Patterns of contraceptive use through later reproductive years: A cohort study of Australian women with chronic disease.

Background: Pregnancies among women with chronic disease are associated with poor maternal and fetal outcomes. There is a need to understand how women use or don't use contraception across their reproductive years to better inform the development of preconception care strategies to reduce high risk unintended pregnancies, including among women of older reproductive age. However, there is a lack of high-quality longitudinal evidence to inform such strategies.

Patterns of Labour Interventions and Associated Maternal Biopsychosocial Factors in Australia: a Path Analysis.

In Australia, nearly half of births involve labour interventions. Prior research in this area has relied on cross-sectional and administrative health data and has not considered biopsychosocial factors. The current study examined direct and indirect associations between biopsychosocial factors and labour interventions using 19 years of population-based prospective data.

Patterns of contraceptive use among young Australian women with chronic disease: findings from a prospective cohort study.

Background: Given chronic disease is increasing among young women and unintended pregnancies among these women are associated with poor maternal and fetal outcomes, these women would benefit from effective preconception care. However, there is a lack of understanding of how these women use or don't use contraception to inform such interventions. This study examined patterns of contraceptive use among an Australian cohort of young women and investigated the influence of chronic disease on contraceptive use over time.

Biopsychosocial factors influencing the occurrence and recurrence of preterm singleton births among Australian women: A prospective cohort study.

Introduction: In Australia, 8.6% of all births are premature, and this figure has relativelyincreased by 10% in the past decade. A range of biological, psychological, and socialfactors have previously been identified as predictors of preterm birth using cross sectionaldata; however, this lacks ascertainment of a cause-and-effect relationship.

Validation of a residential aged care consumer experience survey, 2019.

Objective: Residential aged care (RAC) quality is often measured as part of regulatory compliance. To inform care delivery and service improvements, we developed a consumer experience survey.

Methods: Validation study incorporating 2018-2019 survey data (n = 1504 individuals, 25 RAC homes) and test-retest reliability evaluation.

Increases in use of Medicare Benefits Schedule mental health items among women who gave birth in New South Wales, 2009-2015.

Objective: To report rates of Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) mental health item use among a sample of women who gave birth in NSW (2009-2015) and examine if the SAFE START policy increased use of these items among perinatal women.

Methods: Data was drawn from women participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health 1973-1978 cohort, linked to data from the NSW Perinatal Data Collection and MBS.

Results: Use of Medicare-subsidised mental health items increased 2.

Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Variety over Time Is Associated with Lower 15-Year Healthcare Costs: Results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.

Healthcare costs are lower for adults who consume more vegetables; however, the association between healthcare costs and fruit and vegetable varieties is unclear. Our aim was to investigate the association between (i) baseline fruit and vegetable (F&V) varieties, and (ii) changes in F&V varieties over time with 15-year healthcare costs in an Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. The data for Survey 3 ( = 8833 women, aged 50-55 years) and Survey 7 ( = 6955, aged 62-67 years) of the 1946-1951 cohort were used.

Increased chronic disease prevalence among the younger generation: Findings from a population-based data linkage study to inform chronic disease ascertainment among reproductive-aged Australian women.

Background: Chronic disease represents an ongoing public health challenge in Australia with women disproportionately affected and at younger ages compared to men. Accurate prevalence and ascertainment of chronic disease among women of reproductive age at the population level is essential for meeting the family planning and reproductive health challenges that chronic diseases pose. This study estimated the prevalence of chronic disease among younger Australian women of reproductive age, in order to ascertain key conditions that would benefit from targeted family planning support strategies.

Contraceptive use among women through their later reproductive years: Findings from an Australian prospective cohort study.

Objective: Examine patterns of contraceptive use and contraceptive transitions over time among an Australian cohort of women through their later reproductive years.

Study Design: Latent Transition Analysis was performed using data on 8,197 women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health's 1973-78 cohort to identify distinct patterns of contraceptive use across 2006, 2012 and 2018. Women were excluded from the analysis at time points where they were not at risk of an unintended pregnancy.

Housing and Care for Older Women in Australia.

Housing is essential for healthy ageing, being a source of shelter, purpose, and identity. As people age, and with diminishing physical and mental capacity, they become increasingly dependent on external supports from others and from their environment. In this paper we look at changes in housing across later life, with a focus on the relationship between housing and women's care needs.

Medications use among women with dementia: a cohort study.

Background: Older population with dementia use huge range of medications. In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of commonly used medications a year before and after first recorded dementia diagnosis among older Australian women.

Methods: The study utilized Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) data from 2090 women with known dementia, linked with administrative health datasets.

Low birth weight and its associated biopsychosocial factors over a 19-year period: findings from a national cohort study.

Background: In Australia, 6.7% of babies (5.2% for singletons) are born low birth weight (LBW), and over the past decade, this figure has increased by 8%.

Utility estimations of health states of older Australian women with atrial fibrillation using SF-6D.

Purpose: To estimate SF-6D utility scores for older women with atrial fibrillation (AF); calculate and compare mean utility scores for women with AF with various demographic, health behaviours, and clinical characteristics; and develop a multivariable regression model to determine factors associated with SF-6D utility scores.

