DemographicsPopulation surveyCATISafety and quality associated with the production, marketing and consumption of food, together with overall levels of trust in the food supply chain, are increasing in importance in our society. The aim of this study was to identify the demographic differences in a ...
The Aboriginal Families Study is a population-based cohort of 344 mothers of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander child. This paper focuses on the wave 2 survey data on child resilience at age 5-9 years (n = 231). Resilience was assessed with the Child Resilience Questionnaire-parent...
Data was also collected on sodo-demographics, physical activity, body mass index (BMI) and dietary intake. Our sample included 1234 participants (47% male, mean age 20+/-0.5 years). We considered energy-drink consumption as a categorical (users versus non-users) variable. Results: Overall, ...
One trend I identified a year ago was that the increasing rate of licence ownership seemed to largely reflect a decline in the population in these age bands during the pandemic period when temporary migrants were told to go home, and immigration almost ground to a halt. Most of the population...
Exposure information also underpins the risk assessments from severe wind or cyclones and includes population demographics, building type, construction (roof and wall) type, building age, number of storeys, business type and replacement value. Finally, vulnerability models are required and those readily...
Whilst mass media strategies may be effective at reaching a broad cross-section of society, they may not reach the intended target group and may miss important subsections of the population. In this study, we have demonstrated that despite high levels of campaign recognition reported by participant...
What is known and objective: The incidence of inappropriate prescribing is higher amongst the older age group than the younger population. Inappropriate prescribing potentially leads to drug-related problems such as adverse drug reactions. We aimed to determine the prevalence of inappropriate prescribing ...
standard of living they expect as this benchmark would underwrite any population policy. A consensus seems to have arisen that a population of 23 million would be an acceptable compromise but on current demographics our population will exceed 23 million even if immigration is cut to zero net ...
Findings In this population-based, case-control family study of 603 patients and 1088 controls using Australian Melanoma Family Study data, childhood sunscreen use and lifetime sunscreen use were significantly associated with a decreased risk of cutaneous melanoma among young adults. Sex, age, ancestry...
It is likely that controlling COVID-19 with vaccination will require a critical proportion of the population to accept and receive the vaccine. A minimal target level may exceed 70% accounting for vaccine ef- fectiveness and mechanism of protection, the size of the population in which the ...