scholarly journals Adult body size, sexual history and adolescent sexual development, may predict risk of developing prostate cancer: Results from the New South Wales Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk Study (CLEAR)

2016 ◽  
Vol 140 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Visalini Nair-Shalliker ◽  
Sarsha Yap ◽  
Carlos Nunez ◽  
Sam Egger ◽  
Jennifer Rodger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Sexual Development ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Sexual History ◽  
Adult Body Size ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Adult Body

Sexual risk assessment in general practice: evidence from a New South Wales survey

Sexual Health ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asaduzzaman Khan ◽  
David Plummer ◽  
Rafat Hussain ◽  
Victor Minichiello
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Sexual History ◽  
History Taking ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Sexually Transmissible Infections ◽  
Sexual History Taking ◽  
Sexual Histories

Background: Physicians’ inadequate involvement in sexual risk assessment has the potential to miss many asymptomatic cases. The present study was conducted to explore sexual risk assessment by physicians in clinical practice and to identify barriers in eliciting sexual histories from patients. Methods: A stratified random sample of 15% of general practitioners (GP) from New South Wales was surveyed to assess their management of sexually transmissible infections (STI). In total, 409 GP participated in the survey with a response rate of 45.4%. Results: Although nearly 70% of GP regularly elicited a sexual history from commercial sex workers whose presenting complaint was not an STI, this history taking was much lower (<10%) among GP for patients who were young or heterosexual. About 23% never took a sexual history from Indigenous patients and 19% never elicited this history from lesbian patients. Lack of time was the most commonly cited barrier in sexual history taking (55%), followed by a concern that patients might feel uncomfortable if a sexual history was taken (49%). Other constraints were presence of another person (39%) and physician’s embarrassment (15%). About 19% of GP indicated that further training in sexual history taking could improve their practice. Conclusions: The present study identifies inconsistent involvement by GP in taking sexual histories, which can result in missed opportunities for early detection of many STI. Options for overcoming barriers to taking sexual histories by GP are discussed.

The effects of age, sex, reproductive status and temporal factors on the time-use of free-ranging red kangaroos

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 785 ◽  
Author(s):  
DM Watson ◽  
TJ Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Group Size ◽  
Time Use ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
Foraging Time

The effects of temporal (time of day and season) factors and size, sex, female reproductive state and group size on the diel time-use of free-ranging red kangaroos (Macropus rufus) was examined. Particular emphasis was given to the effects on their foraging behaviour, with foraging divided into cropping, chewing and searching components. The study was conducted in semi-arid western New South Wales from July 1991 to March 1992, a time of deepening drought conditions in New South Wales. Group size had very little influence on the time-use of M. rufus. It was negatively but only weakly correlated with the proportion of foraging time spent chewing (chewing intensity). No significant differences in time-use were found between size classes of adult males (large and medium-sized males), females with or without pouch young, or females with different-sized pouch young (no visible young, small pouch young or large pouch young). Differences occurred between adult males, adult females and subadult kangaroos. These differences were mainly associated with their chewing and searching behaviour and were related to body size; as body size increased the proportion of time spent chewing and the intensity of chewing increased while the proportion of time searching and the proportion of foraging time spent searching (searching intensity) decreased. Neither the proportion of time spent cropping or foraging nor the proportion of foraging time spent cropping (cropping intensity) or the proportion of active time spent foraging (foraging intensity) differed between any size/sex/reproductive class. Temporal effects had a considerable influence on time-use. M. rufus were most active at night and in the few hours after sunrise and sunset. Seasonal changes in time-use were largely a result of changes in daytime behaviour. M. rufus foraged less and rested more during the day in winter than in spring or summer. There was no increase in the intensity or proportion of time spent foraging or cropping at night to compensate for the reduction in diurnal foraging. It is hypothesised that temporal variations in time-use were related to variations in weather and vegetation conditions.

scholarly journals Prostate cancer prevalence in New South Wales Australia: A population-based study

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Qin Yu ◽  
Qingwei Luo ◽  
David P. Smith ◽  
Mark S. Clements ◽  
Dianne L. O’Connell
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Cancer Prevalence ◽  
South Wales

Long-term health care costs for patients with prostate cancer: a population-wide longitudinal study in New South Wales, Australia

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 160-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Cronin ◽  
Brent Kirkbride ◽  
Albert Bang ◽  
Bonny Parkinson ◽  
David Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Care Costs

Prostate cancer and prostate‐specific antigen testing in New South Wales

2008 ◽  
Vol 189 (6) ◽  
pp. 315-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P Smith ◽  
Rajah Supramaniam ◽  
Villis R Marshall ◽  
Bruce K Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Prostate Specific Antigen ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Specific Antigen ◽  
Prostate Specific Antigen Testing ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Antigen Testing

DIFFERENCES IN PATTERNS OF CARE OF PROSTATE CANCER, NEW SOUTH WALES, 1991

1996 ◽  
Vol 66 (11) ◽  
pp. 727-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret McCredie ◽  
Jane Bell ◽  
Alice Lee ◽  
John Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Patterns Of Care ◽  
South Wales

scholarly journals Phase of care prevalence for prostate cancer in New South Wales, Australia: A population-based modelling study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. e0171013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Qin Yu ◽  
Qingwei Luo ◽  
David P. Smith ◽  
Mark S. Clements ◽  
Manish I. Patel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Population Based ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Modelling Study

Abstract 5482: Sun exposure and prostate cancer risk in New South Wales, Australia: A case control study

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Visalini Nair-Shalliker ◽  
David P. Smith ◽  
Sam Egger ◽  
Ann Marie Hughes ◽  
Mark Clements ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Prostate Cancer Risk ◽  
Sun Exposure ◽  
Case Control ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Control Study
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