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CURRENT RESEARCH

CURRENT RESEARCH COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDIES VOLUME X. NUMBER 3, 1986 (Much valuable health research information published by various health commissions and health departments and by other academic and administrative units does not appear in hard-cover, standard publication form and therefore achieves a narrower audience than it merits. Reports, handbooks and other material deserving notice should be forwarded to the Editors.) David Gee: Employee Health, industrial Hygiene: In 10x4 the Data Base Working Group, of the New British Legislation - A Trade Union View Steering Committee on the Review of Health Pro- (Mimeo. Trades and Labour Council. Adelaide, motion and Health Education of Western Australia 1986. . . . produced ;I series of position papers which might have been known more widely if the citation Gee describes the new laws being developed in the had been shorter! The four following titles illustrate U.K. to deal with the IOO1H)O largely untested the range oC the work published. chemical substances used at work. He says that workers are the human guinea pigs for chemicals at work and that a new approach is needed which Holman. C. L). .I. Mortality in Western Australia gives more weight to animal and other laboratory IY53-IY82 (Position Paper No. I.) describes the evidence, rather than human evidence, and which common c;iuses of death (circulatory diseases, uses a lower level of proof - the “balance of neoplasms, injury and poisoning, and diseases of probabilities”- rather than the ”bcyond all reason- the respiratory system), the prominent causes of able doubt’’ of the criminal law. person years of life lost (traffic crashes heads the Copies of the paper from: list) and other aspects of mortality. Chris White. U.T.L.C.. 11 South Terrace. Adelaide SO()O. Armstrong. B. K. & Butler, T. L. Tobacco Smoking and tobacco-related behaviour in Western Australia (Position Paper No. 13) uses NHF survey data from Baum, F., Cooke, R. Community Health Services for 10x0 to 10x3 to describe tobacco related behaviours Men in the Southern Areas of Adelaide: Rationale, of xlults and Public Health Department figures Development and Evaluation. Southern Community (19x3) tor children. Health Services, Evaluation Series No. 3. June, Hatton. W. M. and Clarke-Handley. M. D. Cancer It has been said of gender differences in health that in W.A. 1982 (Position Paper No. 8) provides data on women sicken and men die. While male mortality incidence and mortality of cancer including sepa- rates (and also morbidity rates for a number of potentially lethal conditions) exceed rates for fe- rate analyses for children and aborigines. males. males generally use health services far less. Is this due to differences in perception of health. or to factors which discourage males from attending Smith, D. 1. Alcohol and illicit-drug related problems health services‘? The report examines these ques- in W.A. (Position Paper No. 5)covers drugconsump- tions and gives a thoughtful account of groups and tion behaviours and some of their consequences. training courses run from a Community Health lhe malor emphasis is on dcohol. Centre, specifically for men. VOLUME X, NUMBER 3 1986 344 COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDIES Department of Health, N.S.W. Surgical Activity on ACTION ON ALCOHOL: A prevention kit pro- Two Regions of New South Wales - 1983 and 1985. duced for use in New Zealand by the Alcohol Health Services Information Bulletin No. 8. March, Research Unit in association with the Alcoholic Liquor Advisory Council, ALAC 1985 - Cost SNZ100.00. Epidemiologists love "natural experiments"; health administrators don't often get the chance to This kit was produced as part of an experimental have one. These statistics. for the North Shore and community action project in Nelson. New Zealand. Hunter regions, during 1983 and at the height of and includes parts entitled: Prevention action - the the "New South Wales Doctors' Dispute" in early overview; Getting alcohol problems under control; 1985. record an unintended experiment. There is a Speaking to groups; Networking; Promoting poli- careful commentary on the partial insights the data cies; Availability issues, Local Promotions. Watch- afford. dogging liquor advertising and the media: Getting your message out. Although produced specifically for the community New Zealand Medical Workforce Statistics 1984 and alcohol action information groups. supported by 1985. National Health Statistics Centre, Department ALAC in New Zealand. this kit contains informa- of Health, New Zealand. tion and practical advice about processes that can be followed if individuals, community groups or New Zealand seems to keep more up to date health organisations want to develop informed discussion workforce statistics than federated Australia can about the prevention of alcohol related problems. manage. In other ways things are similar: "(Work- by any specific target group. force) growth continues well ahead of actual or The kit is designed for alcohol and drug educators. likely population growth . . . Numbers entering in inservice and undergraduate education and train- general practice continue to grow strongly . . ." ing as well as for community action groups. VOLUME X, NUMBER 3 1986 345 COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDIES http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Wiley

