Browsing Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine by Subject "Australia"
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Cancer screening in Australia: future directions in melanoma, Lynch syndrome, and liver, lung and prostate cancers.
(2019-07-31)While Australia now has well-established national screening programs for breast, bowel and cervical cancers, research continues into the feasibility of developing systematic screening programs for a number of other cancers. ... -
Exploring domestic violence and social distress in Australian-Indian migrants through community theater.
(2016-02)In many parts of the world, young adult women have higher levels of common mental disorders than men. The exacerbation of domestic violence (DV) by migration is a salient social determinant of poor mental health. Ecological ... -
"I'm not strong enough; I'm not good enough. I can't do this, I'm failing"- A qualitative study of low-socioeconomic status smokers' experiences with accesssing cessation support and the role for alternative technology-based support.
(2017-11-13)BACKGROUND: The social gradient in smoking rates persist with an overrepresentation of smoking and its associated harms concentrated within lower socioeconomic status (SES) populations. Low-SES smokers are motivated to ... -
The impact of elder abuse training on subacute health providers and older adults: study protocol for a randomized control trial.
(2024-05-22)BACKGROUND: Elder abuse often goes unreported and undetected. Older people may be ashamed, fearful, or otherwise reticent to disclose abuse, and many health providers are not confident in asking about it. In the No More ...