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Are we educating the future workforce for interprofessional responses to child maltreatment? An exploratory study

Lines, LE Kakyo, TA McLaren, H Hartz, D Sivertsen, N Hutton, A Cooper, M Zannettino, L Grant, J

Background: Public health responses to child maltreatment enable prevention and early support. Little is known about what education, health, and welfare professionals receive in preparation for col...

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Looking beyond the individual: The relative importance of neighbourhood socioeconomic status and the development of internalising symptoms across adolescence

Furneaux-Bate, A Birrell, L Berle, D Newton, NC Chapman, C Slade, T Mewton, L Smout, S Teesson, M

Background: Mental disorders have considerable impact on individual and societal well-being, with peak onset during adolescence. This study explored the relationship between neighbourhood socioecon...

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Interventions to support patient decision making about taking part in health research: A systematic review.

Hersch, J O'Hara, L Juraskova, I Laidsaar-Powell, R Bartley, N Gillies, K Ballinger, M Wang, W Butow, P

OBJECTIVES: An important, albeit challenging, aspect of conducting clinical research is achieving informed consent. We systematically reviewed the literature to characterise existing interventions ...

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Women's views about online communities for gestational diabetes mellitus: A qualitative interview study.

Pham, S Churruca, K Ellis, LA Braithwaite, J

PROBLEM AND BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a common medical complication of pregnancy, and the emerging evidence demonstrates how GDM online communities have a positive impact o...

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How community engaged practices are applied in interventions promoting human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children and adolescents: a systematic review.

Prokopovich, K Braunack-Mayer, A Phillipson, L

BACKGROUND: Effective vaccines for human papillomavirus (HPV) are readily available but culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities experience vaccination disparities. Whilst community...

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Supporting equitable cervical cancer elimination for Australia's culturally and linguistically diverse communities: A call for intersectoral action.

Prokopovich, K Beard, F Buchanan, T Stanoevska, B Scott, C Braunack-Mayer, A Phillipson, L

Cervical cancer is a preventable disease and is related to persistent health equities. Whilst several priority populations face health inequities related to cervical cancer prevention, my co-author...

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Exploring consumer and healthcare professional perspectives on discharge medicine communication and solutions for safer transitions of care.

Oldfield, LE Yong, F Baysari, M Foot, H Manias, E Scott, I Sim, TF Keijzers, G Morgan, M Mullan, B Norman, R Jackson, C Hattingh, L

BACKGROUND: The period immediately following hospital discharge is a time of heightened vulnerability for patients compounded by poor communication and information transfer between hospital and pri...

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A Delphi process to build consensus on revised Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) signal functions and levels of care.

Moxon, SG Wharton-Smith, A Sharma, S Aluvaala, J Campbell, OMR Gupta, G Lobis, S Warthin, C Penn-Kekana, L Freedman, LP Delphi panel on EmONC signal functions and levels of care,

The emergency obstetric care (EmOC) monitoring framework has been used for decades to monitor the availability and use of EmOC services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). EmOC monitoring ...

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Explainable machine learning model for predicting cesarean section following induction of labor: Development and external validation using real-world data.

Hu, Y Zhang, X Slavin, V Enticott, J Callander, E

Induction of labor (IOL) is a common yet complex clinical procedure associated with varying risks, including cesarean section (CS). Accurate prediction models may help support more informed, person...

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The state of abortion services in five Pacific Island countries: a legislative analysis and scoping review.

Cao, J Blair, A Homer, C Bateson, D Black, K Noovao-Hill, A Panisi, L Tungunaboe, E Dumo, K Siitia, L Wilson, A

BACKGROUND: Unsafe abortions are a leading cause of maternal mortality. This study aimed to conduct a legislative analysis and scoping review to i) describe the abortion laws in Papua New Guinea (P...

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