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"Copyright © 1986 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company"
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1326-0200
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1753-6405
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10.1111/j.1753-6405.1986.tb00118.x
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COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDIES VOLUME X. NUMBER 3, 1986 (Much valuable health research information published by various health commissions and health departments and by other academic and administrative units does not appear in hard-cover, standard publication form and therefore achieves a narrower audience than it merits. Reports, handbooks and other material deserving notice should be forwarded to the Editors.) David Gee: Employee Health, industrial Hygiene: In 10x4 the Data Base Working Group, of the New British Legislation - A Trade Union View Steering Committee on the Review of Health Pro- (Mimeo. Trades and Labour Council. Adelaide, motion and Health Education of Western Australia 1986. . . . produced ;I series of position papers which might have been known more widely if the citation Gee describes the new laws being developed in the had been shorter! The four following titles illustrate U.K. to deal with the IOO1H)O largely untested the range oC the work published. chemical substances used at work. He says that workers are the human guinea pigs for chemicals at work and that a new approach is needed which Holman. C. L). .I. Mortality in Western Australia gives more weight to animal and other laboratory IY53-IY82 (Position Paper No. I.) describes the evidence, rather than human evidence, and which common c;iuses of death (circulatory diseases, uses a lower level of proof - the “balance of neoplasms, injury and poisoning, and diseases of probabilities”- rather than the ”bcyond all reason- the respiratory system), the prominent causes of able doubt’’ of the criminal law. person years of life lost (traffic crashes heads the Copies of the paper from: list) and other aspects of mortality. Chris White. U.T.L.C.. 11 South Terrace. Adelaide SO()O. Armstrong. B. K. & Butler, T. L. Tobacco Smoking and tobacco-related behaviour in Western Australia (Position Paper No. 13) uses NHF survey data from Baum, F., Cooke, R. Community Health Services for 10x0 to 10x3 to describe tobacco related behaviours Men in the Southern Areas of Adelaide: Rationale, of xlults and Public Health Department figures Development and Evaluation. Southern Community (19x3) tor children. Health Services, Evaluation Series No. 3. June, Hatton. W. M. and Clarke-Handley. M. D. Cancer It has been said of gender differences in health that in W.A. 1982 (Position Paper No. 8) provides data on women sicken and men die. While male mortality incidence and mortality of cancer including sepa- rates (and also morbidity rates for a number of potentially lethal conditions) exceed rates for fe- rate analyses for children and aborigines. males. males generally use health services far less. Is this due to differences in perception of health. or to factors which discourage males from attending Smith, D. 1. Alcohol and illicit-drug related problems health services‘? The report examines these ques- in W.A. (Position Paper No. 5)covers drugconsump- tions and gives a thoughtful account of groups and tion behaviours and some of their consequences. training courses run from a Community Health lhe malor emphasis is on dcohol. Centre, specifically for men. VOLUME X, NUMBER 3 1986 344 COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDIES Department of Health, N.S.W. Surgical Activity on ACTION ON ALCOHOL: A prevention kit pro- Two Regions of New South Wales - 1983 and 1985. duced for use in New Zealand by the Alcohol Health Services Information Bulletin No. 8. March, Research Unit in association with the Alcoholic Liquor Advisory Council, ALAC 1985 - Cost SNZ100.00. Epidemiologists love "natural experiments"; health administrators don't often get the chance to This kit was produced as part of an experimental have one. These statistics. for the North Shore and community action project in Nelson. New Zealand. Hunter regions, during 1983 and at the height of and includes parts entitled: Prevention action - the the "New South Wales Doctors' Dispute" in early overview; Getting alcohol problems under control; 1985. record an unintended experiment. There is a Speaking to groups; Networking; Promoting poli- careful commentary on the partial insights the data cies; Availability issues, Local Promotions. Watch- afford. dogging liquor advertising and the media: Getting your message out. Although produced specifically for the community New Zealand Medical Workforce Statistics 1984 and alcohol action information groups. supported by 1985. National Health Statistics Centre, Department ALAC in New Zealand. this kit contains informa- of Health, New Zealand. tion and practical advice about processes that can be followed if individuals, community groups or New Zealand seems to keep more up to date health organisations want to develop informed discussion workforce statistics than federated Australia can about the prevention of alcohol related problems. manage. In other ways things are similar: "(Work- by any specific target group. force) growth continues well ahead of actual or The kit is designed for alcohol and drug educators. likely population growth . . . Numbers entering in inservice and undergraduate education and train- general practice continue to grow strongly . . ." ing as well as for community action groups. VOLUME X, NUMBER 3 1986 345 COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDIES

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