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Relationship between the population incidence of febrile convulsions in young children in Sydney, Australia and seasonal epidemics of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, 2003-2010: a time series analysisBenjamin G Polkinghorne
Public Health Officer Training Program, New South Wales Ministry of Health, Miller Street, North Sydney, 2059, Australia
BMC Infect Dis 11:291. 2011....
Concomitant administration of zoster and pneumococcal vaccines in adults ≥60 years oldC Raina MacIntyre
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Hum Vaccin 6:894-902. 2010..Concomitant administration did not affect response to PPV23 serotypes tested. When administered concomitantly, ZV & PPV23 vaccines were generally well tolerated...- Public health and health reform in AustraliaC Raina MacIntyre
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 194:38-40. 2011..Until the health system is addressed as a whole, with all its essential components integrated and interlinked, truly successful reform of the health system, with genuine long-term vision and sustainability, will not be possible... 
A cluster randomized clinical trial comparing fit-tested and non-fit-tested N95 respirators to medical masks to prevent respiratory virus infection in health care workersChandini Raina MacIntyre
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Influenza Other Respi Viruses 5:170-9. 2011..We compared the efficacy of medical masks, N95 respirators (fit tested and non fit tested), in health care workers (HCWs)...- Face mask use and control of respiratory virus transmission in householdsC Raina MacIntyre
niversity of New South Wales School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Emerg Infect Dis 15:233-41. 2009..However, during a severe pandemic when use of face masks might be greater, pandemic transmission in households could be reduced... - Why do I need it? I am not at risk! Public perceptions towards the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccineHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
BMC Infect Dis 10:99. 2010..We surveyed a sample of residents from Sydney, Australia to ascertain their risk perception, attitudes towards the pandemic and willingness to accept the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccine... - Potential impacts of schedule changes, waning immunity and vaccine uptake on measles elimination in AustraliaJames G Wood
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases NCIRS, Level 2, Children s Hospital at Westmead, NSW 2145, Sydney, Australia
Vaccine 27:313-8. 2009..One-dose MMR coverage of 96% or greater maintained elimination more effectively than modelled changes in scheduling, suggesting that maximising one-dose MMR coverage should be the highest priority... - Current epidemiology of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in Australia: progress towards eliminationNing Song
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, High Street, Kensington, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Vaccine 30:4073-8. 2012..Further reductions in incidence of CRS will require continued attention to vaccine coverage in overseas-born women, as well as the maintenance of current high coverage level of two-dose MMR vaccination... - Elimination of endemic measles transmission in AustraliaAnita E Heywood
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, The Children s Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
Bull World Health Organ 87:64-71. 2009..We argue that the requirements for recognition of measles elimination should not restrict countries to a particular type of surveillance system or surveillance criteria... - Attitudes amongst Australian hospital healthcare workers towards seasonal influenza and vaccinationHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Influenza Other Respi Viruses 4:41-6. 2010..Although a safe and effective vaccine is available, there is little Australian data on reasons for poor compliance, especially amongst allied health and ancillary support staff... - A cross-sectional study of pre-travel health-seeking practices among travelers departing Sydney and Bangkok airportsAnita E Heywood
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia
BMC Public Health 12:321. 2012..However, studies assessing pre-travel health-seeking practices from a variety of medical and non-medical sources and vaccine uptake prior to travel to both developing and developed countries within the Asia-Pacific region are scarce... - Epidemiology of influenza-like illness during Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, New South Wales, AustraliaDavid J Muscatello
New South Wales Department of Health, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Emerg Infect Dis 17:1240-7. 2011..Effectiveness of prepandemic seasonal vaccine was ?20%. The high prevalence of risk factors associated with a substantially increased risk for ILI deserves greater recognition... - Hospital health care workers' understanding of and attitudes toward pandemic influenza in BeijingHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Asia Pac J Public Health 24:39-47. 2012.... - "Will they just pack up and leave?" - attitudes and intended behaviour of hospital health care workers during an influenza pandemicHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
