an Australian capital city, 1 January 2001 – 31 December 2021. Age-sex-standardised dialysis incidence was estimated by Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) and dialysis prevalence by SA2.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A total of 32,391 people commencing dialysis were referenced to SA3s within city metropolitan areas based on residential postcode. Incident hotspots were located in Western Sydney. The highest average annual change of standardised incidence was 8.3 per million people (false discovery rate-corrected 95% CI 1.0,15.7) in Mount Druitt, reflecting a 263% increase in absolute demand from 2001-3 to 2019-21. Incident dialysis for diabetic kidney disease contributed substantially to total growth. Incident hotspots were co-located with areas where prevalent dialysis demand was associated with socioeconomic deprivation.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Novel spatial analyses of geo-referenced registry data located hotspots of kidney failure and associated socio-demographic and comorbid states.</p></div><div><h3>Implications for Public Health</h3><p>These analyses advance current abilities to plan dialysis capacity at a local level. Hotspots can be targeted for prevention and slowing the progression of kidney disease.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 4","pages":"Article 100161"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020024000360/pdfft?md5=49f6e3aab852c0840afd5b91d6fb4c4d&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020024000360-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141496959","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":"How racism plays out in contemporary public health practice (commentary)","authors":"Belinda Loring ,&nbsp;Elana Curtis","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100167","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100167","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 4","pages":"Article 100167"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020024000426/pdfft?md5=32f630ca976b490008dc6f008b626d92&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020024000426-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141465874","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":"The challenges of living with Debilitating Symptom Complexes Attributed to Ticks (DSCATT) – A qualitative study","authors":"Georgina Oliver ,&nbsp;Valerie M.Z. Yap ,&nbsp;Trudie Chalder ,&nbsp;Victoria L. Oliver ,&nbsp;Katherine B. Gibney ,&nbsp;Anita Dharan ,&nbsp;Sarah J. Wilson ,&nbsp;Richard A.A. Kanaan","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100163","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100163","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>We sought to explore the lived experience of people with Debilitating Symptom Complexes Attributed to Ticks (DSCATT) to inform the development of a potential treatment intervention.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We conducted one-to-one in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 13 people living in Australia affected by DSCATT. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Although participants attributed the origin of their illness to tick bites, not all were adamant they had Lyme disease. Negative experiences in conventional healthcare were marked and were reported to exacerbate the impact of the illness and affect mental health. Further, these negative experiences propelled participants to seek unapproved treatments (by Australian standards). The desire for the illness to be acknowledged and causative agents identified was pronounced among the participant group.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Individuals with DSCATT experience significant challenges amid a contentious healthcare landscape surrounding chronic symptoms attributed to ticks in Australia. Our findings suggest the need for empathetic, supportive and patient-centred treatments for this cohort.</p></div><div><h3>Implications for public health</h3><p>DSCATT results in a considerable burden across multiple domains for those affected. Negative experiences with healthcare exacerbate the suffering of people with DSCATT in Australia. New approaches that acknowledge the illness experience of people with DSCATT, alongside evidence-based treatments that encompass biopsychosocial models of care, are needed to tackle this debilitating condition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 4","pages":"Article 100163"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020024000384/pdfft?md5=a42e9f4c42f282fa7b3d4bff6287f294&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020024000384-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141465875","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":"The timing of local SARS-Cov-2 outbreaks and vaccination coverage during the Delta wave in Melbourne","authors":"Mehr Gupta ,&nbsp;Kat Bogatyreva ,&nbsp;Kiran Pienaar ,&nbsp;Hassan Vally ,&nbsp;Catherine M. Bennett","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100164","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100164","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This article presents a longitudinal analysis of COVID-19 infection and vaccination coverage in Melbourne metropolitan local government areas (LGAs) during the 2021 Delta wave.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>COVID-19 vaccination and infection data from 12 July to 27 November 2021 were sourced from government websites. Summary statistics and associated 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were compared by LGA ranked according to socioeconomic status: total “burden” (total infections per thousand), “peak” (highest weekly infection rate), “lag” (interval between peak and 70% double vaccination).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>LGAs in the bottom five deciles for social advantage experienced higher infection rates (39.0 per thousand [95% CI: 38.5, 39.5] <em>vs.</em> 14.8 [14.7, 14.9]), and had lower two-dose vaccination coverage (23.8% [23.6, 23.9] <em>vs.</em> 32.7% [32.6, 32.7]) compared with LGAs in the top five deciles. LGAs that achieved 70% coverage two weeks or more after the infection peak experienced nearly twice the total infection burden (27.7 per 1000 [27.3, 28.0] compared with 14.9 [14.7, 15.0]) than LGAs with a shorter lag.