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Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service
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Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 28-07-2014
DOI: 10.1093/IJE/DYU154
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-01-2015
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 26-10-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 07-2021
DOI: 10.5694/MJA2.51122
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 30-03-2016
DOI: 10.1111/DME.13111
Abstract: To assess the non-linear relationship between BMI and mortality and to determine the BMI values with the lowest mortality risk in adults with and without diabetes. This observational study assessed the relationship between BMI and mortality with flexible parametric survival models using data from the US National Health Interview Survey. Participants included 25 458 adults with diabetes and 315 939 adults without diabetes, aged 18-84 years at baseline surveys, conducted from 1997 to 2009. Mortality status data were obtained from the linked mortality data up to 2011. We observed a U-shaped relationship between BMI and mortality in both adults with and without diabetes. With the BMI 25-29.9 kg/m Regardless of the presence of diabetes, there is a U-shaped relationship between BMI and mortality. The BMI values associated with the lowest mortality were above the current 'normal' range for adults with and without diabetes.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2017
DOI: 10.1016/J.ORCP.2016.06.003
Abstract: Although elevated body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) have been identified as risk factors for mortality, data from the Australian Aboriginal communities are scarce. This study examined the associations of BMI and WC with all-cause mortality in an Australian Aboriginal community. A total of 934 Aboriginal adults, aged 18-76 years, who participated in a community-wide screening programme in Australia's Northern Territory from 1992 to 1998, were followed-up prospectively for up to 18 years for death outcomes. The hazard ratios for mortality were estimated by baseline BMI and WC. Age, sex, smoking and alcohol consumption status were adjusted for in multivariable analysis. In 14,750 person-years of follow-up, 216 deaths were recorded. For each standard deviation increase in BMI, the risk of all-cause death decreased by 9% (95% CI: 0.80-1.05) whereas for each SD increase in WC, the risk of all-cause mortality increased by 17% (95% CI: 1.03-1.33). The risk of mortality was lower in the 3rd BMI tertile compared to the 1st tertile for mortality after adjusting for WC, age, sex, smoking and alcohol consumption. Risk of death was higher in WC tertile 3 compared to tertile 1 after adjusting for BMI, age, sex, smoking and alcohol consumption. The risk of all-cause mortality among participants increased with higher WC, while participants with relatively higher BMI had a lower mortality risk. WC had stronger association with mortality than did BMI. The results indicate the importance of assessing WC measures in studies conducted in Aboriginal Australia.
Publisher: Australian Government Department of Health
Date: 19-05-2022
Abstract: Background Behavioural and social drivers (BeSD) of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine acceptance among Australian healthcare workers (HCW) living and working in regional areas are not well studied. Understanding local HCWs’ COVID-19 risk perceptions and potential barriers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake is crucial in supporting rollout. We aimed to understand the COVID-19 vaccine drivers among HCW in Central Queensland (CQ), Australia. Method A cross-sectional online survey of HCWs in CQ between 17 May and 31 May 2021, based on the BeSD framework adapted from the World Health Organization (WHO) Data for Action guidance, consisting of the five instrument domains: what people think and feel social processes motivations practical issues and vaccination uptake. Results Of the 240 responding HCWs within Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, 78% were female. Of the participating HCWs, 64% percent had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine of those who had not yet received a vaccine, 53% said they were willing to receive one. Factors associated with vaccine acceptance included: belief that the vaccine was important for their health (81% odds ratio (OR): 7.2 95% confidence interval (CI): 3.5–15.5) belief that their family and friends wanted them to have the vaccine (64% OR: 6.7 95% CI: 2.9–16.7) trust in the vaccine (72% OR: 6.4 95% CI: 3.5–12.0) and confidence in being able to answer patients’ questions about the vaccine (99%). Conclusions These findings suggest that a combination of communications and educational material framed around the benefits and social norms of vaccination, along with materials addressing vaccine safety concerns, will encourage HCW to take up a COVID-19 vaccine.
