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Cascade of testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea inclusive of an annual health check in an urban Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service.
Sex Health
January 2025
Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland, Toowong, Qld 4066, Australia.
Background To gain an understanding of chlamydia (CT) and gonorrhoea (NG) testing conducted within an annual health check (AHC) and in standard clinical consultations for clients aged 15-29years attending an urban Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service in the period 2016-2021. Methods De-identified electronic medical record data were extracted and analysed on CT and NG testing by sex, age, Indigenous status and the context of testing (conducted within an AHC or not). An access, testing, and diagnosis cascade for CT and NG, inclusive of an AHC, was constructed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity within an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Service 2016-2021.
Sex Health
January 2025
Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland, Toowong, Qld 4066, Australia.
Background This study describes chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing, positivity, treatment, and retesting among individuals aged ≥15years attending an urban Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service during the period 2016-2021. Method Utilising routinely collected clinical data from the ATLAS program (a national sentinel surveillance network), a retrospective time series analysis was performed. The study assessed testing rates, positivity, treatment efficacy, retesting and trends over time within an urban Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWidening access to isotretinoin in primary care: an evaluation of New Zealand national dispensing data for isotretinoin for acne, 2008-2023.
BMJ Open
January 2025
General Practice and Primary Health Care, The University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand
Objectives: To identify what changes in the prescribing of isotretinoin have occurred since funded prescriber access was widened in 2009 from 'dermatologist only' prescribing to include 'general practitioners (GPs) and nurse practitioners working within their scope of practice'.
Design: Evaluation of isotretinoin dispensing data from 2008 to 2023 using the national annual prescribing data obtained from the New Zealand Pharmaceutical National Collection database.
Setting: All New Zealand citizens prescribed and dispensed funded isotretinoin for acne from 2008 to 2023 were included.
Heatstroke characteristics and meteorological conditions in Hefei, China: thresholds and driving factors.
BMC Public Health
January 2025
Key Laboratory of Cities Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change in Shanghai (CMACC), Shanghai, 200092, China.
Background: Due to climate change and rapid urbanization, the frequency of heatwave events in East China has increased considerably since the 21st century, which has a considerable influence on human health, such as heatstroke. However, few studies have been conducted in this region on the relationship between heatstroke and meteorological conditions. To address this point, this study aimed to analyze the characteristics of heatstroke and their relationship with meteorological conditions in Hefei, China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFShaping the future rural healthcare landscape: perspectives of young healthcare professionals.
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February 2024
Health Equity, Department for Gender, Equity and Human Rights, Director-General's Office, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
Introduction: Rural communities continue to struggle to access quality healthcare services. Even in countries where the majority of the population live in rural and remote areas, resources are concentrated in big cities, and this is continuing. As a result, countries with the highest proportion of rural residents correlate with the poorest access, which has negative implications for the health and wellbeing of people.
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