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Research

Hospital utilisation in Australia, 1993–2020, with a focus on use by people over 75 years of age: a review of AIHW data

Natasha Reid, Thakeru Gamage, Stephen J Duckett and Leonard C Gray

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 113-119 Free

Research letter

Consistent mask use and SARS‐CoV‐2 epidemiology: a simulation modelling study

Joshua Szanyi, Samantha Howe, Tim Wilson and Tony Blakely

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 77-79 Free

Research

The effectiveness of vaccination for preventing hospitalisation with COVID‐19 in regional Queensland: a data linkage study

Nicolas R Smoll, Mahmudul Hassan Al Imam, Connie Shulz, Robert Booy and Gulam Khandaker

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 162-165 Free

Perspectives

Supporting health care providers in cancer screening: the role of the National Cancer Screening Register

Dorota Gertig and John Lee

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 94-98 Free

Research

Insomnia and workplace productivity loss among young working adults: a prospective observational study of clinical sleep disorders in a community cohort

Amy C Reynolds, Pieter Coenen, Bastien Lechat, Leon Straker, Juliana Zabatiero, Kath J Maddison, Robert J Adams and Peter Eastwood

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 107-112 Free

Letters

Early detection of Murray Valley encephalitis virus activity in Victoria using mosquito surveillance

Maxwell Braddick, Aidan Yuen, Rebecca Feldman and N Deborah Friedman

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 40-41

Narrative review

Current approaches in the recognition and management of eating disorders

Phillipa J Hay, Rebekah Rankin, Lucie Ramjan and Janet Conti

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 127-134 Free

Editorial

Women, alcohol, and breast cancer: opportunities for promoting better health and reducing risk

Ann M Roche and Jacqueline Bowden

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 509-510

Research

A brief intervention for improving alcohol literacy and reducing harmful alcohol use by women attending a breast screening service: a randomised controlled trial

Jasmin Grigg, Victoria Manning, Darren Lockie, Michelle Giles, Robin J Bell, Peta Stragalinos, Chloe Bernard, Christopher J Greenwood, Isabelle Volpe, Liam Smith, Peter Bragge and Dan I Lubman

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 511-519 Free

Narrative review

Influenza and pertussis vaccine coverage in pregnancy in Australia, 2016–2021

Jocelynne E McRae, Lisa McHugh, Catherine King, Frank H Beard, Christopher C Blyth, Margie H Danchin, Michelle L Giles, Hassen Mohammed, Nicholas Wood and Kristine Macartney

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 528-541

Perspectives

Proposals to waive intellectual property rights for pandemic response products in the World Health Organization pandemic accord need Australia's support

Deborah Gleeson, James Scheibner and Dianne Nicol

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 46-48 Free

Perspectives

Upholding our rights in research: calling for urgent investment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research ethics

Michelle Kennedy and Janine Mohamed

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 9-11 Free

Perspectives

Access to oral COVID‐19 antivirals in the community: are eligibility criteria and systems ensuring equity?

Nicole L Allard, Jose Canevari, Nick Haslett and Benjamin C Cowie

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 438-441 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Locally acquired respiratory diphtheria in Australia

Simon Smith, James Stewart, Joshua Hanson, Julian Harris, Fred JJ Chuang, Gavin Quail, Bryan Hawarden, Roshni Lad, Shannon McNee, Benjamin McCartney, Tonia Marquardt, Ian Wilson, Catherine Tacon and Bernard CS Whitfield

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 446-448 Free

Perspectives

The impact of climate change on skin health

Austen Anderson, Fiona Bruce, H Peter Soyer, Crystal Williams and Rebecca B Saunderson

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 388-390

Editorials

General practice and melanoma management in Australia: controversies and implications for generalist GP training

Cliff Rosendahl and Simon Clark

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 397-398

Research letters

Bloodstream infection rates in Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal people in Central Australia, 2014–2018

Alice Coe, Richard J Woodman, Rob Baird and Lloyd Einsiedel

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 415-417 Free

Perspectives

A step in the right direction: the potential role of smartwatches in supporting chronic disease prevention in health care

Graeme Mattison, Oliver J Canfell, Doug Forrester, Chelsea Dobbins, Daniel Smith, David Reid and Clair Sullivan

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 384-388 Free

Editorials

The mental health of health and aged care workers in Australia

Samuel Harvey

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 357-358

Research

Mental health and wellbeing of health and aged care workers in Australia, May 2021 – June 2022: a longitudinal cohort study

Sarah L McGuinness, Owen Eades, Kelsey L Grantham, Shannon Zhong, Josphin Johnson, Peter A Cameron, Andrew B Forbes, Jane RW Fisher, Carol L Hodgson, Jessica Kasza, Helen Kelsall, Maggie Kirkman, Grant M Russell, Philip L Russo, Malcolm R Sim, Kasha Singh, Helen Skouteris, Karen Smith, Rhonda L Stuart, James M Trauer, Andrew Udy, Sophia Zoungas and Karin Leder

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 361-367 Free

Research letters

A rise in invasive and non‐invasive group A streptococcal disease case numbers in Melbourne in late 2022

Aleece MacPhail, Wen Jie Isaac Lee, Despina Kotsanas, Tony M Korman and Maryza Graham

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 378-379 Free

Letter

Reducing the burden of group A streptococcal disease in the Northern Territory: the role of chemoprophylaxis for those at greatest risk

Johanna M Birrell, Bart J Currie and Vicki L Krause

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 380-380

Reflection

Reflections on the life and career of Professor Dame Valerie Beral AC DBE FRS FRCOG FMedSci (1943–2022)

Karen Canfell, Bette Liu and Emily Banks

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 352-353 Free

Perspectives

Why losing Australia's biodiversity matters for human health: insights from the latest State of the Environment assessment

Katherine A Barraclough, Marion Carey, Kenneth D Winkel, Emily Humphries, Brooke Ah Shay and Yi Chao Foong

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 336-340 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Neurotoxic risks from over‐the‐counter vitamin supplements

Dhayalen Krishnan and Matthew C Kiernan

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (7): 304-306 Free