New South Wales Adult Health Survey 2003.

Community involvement and self-rated health status: findings from a cross-sectional survey in Central Sydney.

A sense of community and community involvement are said to have positive effects on health status; however, research supporting such associations is inconclusive. This article uses data from the 1998 NSW Health Survey—an annual telephone survey of approximately 17,000 residents throughout the State— to investigate the association between sense of community and community involvement and self-rep...

Recent substance use and high levels of psychological distress among secondary school students in New South Wales.

In 2002, the NSW Department of Health, in conjunction with The Cancer Council NSW, carried out the NSW School Students Health Behaviours Survey. The methodology and summary descriptive results have been previously described [NSW Department of Health. The health behaviours of secondary school students in New South Wales 2002. N S W Public Health Bull 2004; 15(S-2): 1-86]. In the survey, 18% of N...

Tobacco smoking among secondary school students in NSW.

In 2005, the New South Wales School Students Health Behaviours Survey asked students aged 12–17 years a range of questions about smoking prevention, behaviour, addiction and influences. This article describes results for selected questions. Further details on the survey methods, questions asked and complete results for smoking and other health behaviours can be obtained from the New South Wales...

New South Wales mothers and babies 2003.

FactSheet: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).