• Results from 15 years of quality surveillance for a National Indigenous Point-of-Care Testing Program for diabetes 

  Shephard, Mark Douglas; Shephard, Anne Kathryn; McAteer-Carr, Bridgit; Regnier, Tamika; Barancek, Kristina (Elsevier, 2017-07-20)

  Introduction Diabetes is a major health problem for Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Point-of-care testing for haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) has been the cornerstone of a long-standing program (QAAMS) ...

• Healthy and sustainable diets: Community concern about the effect of the future food environments and support for government regulating sustainable food supplies in Western Australia 

  Harray, Amelia J; Meng, Xingqiong (Rosie); Kerr, Deborah A; Pollard, Christina M (Elsevier, 2018-02-03)

  Objective To determine the level of community concern about future food supplies and perception of the importance placed on government regulation over the supply of environmentally friendly food and identify dietary and ...

• Stability of phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of concentrated mulberry juice-enriched dried-minced pork slices during preparation and storage 

  Cheng, Jing-Rong; Liu, Xue-Ming; Zhang, Wei; Chen, Zhi-Yi; Wang, Xu-Ping (Elsevier, 2018-02-09)

  Functional foods have been of increasing demand due to the growing consumer awareness of the relationship between diet and health. Addition of healthy ingredients to meat products is an important method for development of ...

• Understanding child disadvantage from a social determinants perspective 

  Goldfeld, Sharon; O’Connor, Meredith; Cloney, Dan; Gray, Sarah; Redmond, Gerry; Badland, Hannah; Williams, Katrina; Mensah, Fiona; Woolfenden, Sue; Kvalsvig, Amanda; Kochanoff, Anita T (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017-12-20)

  Background Child health and developmental inequities exist in all countries. Comprehensive and robust concepts of disadvantage are fundamental to growing an evidence base that can reveal the extent of inequities in childhood, ...

• Distress and satisfaction with research participation: Impact on retention in longitudinal disaster research 

  Gibbs, Lisa; Molyneaux, Robyn; Whiteley, Sonia; Block, Karen; Harms, Louise; Bryant, Richard; Forbes, Dean Keith; Gallagher, H Colin; Ireton, Greg (Elsevier, 2017-09-28)

  Previous studies of the impact of post-trauma research participation indicate that while the research experience may be emotional, it can still be valued by participants. This paper describes participant experiences of the ...

• Pain-Causing Venom Peptides: Insights into Sensory Neuron Pharmacology 

  Jami, Sina; Erickson, Andelain; Brierley, Stuart M; Vetter, Irena (MDPI, 2017-12-27)

  Venoms are produced by a wide variety of species including spiders, scorpions, reptiles, cnidarians, and fish for the purpose of harming or incapacitating predators or prey. While some venoms are of relatively simple ...

• Sleep disturbances in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: prevalence, pathophysiology, impact and management strategies 

  Fernandez, Renae C; Moore, Vivienne M; Van Ryswyk, Emer M; Varcoe, Tamara J; Rodgers, Raymond J; March, Wendy A; Moran, Lisa J; Avery, Jodie; McEvoy, Ronald Douglas; Davies, Michael J (Dove Press, 2018-02-01)

  Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex endocrine disorder affecting the reproductive, metabolic and psychological health of women. Clinic-based studies indicate that sleep disturbances and disorders including ...

• “Do-it-yourself”: Vaccine rejection and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) 

  Attwell, Katie; Ward, Paul Russell; Meyer, Samantha B; Rokkas, Philippa; Leask, Julie (Elsevier, 2017-11-16)

  In this article, we elucidate a symbiotic relationship between complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and rejection of, or hesitancy towards, vaccination. In Fremantle, Western Australia, and Adelaide, South Australia, ...

• Mass drug administration and the sustainable control of schistosomiasis: Community health workers are vital for global elimination efforts 

  Inobaya, Marianette; Chau, Thao N; Ng, Shukay; MacDougall, Colin James; Olveda, Remigio M; Tallo, Veronica; Landicho, Jhoys M; Malacad, Carol M; Aligato, Mila F; Guevarra, Jerric R; Ross, Allen G P (Elsevier, 2017-11-08)

  Objectives Schistosomiasis control is centred on preventive chemotherapy through mass drug administration (MDA). However, endemic countries continue to struggle to attain target coverage rates and patient compliance. In ...

