Costs Related to Skin Cancer Prevention in Victoria and Australia

Hepatitis B prevention in Victoria, Australia: the potential to protect.

Quad bike related injury in Victoria, Australia.

OBJECTIVE To enumerate and describe fatal and hospital-treated injury associated with quad bike use in Victoria. DESIGN Retrospective descriptive analysis of coronial records and hospital-treated injury data (2002-03 to 2010-11). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Number of quad bike-related fatalities, hospital admissions, emergency department (ED) presentations, and results of a trend and severity ana...

Implications of climate change for skin cancer prevention in Australia.

It is estimated that nearly 450,000 Australians get skin cancer every year. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight has been identified as the cause of more than 95% of skin cancers in Australia. Accordingly, the focus of skin cancer prevention programs is reducing exposure to UV radiation. In Victoria, improvements in sun protection behaviours and reductions in sunburn and melanoma incidence ...

Measles surveillance in Victoria, Australia.

OBJECTIVE Many countries are implementing measles elimination strategies. In Australia, the State of Victoria has conducted enhanced measles surveillance since 1997 using case interviews and home-based specimen collection for laboratory confirmation. We attempted to identify features of notified cases that would better target surveillance resources. METHODS We retrospectively classified notif...

YouTube Videos Related to Skin Cancer: A Missed Opportunity for Cancer Prevention and Control

BACKGROUND Early detection and treatment influence the mortality risk of skin cancer. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to analyze the content of the most viewed professional and consumer videos uploaded to YouTube related to skin cancer. METHODS A total of 140 professional and consumer videos uploaded between 2007 and 2014 were identified and coded. Coding involved identifying and ...