Effective general practice: audit and feedback for the primary series of immunisations.

Introduction: General practice immunisation audits do not always match the national rates recorded on the New Zealand (NZ) National Immunisation Register (NIR).

Aim: To complete audits at one general practice for infants requiring the primary series of immunisations (6-week, 3-month and 5-month vaccines) over a 12-month period and compare findings with the NIR audit.

Methods: A manual and electronic practice management system (PMS) audit were compared with identical NIR audit parameters for completion of the 5-month vaccination from 1 February 2011 to 1 February 2012.

The role of cultural values and religion on views of body size and eating practices among adolescents from Fiji, Tonga, and Australia.

Objectives: This study investigated cultural values related to body image and eating practices in Western and non-Western societies.

Design And Methods: In total, 628 Fijian, 463 Indo-Fijian, 598 Tongan, and 534 Australian adolescents completed measures of cultural values and religious influences in relation to the ideal body and eating practices.

Results: Fijian and Tongan adolescents were more likely to value a large body.