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HIV among immigrants living in high-income countries: a realist review of evidence to guide targeted approaches to behavioural HIV prevention
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2012)
Immigrants from developing and middle-income countries are an emerging priority in HIV prevention in high-income countries. This may be explained in part by accelerating international migration and population mobility. ...
What are the important issues around food safety and nutrition? Findings from a media analysis and qualitative study of consumer trust
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2010)
Confusion about, and rejection of, media messages about
healthy eating have the potential to contribute to the
development of chronic illness through a failure to adopt
lifestyle changes. Furthermore, it may inhibit the ...
The alcohol industry, neo-liberalism and the political economy of health
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2009)
Writing in the Australasian Medical Journal Bond, Daube, & Chikritzhs present a fascinating analysis of
previously confidential, internal industry documents. The documents became available due to the 1998
Master Settlement ...
Predictors of re-participation in faecal occult blood test-based screening for colorectal cancer
(National Cancer Center, Korea, 2012)
Background: There is little information on longitudinal patterns of participation in faecal occult blood test (FOBT) based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening or on demographic or behavioural factors associated with participation ...
A case for reorienting health systems and investing in primary health care in Australia
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2009)
In recent times, many developing countries have been going through a process of re-orienting health
policy and services towards early detection and prevention, rather than solely on the treatment and
on-going management, ...
Will the need for effective communication between doctors redefine primary care?
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2009)
The medical profession differentiated into specialities decades ago. Most doctors are no
longer able to serve everyone who might seek medical advice. Put simply surgeons are not
expert in psychiatry. Therefore all doctors ...
Social Quality theory in perspective
(Institute for Social Development and Policy Research, Korea, 2009)
For its theoretical development, the social quality (SQ) theory was given birth in
1997, with its original aim directed at addressing the social dimension of
state-policy making in Europe, against the neo-liberal Washington ...
Does prognosis and socioeconomic status impact on trust in physicians? Interviews with patients with coronary disease in South Australia
(BMJ Group Publishing, 2012)
Older participants are more likely than their
younger counterparts to be unquestioning of medical
advice. Higher SES participants are more likely to
question medical advice than lower SES participants.
Also, unlike primary ...
Demographic indicators of trust in federal, state and local government: implications for Australian policy makers
(CSIRO Publishing, 2012)
Age, household size, household income, IRSD and ARIA were found to be significant indicators for trust in federal, state and local government. Trust in state government is lower for older respondents and respondents living ...
Equity of colorectal cancer screening: which groups have inequitable participation and what can we do about it?
(CSIRO Publishing, 2011)
The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) offers population-based screening for colorectal
cancer (CRC) across Australia. The aims of this paper were to highlight the inequities in CRC screening in South
Australia ...