Changing the risky beliefs of post-partum women about therapeutic sun-exposure.

Background: Many post-partum women hold risky beliefs about perceived therapeutic benefits of sun-exposure in the post-partum period and infancy.

Question: Can a maternity hospital based educational intervention reduce the prevalence of such beliefs among post-partum women?

Methods: In this outcome evaluation of an interventional study, two groups of healthy post-partum women (hospital inpatients) were interviewed, 1-4 days following delivery. The first cross-section (106 women) was recruited prior to in-services for maternity staff; the second (203 women) was recruited after completion of the in-services.

A population survey--would Australian general practice be the first point of contact during an anthrax bioterrorism event?

Background: Anthrax bioterrorism is a new threat to Australians. How they would respond to an anthrax bioterrorism event is unknown.

Method: A national telephone survey of Australian adults.