BMC Health Serv Res 9:30. 2009..The aim of this study was to explore HCWs knowledge, attitudes and intended behaviour towards pandemic influenza... - The cost-effectiveness of a universal influenza vaccination program for adults aged 50-64 years in AustraliaAnthony T Newall
The School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Vaccine 26:2142-53. 2008..Influenza vaccination for people aged 50-64 years appears highly cost-effective, and should be a strong candidate for funding under the NIP... - Examining the knowledge of and attitudes to pandemic influenza among general practice staffHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 192:378-80. 2010..To assess the views, needs and intended behaviour of general practitioners and practice nurses (PNs) regarding pandemic influenza... - Barriers to access to health care for newly resettled sub-Saharan refugees in AustraliaMohamud Sheikh-Mohammed
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 185:594-7. 2006..These groups provide an opportunity to deliver health education and health information that would improve their access to health services... - The community's attitude towards swine flu and pandemic influenzaHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Med J Aust 191:267-9. 2009..To ascertain the beliefs, perceived risks and initial attitudes of the Australian community towards the influenza pandemic declared by the World Health Organization in response to the emergence of an A(H1N1) influenza subtype... - The epidemiology of health conditions of newly arrived refugee children: a review of patients attending a specialist health clinic in SydneyMohamud Sheikh
The Children s Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 45:509-13. 2009..To determine the prevalence of common diseases in newly arrived refugee children, resettled in Sydney, by region of birth. To identify health needs of refugee children in Australia... - The use of oseltamivir during an influenza B outbreak in a chronic care hospitalHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
Influenza Other Respi Viruses 3:15-20. 2009..In late July 2005, a 90-bed chronic care psycho-geriatric hospital in Sydney, Australia, reported cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) occurring amongst its residents... - Do they accept compulsory vaccination? Awareness, attitudes and behaviour of hospital health care workers following a new vaccination directiveHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Level 2, Samuels Building, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Vaccine 27:3022-5. 2009..Seventy-eight per cent supported the policy; 13% neither supported nor opposed it; and 4% opposed it. This survey provides an early, broad indication of the level of understanding and the attitudes of the HCWs towards the new directive... - Annual influenza vaccination: coverage and attitudes of primary care staff in AustraliaKirsten Ward
General Practice NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Influenza Other Respi Viruses 5:135-41. 2011..The aim of this study was to contribute to the limited literature base in this important area by investigating these issues in the primary health care setting in New South Wales (NSW), Australia... - The impact of intensive health promotion to a targeted refugee population on utilisation of a new refugee paediatric clinic at the children's hospital at WestmeadMohamud Sheikh
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Ethn Health 14:393-405. 2009.... - Effects of internal border control on spread of pandemic influenzaJames G Wood
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Emerg Infect Dis 13:1038-45. 2007..Internal border control may have a role in protecting domestic centers early in a pandemic, when importations are sparse. Our results may be useful for policymakers... - Seasonal influenza vaccination in Australian hospital health care workers: a reviewHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 195:336-8. 2011..To review the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination among hospital health care workers (HCWs) in Australia to date... - Equity and access: understanding emergency health service use by newly arrived refugeesMohamud Sheikh
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 195:74-6. 2011..To determine issues that affect newly resettled refugees in accessing an emergency department (ED)... - Cost-effectiveness of pharmaceutical-based pandemic influenza mitigation strategiesAnthony T Newall
University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Emerg Infect Dis 16:224-30. 2010..At a willingness to pay of >A$24,000 per life-year saved, more than half the simulations showed that a prepandemic vaccination program combined with antiviral treatment was cost-effective in Australia... - Travel risk behaviours and uptake of pre-travel health preventions by university students in AustraliaAnita E Heywood
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
BMC Infect Dis 12:43. 2012..This study aimed to assess travel-associated health risks and preventative behaviours in a sample of both domestic and international university students in Australia... - Trends in hospitalizations for diagnosed congenital cytomegalovirus in infants and children in AustraliaHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
BMC Pediatr 9:7. 2009..More children suffer serious disabilities caused by congenital CMV than by several better-known childhood maladies. Insight into the epidemiology of congenital CMV disease is needed for the assessment of preventive strategies... - Population seroprevalence of human papillomavirus types 6, 11, 16, and 18 in men, women, and children in AustraliaAnthony T Newall
