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  1. PEACH™QLD translated the PEACH™ Program, designed to manage overweight/obesity in primary school-aged children, from efficacious RCT and small scale community trial to a larger state-wide program. This paper d...

    Authors: Debbie L. Croyden, Helen A. Vidgen, Emma Esdaile, Emely Hernandez, Anthea Magarey, Carly J. Moores and Lynne Daniels
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:347
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence of fatal and non-fatal Low Speed Vehicle Run Over (LSVRO) events among children aged 0–15 years in Queensland, Australia, at a population level.

    Authors: Bronwyn R Griffin, Kerrianne Watt, Belinda A Wallis, Linda E Shields and Roy M Kimble
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:245
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. The health and development of children during their first year of full time school is known to impact their social, emotional, and academic capabilities throughout and beyond early education. Physical health, ...

    Authors: Wala Draidi Areed, Aiden Price, Kathryn Arnett and Kerrie Mengersen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:2232
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  4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) children are at greater risk of drowning than other children, however little is known about drowning of Indigenous children. This study identifies the previou...

    Authors: Belinda A. Wallis, Kerrianne Watt, Richard C. Franklin and Roy M. Kimble
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:795
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Currently in Australia there is a lack of clarity regarding routine assessment of primary school aged children’s weight status despite it being the first step in the identification of overweight and obesity. T...

    Authors: Kamila Davidson, Helen Vidgen, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson and Lynne Daniels
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1196
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Reducing the prevalence of obesity and chronic disease are important priorities. Maori and Pacific Islander communities living in Australia have higher rates of obesity and chronic disease than the wider Austr...

    Authors: Seema Mihrshahi, Lisa Vaughan, Nicola Fa’avale, Shreenika De Silva Weliange, Inez Manu-Sione and Lisa Schubert
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:77
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS) disease is serious and sometimes life-threatening. The Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) Network collects voluntary notifications from seven major Austr...

    Authors: Jane Oliver, Elise Thielemans, Alissa McMinn, Ciara Baker, Philip N. Britton, Julia E. Clark, Helen S. Marshall, Christopher C. Blyth, Joshua Francis, Jim Buttery, Andrew C. Steer and Nigel W. Crawford
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1750
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2021 21:855

  8. In Australia, ‘Alcohol Management Plans’ (AMPs) provide the policy infrastructure for State and Commonwealth Governments to address problematic alcohol use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. We repo...

    Authors: Alan R. Clough, Stephen A. Margolis, Adrian Miller, Anthony Shakeshaft, Christopher M. Doran, Robyn McDermott, Robert Sanson-Fisher, Valmae Ypinazar, David Martin, Jan A. Robertson, Michelle S. Fitts, Katrina Bird, Bronwyn Honorato, Simon Towle and Caryn West
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:55
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Internationally, research on child maltreatment-related injuries has been hampered by a lack of available routinely collected health data to identify cases, examine causes, identify risk factors and explore he...

    Authors: Kirsten McKenzie, Debbie A Scott, Garry S Waller and Margaret Campbell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:8
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of physical disability in childhood, occurring in one in 500 children. It is caused by a static brain lesion in the neonatal period leading to a range of activity limita...

    Authors: Kristie L Bell, Roslyn N Boyd, Sean M Tweedy, Kelly A Weir, Richard D Stevenson and Peter SW Davies
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:179
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  11. Proper sanitation has been one of the topmost priorities on the global public health agenda. In the past few decades, sanitation programs targeting households have often paid little attention to the disposal o...

    Authors: Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Louis Kobina Dadzie, Ishmael Bukari, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw and Sanni Yaya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1762
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. In 2017, the Australian Government funded the update of the National Physical Activity Recommendations for Children 0–5 years, with the intention that they be an integration of movement behaviours across the 2...

    Authors: Anthony D. Okely, Davina Ghersi, Kylie D. Hesketh, Rute Santos, Sarah P. Loughran, Dylan P. Cliff, Trevor Shilton, David Grant, Rachel A. Jones, Rebecca M. Stanley, Julie Sherring, Trina Hinkley, Stewart G. Trost, Clare McHugh, Simon Eckermann, Karen Thorpe…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 5):869
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 5

  13. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the normality of daily life for many children, their families, and schools, resulting in heightened levels of anxiety, depression, social isolation, and loneliness among young p...

