Characteristics associated with frequent health system use by Australian adults with intellectual disability: A cohort study.

Background: In a cohort of adults with intellectual disability who were followed for up to 16-years, we investigated characteristics associated with frequent emergency department (ED) presentations, hospitalisation, and psychiatric care.

Method: Community-dwelling adults with intellectual disability residing in Queensland, Australia, were followed from 1999 to 2015. Healthcare presentations were extracted from administrative databases.

Offsite primary care providers using telehealth to support a sustainable workforce in rural and remote general practice: A rapid review of the literature.

Introduction: Rural and remote general practices face increasing demands for care without the workforce required to meet patient needs. The coronavirus pandemic has created an opportunity to explore sustainable, telehealth-driven solutions to this chronic and complex problem.

Objective: This review examined interventions using offsite primary care providers to deliver ongoing patient care via telehealth to support rural and remote general practices.

Epidemiological models for predicting Ross River virus in Australia: A systematic review.

Ross River virus (RRV) is the most common and widespread arbovirus in Australia. Epidemiological models of RRV increase understanding of RRV transmission and help provide early warning of outbreaks to reduce incidence. However, RRV predictive models have not been systematically reviewed, analysed, and compared.

Psychotropic medication use in adults with intellectual disability in Queensland, Australia, from 1999 to 2015: a cohort study.

Background: Longitudinal data on medication use in adults with intellectual disability (ID) are scarce. We describe the longitudinal use of and factors associated with psychotropic medication prescribing in adults with ID living in the Australian community.

Methods: Longitudinal data were obtained from adults with ID in the community in Queensland, Australia, between 1999 and 2015.

A randomized control trial of an asthma self-management program for adolescents in Taiwan: A study protocol.

Uncontrolled asthma in adolescents can be explained by developmental changes and lack of priority for self-care activities. Limited reports on asthma self-management programs for adolescents to enhance prevention behaviors in Taiwan were found. The protocol paper presents a two-armed, randomized controlled trial aiming to test the effectiveness of a newly developed self-management program for 112 adolescents with asthma in Taiwan.

Evaluation of Three-Dimensional Models to Study Tumor Angiogenesis.

The tumor microenvironment is a key factor in the progression and metastasis of cancer, the complexity of which is not reproducible using two-dimensional (2D) culture models. While three-dimensional (3D) models have become more well-known and utilized over the past decade, only recently have these models been exploited in the advancement of methods to directly study the mechanisms of tumor development, such as angiogenesis. Here, we review the current "state-of-the-art" in 3D culture models developed for the study of tumor angiogenesis.

Gestational age specific stillbirth risk among Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in Queensland, Australia: a population based study.

Background: In Australia, significant disparity persists in stillbirth rates between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous Australian) and non-Indigenous women. Diabetes, hypertension, antepartum haemorrhage and small-for-gestational age (SGA) have been identified as important contributors to higher rates among Indigenous women. The objective of this study was to examine gestational age specific risk of stillbirth associated with these conditions among Indigenous and non-Indigenous women.