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0000-0002-3603-2544
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University of Tasmania
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Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 27-10-2023
DOI: 10.1093/BJD/LJAD425
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 21-10-2023
DOI: 10.1111/AJD.13938
Abstract: A history of keratinocyte carcinoma (KC) is a risk factor for further KCs, but population‐based studies quantifying the risk are lacking in Australia. We aimed to describe the risk of subsequent KCs after first KCs in the Australian state of Tasmania. Tasmanian residents identified in the Tasmanian Cancer Registry with a first histologically confirmed basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) or synchronous BCC and SCC (within 3 months) between January 1985 and December 2013 were followed up for at least 5 years for the development of a subsequent KC. Cumulative risk, incidence rates and standardised incidence ratios (SIRs) were calculated. Those first diagnosed with BCC‐only , SCC‐only or synchronous BCC and SCC had (i) 5‐year cumulative risks of subsequent KCs of 32%, 29% and 51%, (ii) annualised 5‐year incidence rates of 8100/100,000 person‐years at risk (PYR), 7747/100,000 PYR and 16,634/100,000 PYR and (iii) SIRs of 10.6 (95% CI: 10.5–10.6), 12.5 (95% CI: 12.4–12.6) and 313.0 (95% CI: 305.2–321.1), respectively. Risk estimates increased substantially when multiple (two or more) lesions of any type were diagnosed synchronously. In the first Australian population‐based study to describe the risk of subsequent KCs according to histological types, around one in three Tasmanians diagnosed with first KCs were diagnosed with subsequent KCs within 5 years. The risk of subsequent KCs was higher among those with a history of multiple synchronous lesions, especially if they included both BCC and SCC lesions.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 20-09-2020
DOI: 10.1002/HPJA.292
Abstract: Public transport (PT) users typically accumulate more physical activity (PA) than motor vehicle users. This mixed methods study aimed to determine acceptability and perceived effectiveness of strategies to increase bus use for PA gain in a regional Australian setting. In a 2017 online survey, Tasmanian adults (n = 1091) rated the likelihood of increasing their bus use according to ten hypothetical strategies (fare-, incentives-, information- or infrastructure-based). Three focus groups and five interviews (n = 31) included infrequent bus users from the survey to determine reasons for strategy preferences and potential impact on PA. The top three strategies in the survey, with supporting rationale from qualitative data, were: provision of real-time bus information ("…because I can better plan…") bus-only lanes ("…it just speeds the whole thing up…") and employee incentives/rewards for ex le bus fare credits ("…it really comes down to money…"). Full-time students favoured cost-saving strategies most and residents in outer suburbs favoured infrastructure-based strategies most. Qualitative data indicated that potential for enhanced certainty, efficiency or cost-savings drove strategy preferences and some strategies may lead to PA gain (eg through the location of Park and Ride facilities). Real-time information, bus-only lanes and employee incentives/rewards appear most promising for increasing bus use in this population, but tailoring strategies may be required. Discrete PT enhancement strategies may result in PA gain. SO WHAT?: Increasing PA through transport behaviour has been underexplored. The potential for PA gain through greater PT use and discrete PT use enhancement strategies is an important public health consideration.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2023
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-08-2020
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