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Publikováno v:
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 47:888-892
Aim: To provide data on the immunisation status of recently arrived East African children and adolescents in Australia. Methods: A prospective audit was conducted at a hospital-based paediatric immigrant health clinic, in Melbourne, Australia, over t
Autor:
M Lynne Pezzullo, Isabel Faeth, Harvey Coates, Penelope S Taylor, Michael Marks, Susan A Skull, Chris Del Mar, Susan M Havyatt
Publikováno v:
Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research. 9:133-141
Otitis media (OM) is an inflammation of the middle ear. It is very common and associated with serious complications, including hearing loss. This study aimed to estimate the treatment costs of OM in Australia and the associated burden of disease (in
Autor:
Susan A Skull, Gabrielle Davie, Regina Cooke, Sarah E Kofoed, George McGillivray, Alexis Frydenberg, James Rice, Jonathan R. Carapetis
Publikováno v:
Archives of Disease in Childhood. 92:1088-1093
Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is common in immigrant children with increased skin pigmentation living in higher latitudes. We assessed the pattern of and risk factors for VDD in immigrant East African children living in Melbourne (latitude 37 degrees 49
Publikováno v:
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 10:263-268
Background: Immigrants and refugees are at particular risk of incomplete immunisation and may be unaware of their vaccination status. There is a paucity of data on the immunisation status of adult immigrants from African countries. Aims: To review th
Autor:
Graham Brown, Heath Kelly, Susan A Skull, Ross M. Andrews, Donald Alexander Campbell, Graham Byrnes, Terry Nolan
Publikováno v:
Vaccine. 25:5146-5154
This study examines missed opportunities for recommended influenza vaccine and 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine (23vPPV) among hospitalised elderly persons. 4772 inpatients agedor = 65 years (cases of pneumonia and frequency-matched randomly selected c
Autor:
Cathy Bennett, Sonia R. Caruana, Narin Bak, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Joanne Ngeow, Norbert Ryan, Ley Chea, Sophy Nuon, Heath Kelly, Susan A Skull
Publikováno v:
Journal of Travel Medicine. 13:233-239
Background Intestinal parasite infections are a major cause of ill health in many resource-poor countries. This study compares the types and rates of these infections and their risk factors in recently arrived and long-term immigrants in Australia. M
Publikováno v:
Internal Medicine Journal. 33:47-51
The prevalence of and risk factors for vitamin D deficiency were examined for recent adult immigrants from East Africa living in Melbourne. Demographic data were collected via a face-to-face questionnaire and risk factors predicting deficiency were e
Autor:
S. B. Murray, Susan A Skull
Publikováno v:
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 26:65-68
Objectives: Guidelines for vaccination of health care workers (HCWs) have been available in Victoria since 1998. We estimated knowledge and attitudes towards vaccination among HCWs as well as self-reported vaccination status in a tertiary adult hospi
Publikováno v:
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 31:333-335
Objective: To examine health services use and barriers for recently arrived immigrants from the Horn of Africa. Method: A cross-sectional study conducted in Melbourne, Australia, with a convenience sample of newly arrived immigrants (n=126) from Soma
Autor:
Susan A Skull, A Kemp
Publikováno v:
Archives of Disease in Childhood. 74:527-530
AIMS: To review the results of long term high dose intravenous immunoglobulin treatment. METHODS: 162 treatment years in 18 patients with hypogammaglobulinaemia who received intravenous immunoglobulin treatment between 1973 and 1993 were reviewed. RE