Reports and Findings

The Nature and Quality of Australian Supermarkets' Policies that can Impact Public Health Nutrition, and Evidence of their Practical Application: A Cross-Sectional Study

Findings suggest Australian supermarket CSR policies are not likely to adequately contribute to improving population diets or sustainability of food systems

Association between interpregnancy interval and adverse birth outcomes in women with a previous stillbirth: an international cohort study

Conception within 12 months of a stillbirth was common and was not associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes in the subsequent pregnancy

Identification of the determinants of incomplete vaccination in Australian children

Most parents are supportive of vaccination. Sociodemographic factors may contribute more to the risk of incomplete vaccination than attitudes or beliefs.

Dendritic cells and cancer: From biology to therapeutic intervention

In this review, we discuss the different subsets of tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells and their role in anti-tumor immunity

The Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group Biobanking Network

The ANZCHOG-BN was developed to improve and streamline access to high quality pediatric and adolescent/young adult cancer biospecimens for cancer research

Mucus accumulation in the lungs precedes structural changes and infection in children with cystic fibrosis

These findings indicate that early CF lung disease is characterized by an increased mucus burden and inflammatory markers without infection or structural lung disease

A large proportion of poor birth outcomes among Aboriginal Western Australians are attributable to smoking, alcohol and substance misuse, and assault

A large proportion of adverse outcomes were attributable to the modifiable risk factors of substance use and assault

Combination of clinical symptoms and blood biomarkers can improve discrimination between bacterial or viral community-acquired pneumonia in children

Combining elevated CRP with the presence or absence of clinical signs/ symptoms differentiates definite bacterial from presumed viral pneumonia better than CRP alone

Longitudinal effects of caregiving on parental well-being: the example of Rett syndrome, a severe neurological disorder

Our findings suggest that some opportunities do exist for clinicians to help optimise parental well-being

Infant removals: The need to address the over-representation of Aboriginal infants and community concerns of another ‘stolen generation’

The disparity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infant removals needs to be seen as a priority requiring urgent action to prevent further intergenerational trauma