    Authors: Christopher Boyle, Matthew R. Sanders, Tianyi Ma, Julie Hodges, Kelly-Ann Allen, Vanessa E. Cobham, Igusti Darmawan, Cassandra K. Dittman, Karyn L. Healy, Stevie-Jae Hepburn, Lynda M. MacLeod, Jiachen Teng and Madilyn Trompf
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:2021
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  14. Children and youth are an important population group requiring specific policies to address their needs. In Australia, most children and youth are doing well, however, certain equity groups are not. To address...

    Authors: Clare Littleton and Caitlin Reader
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:2290
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  15. Parenting, Eating and Activity for Child Health (PEACH™) is a multicomponent treatment program delivered over ten group sessions to parents of overweight/obese primary school-aged children. It has been shown t...

    Authors: Susan L. Williams, Wendy Van Lippevelde, Anthea Magarey, Carly J. Moores, Debbie Croyden, Emma Esdaile and Lynne Daniels
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:559
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Difficulties engaging families with overweight children to enrol into programs aimed at reducing childhood obesity have been well documented. During the implementation of the Parenting, Eating and Activity for...

    Authors: Emma Esdaile, Emely Hernandez, Carly Jane Moores and Helen Anna Vidgen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:756
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Despite the recognition of obesity in young people as a key health issue, there is limited evidence to inform health professionals regarding the most appropriate treatment options. The Eat Smart study aims to ...

    Authors: Helen Truby, Kimberley A Baxter, Paula Barrett, Robert S Ware, John C Cardinal, Peter SW Davies, Lynne A Daniels and Jennifer A Batch
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:464
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  18. The early years is a critical stage to establish optimal nutrition and movement behaviours. Community playgroups are a relaxed environment for parents with a focus on social connection and supporting parents i...

    Authors: Georgia Middleton, Brittany J. Johnson, Dimity Dutch, Stewart G. Trost, Rebecca Byrne, Hayley E. Christian, Anna Henry, Caroline O. Terranova, Kate E. Williams, Li Kheng Chai, Denise S. K. Brookes, Kate Simon and Rebecca K. Golley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:890
    Content type: Research Published on:

  20. Aedes-borne disease risk is increasing in tropical and sub-tropical regions across the globe. While Aedes-borne disease continues to disproportionally affect low- and middle-income countries, parts of high-income...

    Authors: Tammy Allen, Alan Crouch, Tanya L. Russell and Stephanie M. Topp
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1993
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  21. Reversing the obesity epidemic requires the development and evaluation of childhood obesity intervention programs. Lifestyle Triple P is a parent-focused group program that addresses three topics: nutrition, p...

    Authors: Sanne MPL Gerards, Pieter C Dagnelie, Maria WJ Jansen, Lidy OHM van der Goot, Nanne K de Vries, Matthew R Sanders and Stef PJ Kremers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:267
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  22. Despite the high prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity enrolment to weight management programs remains difficult, time consuming, costly and has limited effectiveness. The aim of this paper was to exp...

    Authors: Kamila Davidson and Helen Vidgen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:159
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. The political influence of the food industry, referred to as corporate political activity (CPA), represents a potential barrier to the development and implementation of effe...

    Authors: Melissa Mialon, Boyd Swinburn, Steven Allender and Gary Sacks
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:283
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2021 21:1172

  24. The preconception period represents transgenerational opportunities to optimize modifiable risk factors associated with both short and long-term adverse health outcomes for women, men, and children. As such, p...

    Authors: Tristan Carter, Danielle Schoenaker, Jon Adams and Amie Steel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:509
    Content type: Research Published on:

  26. Adolescents with intellectual disability often have poor health and healthcare. This is partly as a consequence of poor communication and recall difficulties, and the possible loss of specialised paediatric se...

