Publications by authors named "Helen Mary Haines"
Background: Opioid replacement therapy (ORT) offers a harm minimization approach and is the mainstay treatment option for opioid dependence in Australia. Recovery is known to be complicated because of service access, cost, workforce availability, privacy, stigma, and discrimination. Rural living is considered to magnify each complication of recovery, yet little is understood about how opioid dependence recovery is experienced in rural Australia.
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- - The study aimed to categorize a rural community in Victoria, Australia, based on health behaviors, and assess the prevalence of chronic conditions and obesity, alongside hospital usage.
- - Out of 1,259 participants, 63% were overweight or obese, with three main groups identified: 'Healthy Lifestyle' (63%), 'Non Smoking, Unhealthy Lifestyle' (25%), and 'Smokers' (12%).
- - Smokers reported the worst health status and were twice as likely to have multiple hospital visits despite similar chronic condition rates across groups, indicating the urgent need for public health efforts focused on smoking cessation.