Publisher: University of Queensland Library
Publisher: BMJ
Date: 13-11-2015
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 23-02-2018
Publisher: BMJ
Date: 09-2015
Publisher: Australian Government Department of Health
Date: 15-06-2021
Abstract: Objective(s): To describe an autochthonous dengue virus type 2 (DENV-2) outbreak in Central Queensland from May 2019 and subsequent public health actions. Design and setting: Public health outbreak investigation of locally acquired DENV-2 cases in Rockh ton, Central Queensland. This included laboratory investigations, associated mosquito vector surveillance, and control measures implemented in response to the outbreak. Results: Twenty-one locally-acquired DENV-2 cases were identified during the Rockh ton outbreak (from 23 May to 7 October 2019): 13 laboratory-confirmed and eight probable cases. Clinical symptoms included lethargy (100%) fever (95%) headache (95%) and aches and pains (90%). Inspections of premises demonstrated that i Aedes aegypti /i was present in 9.5% of those investigated which was more than half of the premises identified as containing mosquitoes. Nucleotide sequencing of a DENV-2 isolate recovered from the first confirmed case and DENV-2 RNA from an additional 5 patients indicated a single DENV-2 strain was responsible for the outbreak which was most closely related to DENV-2 strains from Southeast Asia. Conclusions: The 2019 DENV-2 outbreak in Rockh ton, Central Queensland, Australia, likely resulted from the importation of a strain, most closely related to DENV-2 strains from Southeast Asia and is the first reported outbreak in the region specifically implicating DENV-2. Given the presence of i Aedes aegypti /i in Rockh ton, appropriate medical and mosquito avoidance advice ongoing surveillance and deployment of mosquito control strategies for the prevention of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases should be priorities for this region.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2014
DOI: 10.1016/J.ORCP.2013.11.009
Abstract: To compare gender-specific waist circumference (WC) levels of Aboriginal Australians with non-Aboriginal Australians. A systematic search on Medline, PubMed, EMBASE and Google Scholar databases was conducted to identify papers that reported gender-specific waist circumference (WC) estimates of participants from the age of 15 years and above among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. Means and their 95% confidence intervals of gender differences in WC, height and weight were recorded or calculated where they were not provided. Gender-specific WC, height and weight mean estimates were pooled and the I(2) statistic was used to test heterogeneity among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. Of 17 selected cross-sectional studies, 9 focused on Aboriginal and 8 on non-Aboriginal Australians. Seven studies reported significantly higher WC estimates among indigenous females than males. On the other hand, non-indigenous males had significantly higher WC levels than females. Males had greater height and weight estimates than females in both groups. Although indigenous women were shorter and had lower weight estimates, they had greater WC levels than indigenous men. This is the first systematic review to assess the gender-specific differences between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. The findings of this review warrant more efforts to understand and reduce the high prevalence of central obesity and related chronic diseases among Aboriginal women.
Publisher: Australian Government Department of Health
Date: 26-02-2021
Abstract: The implementation of public health measures to control the current COVID-19 pandemic (such as wider lockdowns, overseas travel restrictions and physical distancing) is likely to have affected the spread of other notifiable diseases. This is a descriptive report of communicable disease surveillance in Central Queensland (CQ) for six months (1 April to 30 September 2020) after the introduction of physical distancing and wider lockdown measures in Queensland. The counts of notifiable communicable diseases in CQ in the six months were observed and compared with the average for the same months during the years 2015 to 2019. During the study’s six months, there were notable decreases in notifications of most vaccine-preventable diseases such as influenza, pertussis and rotavirus. Conversely, notifications increased for disease groups such as blood-borne viruses, sexually transmitted infections and vector-borne diseases. There were no reported notifications for dengue fever and malaria which are mostly overseas acquired. The notifications of some communicable diseases in CQ were variably affected and the changes correlated with the implementation of the COVID-19 public health measures.
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 13-04-2015
Location: Australia
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