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Clin Infect Dis 46:1647-55. 2008..Seroepidemiology is a valuable tool, although the relationship between HPV infection and seropositivity is incomplete... - Awareness, attitudes and behavior of hospital healthcare workers towards a mandatory vaccination directive: two years onHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia
Vaccine 29:3734-7. 2011..91%, respectively). Despite the high levels of general support for the vaccine policy directive in NSW, this study indicates that including influenza vaccination into the policy could be challenging... - Examining the knowledge, attitudes and practices of domestic and international university students towards seasonal and pandemic influenzaHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, South Wales, Australia
BMC Public Health 12:307. 2012..In 2010, we undertook a study to examine the knowledge, attitudes, risk perceptions, practices and barriers towards influenza and infection control strategies amongst domestic and international university students... - Optimal dosing and dynamic distribution of vaccines in an influenza pandemicJames Wood
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Epidemiol 169:1517-24. 2009..However, if prevalence at vaccination is above 1%, effectiveness is much reduced, emphasizing the need for other control measures... - University communication strategies during a pandemic-were the messages received?Holly Seale
Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Public Health Manag Pract 17:E29-32. 2011..Through the use of an on-line survey, we aimed to measure the awareness and receptiveness of staff and students toward university information broadcasts about the H1N1 situation... - Self-reported symptoms of infection among travelers departing from Sydney and Bangkok airportsAnita E Heywood
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Travel Med 17:243-9. 2010..Data on the burden of illness in travelers departing from both developing and developed countries within the Asia-Pacific region is scarce. We conducted a survey to assess symptoms of infection among travelers within the region... - Cross-reacting antibodies against the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus in older AustraliansRobert Booy
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 194:19-23. 2011..To assess background pre-pandemic cross-reacting antibodies to the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus in older populations in Australia... - Vitamin D deficiency in refugee children from conflict zonesMohamud Sheikh
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
J Immigr Minor Health 13:87-93. 2011..Deficient children were more likely to have had movement restrictions and longer time in hiding in their country of refuge (OR 3:1[CI 0.9-9.7], P = .062)... - The impact of a new universal infant and school-based adolescent hepatitis B vaccination program in AustraliaHeather F Gidding
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Public Health and Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research Building, 3rd Floor, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales 2145, Australia
Vaccine 25:8637-41. 2007..This experience should be applicable to low prevalence countries in northern Europe which have not implemented universal hepatitis B immunisation... - Models of strategies for control of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome-a 40 year experience from AustraliaZhanhai Gao
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Vaccine 31:691-7. 2013..28 to 0.78 by 2060. The 99% reduction in both rubella and CRS incidence and low effective reproductive number (R≤0.28) we documented after 2010 are consistent with Australia having achieved rubella elimination... - The cost and disease burden of pneumonia in general practice in AustraliaAmbrose Li
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Vaccine 30:830-1. 2012..We estimated an average cost per GP visit of A$57.05 after adjusting for the number of problems managed. An annual average of 343,000 GP visits for pneumonia was estimated in Australia at cost of ∼A$20 million per year... - University life and pandemic influenza: attitudes and intended behaviour of staff and students towards pandemic (H1N1) 2009Debbie Van
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:130. 2010..Through the use of an online survey, we aimed to measure the perceptions and responses of staff and students towards pandemic (H1N1) 2009 at a major university in Sydney, Australia... - The potential cost-effectiveness of infant pneumococcal vaccines in AustraliaAnthony T Newall
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Vaccine 29:8077-85. 2011..The high proportion of current invasive disease caused by serotype 19A (as included in PCV-13) may be a decisive factor in determining vaccine policy in Australia... - Epidemiology of severe hepatitis A in Indigenous Australian childrenC Raina MacIntyre
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases NCIRS, The Children s Hospital at Westmead and the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 43:383-7. 2007..To describe the epidemiology of hepatitis A in Indigenous Australian children... - Pandemic vaccines: promises and pitfallsRobert Booy
