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Environment and public health

Research

Risks associated with low functional health literacy in an Australian population

Robert J Adams, Sarah L Appleton, Catherine L Hill, Mark Dodd, Christopher Findlay and David H Wilson

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 530-534 Free

Letters

Why health reform?

George Larcos

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 583-584

Letters

Straight to the emergency department: burns in children caused by hair-straightening devices

Zoe M Poiner, Michael D Kerr, Belinda A Wallis and Roy M Kimble

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 516-517

Research

Victims of violence among Indigenous mothers living with dependent children

Kyllie Cripps, Catherine M Bennett, Lyle C Gurrin and David M Studdert

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 481-485 Free

Pandemic (H1N1)2009

Impact of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza on critical care capacity in Victoria

Martin E Lum, Alison J McMillan, Chris W Brook, Rosemary Lester and Leonard S Piers

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 502-506 Free

Letters

Paediatric treadmill injuries: an increasing problem

Lawrence H Kim, Deborah A Maze, Susan Adams, Sarah Guitonich, Siobhan Connolly, Anne Darton and Andrew J A Holland

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 516

Supplement

More than hand hygiene is needed to affect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical indicator rates: Clean hands save lives, Part IV

Mary-Louise McLaws, Annette C Pantle, Kimberley R Fitzpatrick and Clifford F Hughes

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): S26 Free

Position statement

ASID (HICSIG) position statement: infection control guidelines for patients with influenza-like illnesses, including pandemic (H1N1) influenza 2009, in Australian health care facilities

Rhonda L Stuart, Allen C Cheng, Caroline L Marshall and John K Ferguson

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 454-458 Free

Supplement

A statewide approach to systematising hand hygiene behaviour in hospitals: Clean hands save lives, Part I

Annette C Pantle, Kimberley R Fitzpatrick, Mary-Louise McLaws and Clifford F Hughes

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): S8 Free

Supplement

Culture change for hand hygiene: Clean hands save lives, Part II

Kimberley R Fitzpatrick, Annette C Pantle, Mary-Louise McLaws and Clifford F Hughes

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): S13 Free

Letters

Smoking and The Simpsons

Nicholas Jefferson-Lenskyj

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 415-416

Letters

Smoking and The Simpsons

Becky Freeman

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 415-416

Letters

Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia

Anu A Mathew, Collin J McDonnell, Jill Benson and Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 410-411 Free

Research

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Victoria: a 10-year review

Caroline J Lavender, Lynne K Brown and Paul D R Johnson

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (6): 315-318 Free

Letters

Melioidosis in south-eastern Queensland

Roger W Guard, Peter J Morero, Win Yi and Maureen J Mackay

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 290

Letters

Bicycling injuries and mortality in Victoria, 2001–2006

Malcolm J Wardlaw

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 295-296

Letters

Bicycling injuries and mortality in Victoria, 2001–2006

Antonina A Mikocka-Walus, Francis T McDermott and Peter A Cameron

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 295-296

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

The community’s attitude towards swine flu and pandemic influenza

Holly Seale, Mary-Louise McLaws, Anita E Heywood, Kirsten F Ward, Chris P Lowbridge, Debbie Van, Jan Gralton and C Raina MacIntyre

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 267-269 Free

Letters

Australia’s influenza containment plan and the swine flu epidemic in Victoria

Michael G Catton, Julian D Druce and Chris J Birch

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 288

Letters

A pandemic problem with public transport

Benjamin C Cowie

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 288-289

Letters

Water recycling — forwards or backwards for public health?

Karin S Leder, Joanne E O’Toole and Martha I Sinclair

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (4): 238-239

Letters

Making sense of differing bowel cancer screening guidelines

Terry D Bolin, Melvyn G Korman and Alistair E Cowen

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (4): 239-240

Notable cases

Imported West Nile virus encephalitis in an Israeli tourist

Benjamin A Rogers, Linda Hueston and Irani Ratnam

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (4): 232-234 Free

Letters

Water recycling — forwards or backwards for public health?

Peter J Collignon

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (4): 238-239

Research

Early evidence for direct and indirect effects of the infant rotavirus vaccine program in Queensland

Stephen B Lambert, Cassandra E Faux, Lisa Hall, Frances A Birrell, Karen V Peterson, Christine E Selvey, Theo P Sloots, Michael D Nissen and Keith Grimwood

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 157-160 Free