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Public Health Research & Practice
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2204-2091
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Support for food policy initiatives is associated with knowledge of obesity-related cancer risk factors
This study looks at the impact awareness about links between obesity and cancer have on public support for food policy initiatives, like better labeling or taxes on unhealthy foods.
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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking epidemic: what stage are we at, and what does it mean
The number of smoking-related deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians is predicted to continue to increase, and to peak over the next decade, resulting in thousands of premature deaths.
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The Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, 2011
This study estimates fatal and nonfatal disease burden among Indigenous Australians in 2011 and compares it with non-Indigenous Australians. Most of the disease burden was from chronic diseases (64%), particularly mental and substance-use disorders, injuries, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and respiratory diseases.
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Child injury surveillance capabilities in NSW: informing policy and practice
Obtaining good information for child injury surveillance in NSW will involve better coordination of information from agencies that record information about childhood injury.
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The quality of Australian Indigenous primary health care research focusing on social and emotional wellbeing: a systematic review
This review looks at how to address the challenge of conducting Indigenous-focused primary health care research that is scientifically robust, culturally appropriate and produces community-level outcomes.