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Diabetes in Australia: is the Cinderella of chronic disorders coming of age at last? |
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Medical Journal of Australia,
Volume 148,
Issue 3,
1988,
Page 109-110
Paul Z. Zimmet,
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DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb112766.x
出版商:Wiley
年代:1988
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Women's health needs |
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Medical Journal of Australia,
Volume 148,
Issue 3,
1988,
Page 110-112
Laurann Yew,
Jillian A. Need,
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DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb112767.x
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年代:1988
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Infant feeding — public‐health perspectives |
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Medical Journal of Australia,
Volume 148,
Issue 3,
1988,
Page 112-113
Katrine I. Baghurst,
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DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb112768.x
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年代:1988
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Infant‐feeding practices in Western Australia and Tasmania: A joint survey, 1984–1985 |
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Medical Journal of Australia,
Volume 148,
Issue 3,
1988,
Page 114-117
Nancy E. Hitchcock,
Johanna F. Coy,
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A joint survey of infant‐feeding practices that was carried out in Western Australia and Tasmania in 1984–;1985 showed a continuing trend back to breast‐feeding in both States. In Western Australia and Tasmania, 86% and 81% of mothers, respectively, were breast‐feeding their babies on hospital discharge. Forty‐five per cent of all mothers were still breast‐feeding at six months. The social rank of the family had a significant effect on both the prevalence of breast‐feeding and on the length of lactation: more mothers in the higher social groups breast‐fed their infants, and for longer periods than did mothers of lower social groups. Few infants were introduced to solid foods before three months of age; however, solid and non‐milk foods were introduced earlier to infants who were fed artificially than to those who were breast‐fed.
ISSN:0025-729X
DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb112769.x
出版商:Wiley
年代:1988
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Diabetes in Western Australian children: descriptive epidemiology |
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Medical Journal of Australia,
Volume 148,
Issue 3,
1988,
Page 117-123
Christopher Glatthaar,
Davina E. Whittall,
Timothy A. Welborn,
Margaret J. Gibson,
Beress H. Brooks,
M.M. Patricia Ryan,
Geoffrey C. Byrne,
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ABSTRACTThe prevalence and incidence of diabetes mellitus in the age group zero to 14 years in Western Australia were determined from a survey by means of Schools Health Services. Additional information from the State's computer‐linked hospital records system, the State's only children's hospital, diabetic clinics and physicians enabled virtually complete ascertainment of cases of childhood diabetes. Only 60% of school‐age diabetic children were known to school nurses before the survey, but the nurses were able to identify two‐thirds of the remainder during the survey. Among non‐Aboriginal children, the prevalence of diabetes in the age group zero to 14 years was 0.59 per 1000 children and the incidence was 12.3 per 100 000 children per year. These rates are somewhat lower than those that have been reported from the United Kingdom and North America, and substantially lower than the rates that were reported from Scandinavia. All but one of the diabetic children who were identified required insulin and were assumed to be insulin‐dependent. An excess of boys was found. None of 8715 Aboriginal or part‐Aboriginal children had insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus, which indicates that this racial group has a low prevalence of this condition. In case‐control studies, which used questionnaires for parents, no significant trends were found in relation to the history of immunizations or of specific viral illnesses except for a past history of varicella which was less frequent in diabetic children. A past history of established breast‐feeding (of more than one week) was less frequent in diabetic children, as was the ingestion of vitamin C supplements before the onset of diabetes. Some evidence for a seasonality of onset was obtained. The diabetic children were absent from school for more days and had more admissions to hospital than did non‐diabetic children. The majority of diabetic children were prescribed insulin twice a day or more often (84%); performed home blood‐glucose monitoring (74%); and attended hospital diabetic clinics (91%).(Med J Aust 1988; 148: 117–123)
ISSN:0025-729X
DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb112770.x
出版商:Wiley
年代:1988
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Assessing women's health needs |
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Medical Journal of Australia,
Volume 148,
Issue 3,
1988,
Page 123-127
Selina Redman,
Deborah J. Hennrikus,
Jennifer A. Bowman,
Robert W. Sanson‐Fisher,
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It has been argued that women have specific health needs aside from those of the community as a whole. As a consequence, a move towards increased “earmarked” funding for women's health has occurred. However, some debate exists about the areas of women's health that are most in need of additional funding and about appropriate mechanisms to determine priority areas. The present study explored community perceptions of women's health needs. A sample of 157 women, who had been selected at random, were asked a series of questions about the health and social problems that are experienced by women. The questions assessed the self‐reported prevalence of the problems and asked women to nominate those problems which were priorities for them personally, and for Australian women in general. The areas that were identified as priorities by this community survey were compared with those that were identified by means of other methods of needs analysis.
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DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb112771.x
出版商:Wiley
年代:1988
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Frequency of cervical smear‐tests among patients of general practitioners |
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Medical Journal of Australia,
Volume 148,
Issue 3,
1988,
Page 128-131
James A. Dickinson,
Robert W. Sanson‐Fisher,
Stephen R. Leeder,
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Eight hundred and thirty‐eight women who attended 36 general practitioners were asked when they had last undergone a cervical smear‐test. Only 6% of women who were between 25 and 54 years of age had never undergone a smear‐test, but in women who were younger and older than this age range the proportion was one‐third. We estimated from this pattern of use of cervical smear‐tests that only 60% of invasive cervical cancer is being prevented, and the major contribution to the remaining risk factors comes from women of over 55 years of age who either have not undergone a smear‐test or had undergone one a long time previously. This information suggests that general practitioners and the public‐health system should be more active in ensuring that all at‐risk women undergo cervical smear‐tests.
ISSN:0025-729X
DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb112772.x
出版商:Wiley
年代:1988
数据来源: WILEY
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Does anxiety reduce the secretion rate of secretory IgA in saliva? |
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Medical Journal of Australia,
Volume 148,
Issue 3,
1988,
Page 131-133
Neil M.H. Graham,
R. Chiron A. Bartholomeusz,
Nukool Taboonpong,
Justin T. La Brooy,
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The effects of anxiety, depression and psychological stress on the secretion rate of salivary immunoglobulin (lg)A were examined in a cross‐sectional study of 114 registered nurses. A single, timed (five minutes) sample of whole unstimulated saliva was collected from each nurse; at the time of collection, psychosocial data for each nurse were collected by questionnaire. Nurses who reported more frequent episodes of anxiety had significantly lower mean secretion rates of salivary IgA than did nurses who reported only occasional episodes of anxiety. The concentration of secretory IgA in saliva decreased as the salivary volume increased. It was not possible to demonstrate whether anxiety influenced IgA secretion in saliva independently of its effects on salivary flow.
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DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb112773.x
出版商:Wiley
年代:1988
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Continuing medical education: Part 3. Doctors as learners |
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Medical Journal of Australia,
Volume 148,
Issue 3,
1988,
Page 134-138
Jeanette Ward,
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DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb112774.x
出版商:Wiley
年代:1988
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Hotson's syndrome — the “all‐or‐nothing” rule |
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Medical Journal of Australia,
Volume 148,
Issue 3,
1988,
Page 138-140
Paul Gerber,
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ABSTRACTWhenever a plaintiff has lost a chance of a better medical result, which might have been achieved by prompt diagnosis and correct treatment, he or she must recover 100% of the award of damages provided that the plaintiff can prove that he or she had a better than 50% chance of an improved result.
ISSN:0025-729X
DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb112775.x
出版商:Wiley
年代:1988
数据来源: WILEY
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