Methods: This study evaluated N = 1432 women diagnosed with AF from 2000 to 2015 of the old cohort (born 1921-26) of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) who remained alive for at least 12 months post first recorded AF diagnosis. Self-reported data on demographics, health behaviours, health conditions, and SF-36 were obtained from the ALSWH surveys, corresponding to within three years of the date of the first record of AF diagnosis.

Lower Vegetable Variety and Worsening Diet Quality Over Time Are Associated With Higher 15-Year Health Care Claims and Costs Among Australian Women.

Background: The relationship between diet quality and health care costs is unclear.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between baseline diet quality and change in diet quality over time, with 15-year cumulative health care claims/costs.

Design: Data from a longitudinal cohort study were analyzed.

Young Women's Complex Patterns of Contraceptive Use: Findings from an Australian Cohort Study.

Context: Unintended pregnancy is common among young women. Understanding how such women use contraceptives- including method combinations-is essential to providing high-quality contraceptive care.

Methods: Data were from a representative cohort of 2,965 Australian women aged 18-23 who participated in the 2012-2013 Contraceptive Use, Pregnancy Intention and Decisions baseline survey, had been heterosexually active in the previous six months, and were not pregnant or trying to conceive.

The impact of adverse childhood experiences on the health and health behaviors of young Australian women.

Background: Adverse childhood experiences have been linked to poor health and adverse health behavior in adulthood.

Objective: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences among young Australian women (aged 20-25) and examine associations between adverse childhood experiences and adult health behaviors and physical and mental health.

Participants And Settings: Data were from the 1989-95 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, who completed the Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale at Survey 3 in 2015 (N = 8609).

Spatial variations and associated factors of modern contraceptive use in Ethiopia: a spatial and multilevel analysis.

Objective: To assess spatial variations in modern contraceptive use and to identify factors associated with it among married women in Ethiopia.

Design: Cross-sectional analysis of population-based and health facility data.

Setting: Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey data linked to Service Provision Assessment data.

Fertility among women living with HIV in western Ethiopia and : a cross-sectional study.

Objective: This study aimed to examine fertility (live births) in the last 3 years and its associated factors among women living with HIV (WLHIV) in western Ethiopia .

Design: Participants were recruited into a cross-sectional survey using systematic sampling.

Settings: Four healthcare facilities in western Ethiopia were included.

Contraceptive use among sexually active women living with HIV in western Ethiopia.

Introduction: Contraception can help to meet family planning goals for women living with HIV (WLHIV) as well as to support the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT). However, there is little research into the contraceptive practice among sexually active WLHIV in Ethiopia. Therefore, we aimed to examine contraceptive practice among sexually active WLHIV in western Ethiopia and identify the factors that influenced such practice using the Health Belief Model (HBM).

Patterns of Medications for Atrial Fibrillation Among Older Women: Results From the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.

Purpose: Examine patterns of medication use, changes in medication patterns over time, and investigate factors associated with medication patterns among older Australian women with Atrial Fibrillation (AF).

Methods: It is a retrospective analysis of the 1921-26 birth cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH), diagnosed with AF between 2000-2015 (N = 1206). Survey data of these women was linked with national registries for medications and death.

Age and cohort rise in diabetes prevalence among older Australian women: Case ascertainment using survey and healthcare administrative data.

Background: Due to the absence and or costliness of biological measures such as glycated haemoglobin, diabetes case ascertainment and prevalence studies are usually conducted using surveys or routine health service use databases. However, the use of each of these sources is associated with its limitations potentially impacting the quality of the case ascertainment and prevalence estimation. This study aimed at ascertaining diabetes cases and estimating prevalence among mid- and older-age women through simultaneous use of a longitudinal survey and multiple healthcare administrative data sources.

Impact of Dementia on Health Service Use in the Last 2 Years of Life for Women with Other Chronic Conditions.

Objectives: To assess the impact of dementia on the use of health and community services in the last 2 years of life by women who also had other major chronic conditions.

Design: Matched groups of women with a chronic condition who did or did not also have dementia, and who died or did not die for at least another 2 years.

Setting And Participants: Participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health who were born from 1921-1926.

Consistency and Inconsistency of Young Women's Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence in a Population-Based Study.

We examined reporting of lifetime intimate partner violence (IPV) among 7,917 young women who completed two surveys, 12 months apart. At the first survey, 32% reported a history of IPV with a current or former partner. Of these, one third of women did not report IPV 12 months later (inconsistently reported IPV).

Change in Diet Quality over 12 Years in the 1946-1951 Cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.

Understanding patterns of dietary change over time can provide important information regarding population nutrition behaviours. The aims were to investigate change in diet quality over 12 years in a nationally representative sample of women born in 1946-1951 and to identify characteristics of women whose diet quality changed over time. The Australian Recommended Food Score (ARFS) was measured in 2001 ( = 10,629, mean age 52.

Better diet quality scores are associated with a lower risk of hypertension and non-fatal CVD in middle-aged Australian women over 15 years of follow-up.

Objective: To explore if better diet quality scores as a measure of adherence to the Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG) and the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) are associated with a lower incidence of hypertension and non-fatal CVD.

Design: Prospective analysis of the 1946-1951 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH). The Australian Recommended Foods Score (ARFS) was calculated as an indicator of adherence to the ADG; the Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS) measured adherence to the MedDiet.