Anxiety is the most common mental disorder in Australia. It is estimated that one in seven people in any 12-month period will be affected by an anxiety disorder. The disorder presents in many forms, including generalised anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress ...
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Identifying signs of intentional injury in children
History tells us that intentional injury is not a new phenomenon: in 1860 a French pathologist Auguste Ambroise Tardieu wrote a forensic study on the cruelty and the ill treatment of children. While the terminology has evolved over time to ...
More »Embrace modelling for a better health system: international expert
Can you design a better health system around you? Professor Terry Young, from London’s Brunel University, unpacked this question in a seminar at Flinders College of Medicine and Public Health. Flinders Professor Mark Mackay said not enough time is spent ...
More »Teens struggle with bladder leakage too: awareness campaign
“Urinary incontinence is not something teen girls talk about because no one really tells them it’s something they should be thinking about.” Because of this silence, Swinburne University of Technology Associate Professor Nicole Wragg says, many young girls are likely ...
More »MOOC to explore relationship building in maternity care
Too much intervention in maternity care in high-income countries and too little in low-income countries. Fragmented care. High rates of stress and burnout for midwives and other health professionals. These are some of the issues that will be explored in ...
More »Know our stories: action plan to shine light on First Nations nurses
“It’s really important our stories are told by our people. So much of Australia’s history is told through a non-Indigenous lens.” Janine Mohamed, chief executive of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM), shared this ...
More »MRSA rates in the community a concern: study
Hospital infection rates of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are improving but with most cases now occurring in the community, a shift in focus is needed, a new study has found. The research team built on national data from previous studies ...
More »Hospitals to trial sensor system to prevent falls
Health professionals will trial a new system that senses movements that increase a person’s risk of falling. The technology, called Ambient Intelligent Geriatric Management (AmbIGeM), then alerts health professionals of the risky behaviour. Led by Professor Renuka Visvanathan from the ...
More »Delaying cord clamping will save thousands of preterm babies
Waiting one minute before clamping the umbilical cords of preterm babies could save lives, according to new research. Approved for publishing in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the systematic review assessed morbidity and mortality outcomes from 18 trials comparing ...
More »What’s needed to avoid ‘extraordinarily expensive mistakes’ in eHealth
New eHealth initiatives won’t benefit staff or patients if policymakers and hospital administrators focus solely on meeting organisational goals and metrics, Australian researchers warn. Instead, experts from the Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research say, implementations should be seen as ...
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