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 185:S62-5. 2006..The primary goal of a pandemic influenza vaccine must be to prevent death, and not necessarily to prevent infection... - Influenza-related hospitalisation and death in Australians aged 50 years and olderAnthony T Newall
The School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Vaccine 26:2135-41. 2008..We conclude that influenza is responsible for a substantial amount of mortality and morbidity, over and above that which is directly diagnosed as influenza in Australians aged > or =50 years... - The epidemiology of cardiac arrests in a Sydney hospitalDaminda P Weerasinghe
Health Service Manager, STI Research Centre, Marian Villa, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia
Resuscitation 53:53-62. 2002..To examine the epidemiology of cardiac arrest (CA) in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and a large teaching hospital in Sydney and to identify predictors of survival... - Treating and preventing influenza in aged care facilities: a cluster randomised controlled trialRobert Booy
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
PLoS ONE 7:e46509. 2012..Our objective was to compare a policy of T versus T&P for influenza outbreaks in ACFs... - Community perceptions about infectious disease risk posed by new arrivals: A qualitative studyJulie Leask
University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 185:591-3. 2006..To report on perceptions about the risk of infectious diseases from new arrivals to Australia arising from a wider study of mothers' attitudes to childhood vaccination... - Sustained measles elimination in Australia and priorities for long term maintenanceHeather F Gidding
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology CIDM Public Health, ICPMR Building, 3rd Floor, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, and the University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Vaccine 25:3574-80. 2007..This experience is likely to apply to developed countries that have achieved or are approaching measles elimination... - Pandemic influenza and critical infrastructure dependencies: possible impact on hospitalsRalf L Itzwerth
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, The Children's Hospital at Westmead and the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 185:S70-2. 2006..Companies use continuity plans and highly regulated business continuity management to overcome process interruptions. This methodology can be applied to hospitals to minimise the impact of a pandemic... - The prevention and management of herpes zosterAnthony L Cunningham
University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 188:171-6. 2008..Clinicians should refer to the Australian immunisation handbook for advice on the use of the live vaccine in immunosuppressed individuals... - Cough symptoms in children aged 5-14 years in Sydney, Australia: non-specific cough or unrecognized pertussis?Michelle Cagney
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Respirology 10:359-64. 2005..The aim of this study was to estimate the community prevalence of coughing symptoms, consistent with surveillance definitions for pertussis, and doctor-diagnosed pertussis in children aged 5-14 years... - Understanding Australian healthcare workers' uptake of influenza vaccination: examination of public hospital policies and proceduresHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
BMC Health Serv Res 12:325. 2012..This study explored hospital policies and practices regarding occupational influenza vaccination of HCWs in Australia... - A qualitative study investigating knowledge and attitudes regarding human papillomavirus (HPV) and the HPV vaccine among parents of immunosuppressed childrenHolly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
Vaccine 30:7027-31. 2012..Our study results show that parents of children with impaired immunity would benefit from further information about the safety of the vaccine and about the important role of the vaccine for boys as well as girls... - All-cause mortality during first wave of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, New South Wales, Australia, 2009David J Muscatello
New South Wales Department of Health, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Emerg Infect Dis 16:1396-402. 2010..In persons ?80 years of age, it was 131.6 (95% confidence interval 126.2-137.1) per 100,000 lower. This estimate is consistent with a pandemic virus causing mild illness in most persons infected and sparing older persons... - Cost-effectiveness analyses of human papillomavirus vaccinationAnthony T Newall
School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Lancet Infect Dis 7:289-96. 2007..Further refinements to model design and epidemiological variables of (type-specific) HPV disease progression, and expansions on the options for vaccine use, are required for policy making... - Development of a risk-priority score for category A bioterrorism agents as an aid for public health policyC Raina MacIntyre
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, The Children's Hospital at Westmead and the University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mil Med 171:589-94. 2006..We suggest that such a system would be useful for developing public policy, stockpiling of vaccines and therapeutics, vaccination of military personnel, and planning for public health responses to a bioterrorist attack...