    Authors: Nicholas Lennox, Robert Ware, Suzanne Carrington, Michael O’Callaghan, Gail Williams, Lyn McPherson and Chris Bain
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:750
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  27. The Australian First Few X (FFX) Household Transmission Project for COVID-19 was the first prospective, multi-jurisdictional study of its kind in Australia. The project was undertaken as a partnership between ...

    Authors: Adrian J. Marcato, Miranda Z. Smith, James E. Fielding, Peter D. Massey and Jodie McVernon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:41
    Content type: Research Published on:

  28. There is a significant body of evidence that highlights the importance of addressing the social determinants of child and youth health. In order to tackle health inequities Australian governments are being cal...

    Authors: Clare Phillips, Matt Fisher, Fran Baum, Colin MacDougall, Lareen Newman and Dennis McDermott
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:512
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Primary prevention of childhood overweight is an international priority. In Australia 20-25% of 2-8 year olds are already overweight. These children are at substantially increased the risk of becoming overweig...

    Authors: Lynne A Daniels, Anthea Magarey, Diana Battistutta, Jan M Nicholson, Ann Farrell, Geoffrey Davidson and Geoffrey Cleghorn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:387
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  30. Current estimates place just under one quarter of adolescents in Australia as overweight or obese. Adolescence has been identified as a critical period for the development of obesity, yet despite this recognit...

    Authors: Leon M Straker, Kyla L Smith, Ashley A Fenner, Deborah A Kerr, Alexandra McManus, Melissa C Davis, Angela M Fielding, Tim S Olds, Martin S Hagger, Anne J Smith and Rebecca A Abbott
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:471
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  31. Paediatric burns are highly painful and traumatising injuries that are overrepresented among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Paediatric burn patients’ pain remains poorly managed by pharmacologic...

    Authors: H. M. Williams, K. Hunter, K. Clapham, C. Ryder, R. Kimble and B. Griffin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:284
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. The success of health programs is influenced not only by their acceptability but also their ability to meet and respond to community expectations of service delivery. The World Health Organization (WHO) and th...

    Authors: Anna Tynan, Peter S Hill, Angela Kelly, Martha Kupul, Herick Aeno, Richard Naketrumb, Peter Siba, John Kaldor and Andrew Vallely
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:749
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Preventive counselling is an effective approach to reducing the prevalence of non-communicable diseases. Studies have shown that there is a positive association between healthy behaviors of Colombian medical s...

    Authors: Yan Yu, Yuxuan Yang, Zhifang Li, Bo Zhou, Yi Zhao, Shen Yuan, Ruijuan Zhang, Matthew Sebranek, Lennert Veerman, Mu Li, Enying Gong, Shu Chen, Wenjie Ma, Liping Huang, KaWing Cho, Stephen Leeder…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1124
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common among prisoners, particularly those with a history of injecting drug use (IDU). Incarcerated people who inject drugs frequently report high-risk injecting practices ...

    Authors: Kathryn J Snow, Jesse T Young, David B Preen, Nicholas G Lennox and Stuart A Kinner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:830
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. The quality of the family environment—in particular, the kind of parenting children receive in their early years—plays a critical role in influencing children’s growth and development. To facilitate the develo...

    Authors: Yue Zhang, Matthew Sanders, Weiwei Feng, He Tang, Huishan Wang, Xi Jin, Jieling Wu, Guangwen Huang, Jin Sun, Yan Luo, Lanqiu Lv, Shuangqin Yan, Dongmei Zhao, Lijuan Mu, Dongmei Yan, Hong Wang…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1470
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Management of Type 1 diabetes comes with substantial personal and psychological demands particularly during adolescence, placing young people at significant risk for mental health problems. Supportive parentin...

    Authors: Naomi J Hackworth, Jan Matthews, Kylie Burke, Zvezdana Petrovic, Britt Klein, Elisabeth A Northam, Michael Kyrios, Lisa Chiechomski and Fergus J Cameron
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:1185
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  39. Disadvantaged areas experience higher levels of loneliness than advantaged areas, though studies rarely identify environmental determinants of neighbourhood inequity in loneliness. We studied the contribution ...

