4 results match your criteria: "Australia. Electronic address: jshanthosh@georgeinstitute.org.au.[Affiliation]"

Priority setting for non-communicable disease prevention - Co-producing a regulatory agenda informing novel codes of practice in Australia.

Soc Sci Med

September 2023

The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Level 5/ 1 King St, Newtown, NSW, 2042, Australia; Australian Human Rights Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia. Electronic address:

There are a range of priority setting methods for non-communicable disease (NCDs) prevention. However, existing methods are often designed without detailed consideration of local context and political economy- critical success factors for implementation. In Australia, codes of practice under state government Public Health Acts could be used for NCD prevention.

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Children that are unrestrained while travelling in a motor vehicle are more vulnerable to serious injury and death. The greatest levels of crash protection are achieved when children use the most age or size appropriate form of restraint. In this study, we aimed to examine the effectiveness of the introduction of age-appropriate child restraint legislation on serious and fatal injury in five Australian states and territories.

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Who is driving and who is prone to have traffic accidents? A systematic review and meta-analysis among people with seizures.

Epilepsy Behav

May 2019

Neurology Department, Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Barker St., Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia. Electronic address:

Introduction: Epilepsy influences the ability to drive. We aimed to systematically summarize factors associated with driving, holding a driver's license, and traffic accidents among people with seizures.

Material And Methods: Eight databases were searched (from their inception to 27 June 2018).

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Restrictions on the supply of alcohol are amongst the most effective and cost effective interventions to address harmful use. However, despite international human rights bodies recognising that self determination must be pre-eminent in efforts to improve Indigenous health, little is known about the role of Indigenous communities in designing and implementing alcohol controls as well as the degree to which government resourcing and/or regulation is utilised. This commentary explores Australian examples of the governance models used to ensure Indigenous participation and leadership when developing regulatory interventions for alcohol control within communities.

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