Population Health: A New Essential in Nursing.

Background: Nursing education is engaged in efforts to respond and adapt to the dynamic fluctuations of health care in the United States. Population health has been revived in this venue of health care involvement in the community and social determinants of health.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to define population health and identify topics to include in the undergraduate curriculum, teaching strategies, and skills and competencies needed by new nurses for implementation of population health to improve health outcomes.

Relationships of objectively measured physical activity and sleep with BMI and academic outcomes in 8-year-old children.

Current guidelines in place for sleep and physical activity in childhood are the result of data collected in the form of self-reports. Exact measurement of activity dimensions and sleep characteristics are essential. The purpose of clearly established parameters is for the intent of verifying health outcomes and evaluating interventions.

First record of Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans vexans (Meigen) in Australia.

Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans vexans has become widely distributed in the Australasian and Oceanic Islands zoogeographic regions, and in this paper, we describe the 1st confirmed report of Ae. vexans vexans in Australia. A total of 45 adult individuals were collected around the town of Kununurra in the northeast Kimberley region of Western Australia during the late wet seasons between 1996 and 2003.

Investigation of the southern limits of Murray Valley encephalitis activity in Western Australia during the 2000 wet season.

Western Australia experienced its worst-ever outbreak of the mosquito-borne Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE) virus during the 2000 wet season. Highest-on-record rainfall throughout much of the state during the 2000 wet season gave rise to extensive mosquito breeding and increased MVE virus transmission, resulting in nine cases of encephalitis. Activity of MVE virus in Western Australia is monitored by detecting MVE virus-specific antibodies in serum from sentinel chickens, located at towns and communities throughout the north of the state.