• Guidance framework for testing of genetically modified mosquitoes 

  Benedict, Mark; Bonsall, Mike; James, Anthony A; James, Stephanie; Lavery, Jim; Mumford, John; Quemada, Hector; Rose, Robert; Thompson, Paul; Toure, Yeya; Yan, Guiyun; Alphey, Luke; Alphey, Nina; Bale, Jeff; Braig, Henke; De Barro, Paul; Dobson, Stephen; Githeko, Andrew; Godfray, Charles; Gould, Fred; Juliano, Steven; Knols, Bart; Lengeler, Christian; Marrelli, Mauro; Marshall, John; McNaughton, Darlene; O’Neill, Scott L; Rao, Malla; Ramsey-Willoquet, Janine; Sait, Steven; Scott, Thomas W; Taylor, Charles; White, Steven; Zheng, Bin; World Health Organization (World Health Organization, 2014-06)

  Commissioned by TDR and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), this framework was drafted by four different working groups (efficacy; safety; ethical, legal and social; and regulation), each of which ...

• Assessing key safety concerns of a Wolbachia-based strategy to control dengue transmission by Aedes mosquitoes 

  Popovici, Jean; Moreira, Luciano A; Poinsignon, Anne; Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Inaki; McNaughton, Darlene; O’Neill, Scott L (Scientific Electronic Library Online, 2010-12)

  Mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya or malaria affect millions of people each year and control solutions are urgently needed. An international research program is currently being developed that relies ...

• The Importance of Long-Term Social Research in Enabling Participation and Developing Engagement Strategies for New Dengue Control Technologies 

  McNaughton, Darlene (Public Library of Science, 2012-08-28)

  Background In recent years, new strategies aimed at reducing the capacity of mosquito vectors to transmit dengue fever have emerged. As with earlier control methods, they will have to be employed in a diverse range of ...

• ‘Diabesity’ down under: overweight and obesity as cultural signifiers for type 2 diabetes mellitus 

  McNaughton, Darlene (Taylor & Francis Group, 2013-02-18)

  Although overweight and obesity are increasingly seen as the key ‘risk factors’ for Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the relationship between them is complex and not well understood. There are many ‘risk factors’ for T2DM, ...

• Designing a Community Engagement Framework for a New Dengue Control Method: A Case Study from Central Vietnam 

  McNaughton, Darlene; Duong, Thi Thu Huong (Public Library of Science, 2014-05-22)

  Background The Wolbachia strategy aims to manipulate mosquito populations to make them incapable of transmitting dengue viruses between people. To test its efficacy, this strategy requires field trials. Public consultation ...

• The importance of social research for public engagement in bio-control releases : The case of the Eliminate Dengue project 

  McNaughton, Darlene (World Health Organisation, 2010)

  Our central purpose is the development of more ethical, effective, stakeholder-directed and context-sensitive engagement strategies in Australia and Viet Nam. To achieve this, we use anthropology’s proven systematic approach ...

• The experiences and perceptions of food banks amongst users in high-income countries: An international scoping review 

  Middleton, Georgia; Mehta, Kaye Phillips; McNaughton, Darlene; Booth, Sue (Elsevier, 2017-10-24)

  Purpose Food banks have become the main response to food insecurity in many high-income countries, but it has been argued that they lack the capacity to respond consistently and fully to the food needs of the people who ...

• Understanding the perceived logic of care by vaccine-hesitant and vaccine-refusing parents: A qualitative study in Australia 

  Ward, Paul Russell; Attwell, Katie; Meyer, Samantha B; Rokkas, Philippa; Leask, Julie (Public Library of Science, 2017-10-12)

  In terms of public health, childhood vaccination programs have benefits that far outweigh risks. However, some parents decide not to vaccinate their children. This paper explores the ways in which such parents talked about ...

• Social disparities in the prevalence of diabetes in Australia and in the development of end stage renal disease due to diabetes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia and Maori and Pacific Islanders in New Zealand 

  Hill, Kathleen; Ward, Paul Russell; Grace, Blair S; Gleadle, Jonathan (BioMed Central, 2017-10-11)

  Background Disparities in health status occur between people with differing socioeconomic status and disadvantaged groups usually have the highest risk exposure and the worst health outcome. We sought to examine the social ...

• Differences in chronic conditions and lifestyle behaviour between people with a history of cancer and matched controls 

  Berry, Narelle; Miller, Michelle Deanne; Woodman, Richard John; Coveney, John David; Dollman, James; Mackenzie, Catherine R; Koczwara, Bogda (The Medical Journal of Australia, 2014)

  Objective: To determine whether people with a history of cancer have a higher prevalence of chronic conditions or different lifestyle behaviour compared with controls. Design, setting and participants: Cross-sectional, ...

• Understanding the links between resilience and type-2 diabetes self-management: a qualitative study in South Australia 

  Wilson, Ashleigh L; McNaughton, Darlene; Meyer, Samantha B; Ward, Paul Russell (BioMed Central, 2017-09-21)

  Background Research conducted by Ward, Muller, Tsourtos, et al. (Soc Sci Med 72(7):1140–1148, 2011) has led to the development of the psycho-social interactive model of resilience, which reveals the interaction between ...

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