Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
The official journal of the Public Health Association of Australia
Edited by:
Dr Jeanne Daly, Professor John Lowe, Dr Priscilla Robinson, Professor Sandra Thompson, Professor Alistair Woodward
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 61/105 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; 31/76 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (Social Science)
Impact Factor: 1.556
The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health is concerned with public health issues. The research reported includes formal epidemiological inquiries into the correlates and causes of diseases and health-related behaviour, analyses of public policy affecting health and disease, and detailed studies of the cultures and social structures within which health and illness exist. The Journal is multidisciplinary and aims to publish methodologically sound research from any of the academic disciplines that constitute public health.
TopNews and Announcements
Top 5 articles accessed online in 2009 from the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health:
It's enough to make you sick: the impact of racism on the health of Aboriginal Australians
Ann Larson, Marisa Gillies, Peter J. Howard and Juli Coffin
Engaging with Aboriginal communities in an urban context: some practical suggestions for public health researchers
Priscilla Pyett, Peter Waples-Crowe and Anke van der Sterren
People, places and policies - trying to account for health inequalities in impoverished neighbourhoods
Peter Feldman, Deborah Warr, Theonie Tacticos and Margaret Kelaher
Social capital and health in rural and urban communities in South Australia
Anna M. Ziersch, Fran Baum, I. Gusti Ngurah Darmawan, Anne M. Kavanagh and Rebecca J. Bentley
The commercial food landscape: outdoor food advertising around primary schools in Australia
Bridget Kelly, Michelle Cretikos, Kris Rogers and Lesley King
Top 5 cited articles from the 2009 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health:
Interpreting scores on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)
Gavin Andrews and Tim Slade
The Anti Cancer Council of Victoria FFQ: Relative validity of nutrient intakes compared with weighed food records in young to middle-aged women in a study of iron supplementation
Allison Hodge, Amanda J. Patterson, Wendy J. Brown, Paul Ireland and Graham Giles
Population norms and meaningful differences for the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) measure
Graeme Hawthorne and Richard Osborne
Association of obesity with anxiety, depression and emotional well-being: a community survey
Anthoy F. Jorm, Ailsa E. Korten, Helen Christensen, Patricia A. Jacomb, Bryan Rodgers and Ruth A. Parslow
High hepatitis C incidence in new injecting drug users: a policy failure?
Lisa Maher, Jiong Li, Bin Jalaudin, Kerry G. Chant and John M. Kaldor
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PRESS RELEASES
Australia - obese and diabetic
Up to three million Australians could have diabetes by the year 2025. This is the finding of a study published in the December issue of Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health and led by Dianna Magliano from the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute.
Read the full press release. The published research on which this press release is based is available FREE online.
Projecting the burden of diabetes in Australia - what is the size of the matter?
Dianna J. Magliano, Anna Peeters, Theo Vos, Richard Sicree, Jonathon Shaw, Colin Sindall, Michelle Haby, Stephen J. Begg and Paul Z. Zimmet
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Great expense for healthy living
Welfare-dependent families cannot afford a healthy diet. A study published in the December issue of Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health found that to eat healthily for a week, a family of four would have to spend $239.
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A healthy diet consistent with Australian health recommendations is too expensive for welfare-dependent families
Christine Kettings, Andrew J. Sinclair and Melanie Voevodin
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Tougher for young breast cancer survivors
Rural and regional young women find life after breast cancer diagnosis more difficult than their older counterparts.
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What determines the health-related quality of life among regional and rural breast cancer survivors?
Tracey DiSipio, Sandi Hayes, Beth Newman and Monika Janda
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Limited competition in the grocery sector could be having a serious effect on public health. Researchers Jon Wardle and Michael Baranovic have highlighted the implications of major retailers dominating the market for consumer access to affordable, healthy food options.
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Is lack of retail competition in the grocery sector a public health issue?
Jon Wardle and Michael Baranovic
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Young Australians are heeding the message on sexual health, with condom use and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing on the rise. A team of researchers from the Burnet Institute in Melbourne conducted a survey of patrons at the Big Day Out music festival between 2005 and 2008. They found the proportion of people at high risk of STI decreased while people reporting a new partner showed an increase in consistent condom use.
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Surveillance of STI risk behaviour among young people attending a music festival in Australia, 2005-08
Megan S.C. Lim, Margaret E. Hellard, Campbell K. Aitken, Jane S. Hocking
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Here's one inheritance you don't want
If your mother smoked during her pregnancy, you are more likely to be addicted to nicotine as a young adult. Smoking during pregnancy resulted in offspring being more likely to have nicotine dependence or withdrawal at 21 years of age than offspring of mothers who never smoked.
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Maternal smoking during pregnancy predicts nicotine disorder (dependence or withdrawal) in young adults - a birth cohort study
Frances V. O'Callaghan, Abdullah Al Mamun, Michael O'Callaghan, Rosa Alati, Jake M. Najman, Gail M. Williams, William Bor
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Serving lower-alcohol drinks at public events can help reduce the number of people who need medical attention. This is the message from a letter published in the August issue of Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
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A day at the races: does alcohol strength make a difference?
Margaret Lesja
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