    Authors: Tara Jamalishahni, Gavin Turrell, Sarah Foster, Melanie Davern and Karen Villanueva
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:598
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. The primary aim of this study was to identify clusters of lifestyle and health behaviours and explore their associations with health outcomes in a nationally representative sample of Australian adolescents.

    Authors: Kabir Ahmad, Syed Afroz Keramat, Gail M. Ormsby, Enamul Kabir and Rasheda Khanam
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:847
    Content type: Research Published on:

  41. Pacific Island countries, many of which are low- and middle-income countries, have some of the highest rates of diet-related non-communicable diseases (DR-NCDs) globally. These countries also face some of the ...

    Authors: Amy Savage, Hilary Bambrick, Lachlan McIver and Danielle Gallegos
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1231
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Intake of sweet drinks has previously been associated with the development of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents. The present study aimed to assess the consumption pattern of sweet drinks in...

    Authors: Britt W Jensen, Melanie Nichols, Steven Allender, Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski, Lynne Millar, Peter Kremer, Kathleen Lacy and Boyd Swinburn
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:771
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Unhealthy lifestyles in early childhood are a major global health challenge. These lifestyles often persist from generation to generation and contribute to a vicious cycle of health-related and social problems...

    Authors: M. Willeboordse, M. W. Jansen, S. N. van den Heijkant, A. Simons, B. Winkens, R.H.M. de Groot, N. Bartelink, S. P. Kremers, P. van Assema, H. H. Savelberg, E. de Neubourg, L. Borghans, T. Schils, K. M. Coppens, R. Dietvorst, R. ten Hoopen…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:639
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:314

  44. Multiple culturally-oriented programs, services, and frameworks have emerged in recent decades to support the social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) people ...

    Authors: Himanshu Gupta, Noemi Tari-Keresztes, Donna Stephens, James A. Smith, Emrhan Sultan and Sian Lloyd
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1625
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Ensuring adherence to treatment and retention is important in clinical trials, particularly in remote areas and minority groups. We describe a novel approach to improve adherence, retention and clinical review...

    Authors: Gabrielle B McCallum, Lesley A Versteegh, Peter S Morris, Clare C Mckay, Nerida J Jacobsen, Andrew V White, Heather A D’Antoine and Anne B Chang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:622
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  46. Without addressing the constraints specific to disadvantaged populations, national health policies such as universal health coverage risk increasing equity gaps. Health system constraints often have the greate...

    Authors: Eliana Jimenez Soto, Sophie La Vincente, Andrew Clark, Sonja Firth, Alison Morgan, Zoe Dettrick, Prarthna Dayal, Bernardino M Aldaba, Soewarta Kosen, Aleli D Kraft, Rajashree Panicker, Yogendra Prasai, Laksono Trisnantoro, Beena Varghese and Yulia Widiati
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:601
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. With regard to the global childhood obesity epidemic, it is imperative that effective lifestyle interventions are devised to combat childhood obesity. This paper describes the development and implementation of...

    Authors: Jing-jing Wang, Wing-chung Patrick Lau, Hai-jun Wang and Jun Ma
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1206
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. The Victorian Government Department of Health funded a diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis vaccine for parents of infants from June 2009 to June 2012 as part of a cocooning strategy for the control of ...

    Authors: Ellen J Donnan, James E Fielding, Stacey L Rowe, Lucinda J Franklin and Hassan Vally
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:676
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Many studies have shown an association of childhood respiratory diseases with short-term temperature variability such as diurnal temperature range (DTR) and temperature change between two neighboring days (TCN...

    Authors: Xu Wang, Jian Cheng, Li Ling, Hong Su, Desheng Zhao and Hong Ni
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1418
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. This cluster randomised control trial is designed to evaluate whether the Communities That Care intervention (CTC) is effective in reducing the proportion of secondary school age adolescents who use alcohol be...

    Authors: B. Rowland, C. Abraham, R. Carter, J. Abimanyi-Ochom, A. B. Kelly, P. Kremer, J. W. Williams, R. Smith, J. K. Hall, D. Wagner, H. Renner, T. Hosseini, A. Osborn, M. Mohebbi and J. W. Toumbourou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:559
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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