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Exposure and transmission risk factors cluster within disadvantaged LGAs. The potential for large local outbreaks is heightened if vaccination uptake trails in these communities.</p></div><div><h3>Implications for Public Health</h3><p>In a pandemic, decision-makers must prioritise disease control and harm reduction interventions for at-risk LGAs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 4","pages":"Article 100164"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020024000396/pdfft?md5=742c265e5dd1987abbfabec0fbb406d4&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020024000396-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141465876","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":"Understanding anger with New Zealand-born Samoan youth: A Samoan qualitative exploration","authors":"Leueta Mulipola,&nbsp;Janine Wiles,&nbsp;Fuafiva Fa’alau","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100162","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Understanding New Zealand-Samoan young people’s experiences and definitions of anger.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Focus group talanoa (discussions) with 12 New Zealand-born Samoan young people guided by ‘Teu le Va’ methodology. We used a culturally informed thematic analysis approach.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Participants defined anger as a ‘bottled up’ emotion and emphasised understanding cultural contexts that normalised covert and passive ways of expressing anger. Other key themes around anger we identified included experiencing multiple layers of racism and disconnection in westernised social spaces and pressures to juggle traditional Samoan and western identities. Participants also explored gendered expressions of anger. Communicating anger was important, but not in ways that harm communal values.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Culturally appropriate qualitative research helps understand complex cultural determinants of mental health and wellbeing and suicidal behaviour.</p></div><div><h3>Implications for Public Health</h3><p>We must recognise the positive, polycultural capital of a generation that navigates many cultural spaces, including their emotional expressions. Anger should be understood in relation to cultural and societal pressures. Improved understanding of the cultural context of anger can inform systemic responses during crises in mental health and prevention of suicidality.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 4","pages":"Article 100162"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020024000372/pdfft?md5=5edbab630ee0115b475d2bff50c484c8&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020024000372-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141465877","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":"Compliance of Australian commercial foods for young children (<36 months) with an international nutrient and promotion profile model","authors":"Maree Scully ,&nbsp;Rachael Jinnette ,&nbsp;Linh Le ,&nbsp;Jane Martin ,&nbsp;Andrea Schmidtke","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100158","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To assess how Australian infant and toddler foods compare to a nutrient and promotion profile model (NPPM) developed by the World Health Organization to support the appropriate promotion of commercial food products for children aged 6-36 months.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A cross-sectional audit of infant and toddler foods found at three major Australian supermarkets was conducted in September/October 2022. Using nutrition and promotional data extracted from the packaging, products were classified according to NPPM categories and assessed against relevant compositional, front-of-pack labelling and promotional requirements.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Of 330 eligible products identified, just 28% met all NPPM compositional requirements. Toddler foods were less compliant than infant foods overall (18% vs. 31%; <em>p</em>=0.021), and for specific nutrients such as sodium (75% vs. 89%; <em>p</em>=0.003). No products met all NPPM front-of-pack labelling/promotional requirements. Only two-thirds and two-fifths of products were compliant with product name and ingredient list requirements, respectively.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Australian infant and toddler foods do not fully comply with the NPPM requirements. While toddler foods performed comparatively worse in terms of their nutritional adequacy, there is considerable scope to improve the nutrient profile of both infant and toddler foods.</p></div><div><h3>Implications for public health</h3><p>To better support young children’s health and development, the introduction of mandatory nutrition standards for Australian toddler foods, and the improvement of nutrition standards for Australian infant foods, in line with the NPPM, is needed. To be most effective, these should be combined with regulations for the labelling and promotion of these foods in line with the NPPM.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 3","pages":"Article 100158"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020024000335/pdfft?md5=ab8a4023bada908302ffab6e5c6b860e&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020024000335-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141417585","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":"Ensuring greater utility of climate-related acute health impact data for health services and municipal public health planning in rural and regional Australia","authors":"Jessie Adams ,&nbsp;Kate Kloot ,&nbsp;Susan Brumby","doi":"10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100160","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8620,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health","volume":"48 3","pages":"Article 100160"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020024000359/pdfft?md5=56d07917ad72336000de368ac1d140d3&pid=1-s2.0-S1326020024000359-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141314791","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}