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A cross-sectional analysis of participation in National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in Adelaide by age, gender and geographical location of residence
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2010)
The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) is a
population-based screening program based on a mailed
screening invitation and immunochemical faecal occult blood
test. Initial published evidence from the NBCSP ...
Understanding public trust in services provided by community pharmacists relative to those provided by general practitioners: a qualitative study
(BMJ Group Publishing, 2012)
Current UK initiatives, which aim to
implement a range of pharmacist-led services, are
undermined by lack of public trust. It seems
improbable that the public will trust pharmacists to
deliver unfamiliar services, which ...
An ecological analysis of factors associated with food insecurity in South Australia, 2002-7
(Cambridge University Press, 2010)
In order to estimate the extent of food insecurity in South Australia and its relationship with a variety of socio-economic variables, Design Data collected routinely from 2002 to 2007 by SA Health were analysed. An ...
Australian children's views about food advertising on television
(Elsevier, 2010)
This study explored children's views about food advertising on television in the light of recent public interest in childhood obesity and obesogenic environments. Thirty-seven children, aged between 8 and 11 years, discussed ...
Complex problems require complex solutions: the utility of social quality theory for addressing the Social Determinants of Health
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2011)
In order to improve the health of the most vulnerable groups in society, the WHO Commission on
Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) called for multi-sectoral action, which requires research and policy on the
multiple and ...
Who regulates food? Australians' perceptions of responsibility for food safety
(CSIRO Publishing, 2010)
Food scares have diminished trust in public institutions to guarantee food safety. Food governance after the food scare era is concerned with institutional independence and transparency leading to a hybrid of public and ...
Reconnecting Australian consumers and producers: identifying problems of distrust
(Elsevier, 2012)
A growing gap between the production and consumption of food has led to a decline in consumer trust in food, and a desire for increased regulation of food. The aim of this study was to investigate the nature of consumer ...
Additive and subtractive resilience strategies as enablers of biographical reinvention: a qualitative study of ex-smokers and never-smokers
(Elsevier, 2011)
The notion of developing resilience is becoming increasingly important as a way of responding to the social determinants of poor health, particularly in disadvantaged groups. It is hypothesized that resilient individuals ...
Investigating Australians’ trust: findings from a national survey.
(Chinese Sociological Association, 2010)
Trust has been identified as an indicator within Social Quality theory. As an important component of social quality, trust has become increasingly important in modern society because literature suggests that trust in a ...
Smoking and stress
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2008)
Primary care-based smoking cessation interventions are often less effective among
low-SES groups. Higher stress levels may explain the lower quit rate and higher prevalence of
smoking in low-SES groups, and why the relative ...