Australia has a high level of cultural and linguistic diversity, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Children from specific cultural and ethnic groups may be at greater risk of overweight and obesity and may bear the additional risk of socioeconomic disadvantage. Our aim was to...
During a major pandemic of influenza, it would be impossible to vaccinate the entire population. Thus, it is necessary to determine which groups of individuals must be immunized with priority, considering the additional constraints related to the actual situation: to seek to reduce transmission of ...
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Andrew K. Skidmore & Marcelle C. Lock Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ...
A randomized controlled trial conducted in Australia showed that a 20% price reduction in fruits and vegetables was also effective, and led to a 35% increase in the purchases of fruit, and a 15% increase in the purchase of vegetables (Ball, McNaughton, Le, et al., 2015). Adam and ...
According to our respondents, funders might be interested in sepsis if there is evidence of the burden in the population. They estimated that funders are likely (rated 4) to convene stakeholders’ meetings on sepsis. “The first thing I think is to generate the data. From my point of view...
Finally, research is a dynamic field. PSPs produce lists of static questions that perhaps should be updated as questions are engaged and answered. This would enable the field to focus on new questions much faster and to be more responsive to the dynamic needs of the population. As such, suc...
Nine countries were sampled from the WPR (41 % of nations in the region), including: Papua New Guinea, Tonga and the Philippines – each classified as lower-middle income countries by the World Bank; Fiji and China – classified as upper-middle income countries; Australia, New Zealand, Japan...
As number of potential beneficiaries, severity of disease, individual health benefits and cost-effectiveness are the most relevant criteria for German decision makers within the sample population, the results display an overall higher preference towards efficiency criteria. Specific high priority ...
Determining the landscape priority and their threats for the Critically Endangered Pongo tapanuliensis population in Indonesia Introduction. The shadow economy is one of the main threats to the financial security of the state. Strengthening Ukraine's economy is impossible without reducing the level of ...
AustraliatrendsmortalityIntroduction. Migrants generally have more favourable mortality outcomes than the Australian-born population. The aim of this study is to update knowledge and inform future research in this field by examining mortality from musculoskeletal conditions, asthma, cardiovascular disease, ...