Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Health

Housing WOFs need to be combined with education, study shows

Alongside funding and regulatory support, understanding how housing affects health and safety can spur owners to make improvements to their properties, researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington and Waitara Initiatives ...

Health

Food industry tactics shape public food policies

Lobbying and many other tactics from the junk food industry to defend their products and sway public policies are commonplace and influential, according to University of Auckland global nutrition expert, Professor Boyd Swinburn.

Oncology & Cancer

Study finds slip, slop, slap message is slipping

Australians are becoming less attracted to having a suntan and fewer are being sunburned, but there's been less improvement in wearing sunscreen in recent years, according to new research from the Cancer Council.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Aussies say they're more COVID compliant than their peers

The majority of Australians say they are extremely diligent when it comes to complying with COVID-19 restrictions, but think others aren't, according to a study from The Australian National University (ANU).

Health

Quad bike fatalities costly but manufacturers fail to act

Two University of Sydney papers published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health have highlighted the costs associated with fatal quad bike incidents and compared the behavior of the quads industry in ...

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