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    Examining variation in the relationship between disability and physical activity across Australian local government areas

    Understanding the relationship between disability and physical activity and whether it differs across local government jurisdictions may aid in the development of placed-based approaches to reducing disability...

    Jerome N. Rachele, George Disney, Allison Milner in Journal of Public Health Policy (2024)

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    The mental health impact of school bullying among young carers in Australia: a causal mediation analysis

    Informal care can exert adverse effects on the mental health of young people. Bullying victimisation is an important determinant of mental disorders. Young carers are at elevated risk of bullying. We quantify ...

    Ludmila Fleitas Alfonzo, Ankur Singh, George Disney, Tania King in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Correction to: Mental health of young informal carers: a systematic review

    Ludmila Fleitas Alfonzo, Ankur Singh in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemio… (2023)

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    Mental health of young informal carers: a systematic review

    This systematic review aims to assess and evaluate quantitative evidence on the association between informal caregiving and mental health in young people.

    Ludmila Fleitas Alfonzo, Ankur Singh in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemio… (2022)

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    The effect of gender on mental health service use: an examination of mediation through material, social and health-related pathways

    We aimed to understand how much of the gender difference in mental health service use could be due to the joint mediation of employment, behavioural and material factors, social support and mental health need.

    Allison Milner, George Disney, Sean Byars in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemio… (2020)

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    Changing smoking-mortality association over time and across social groups: National census-mortality cohort studies from 1981 to 2011

    The difference in mortality between current and never-smokers varies over time, affecting future projections of health gains from tobacco control. We examine this heterogeneity by sex, ethnicity and cause of d...

    Andrea Teng, June Atkinson, George Disney, Nick Wilson, Tony Blakely in Scientific Reports (2017)

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    Changing ethnic inequalities in mortality in New Zealand over 30 years: linked cohort studies with 68.9 million person-years of follow-up

    Internationally, ethnic inequalities in mortality within countries are increasingly recognized as a public health concern. But few countries have data to monitor such inequalities. We aimed to provide a detail...

    George Disney, Andrea Teng, June Atkinson, Nick Wilson in Population Health Metrics (2017)

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    Ethnic inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality: census-linked cohort studies with 87 million years of person-time follow-up

    Cancer makes up a large and increasing proportion of excess mortality for indigenous, marginalised and socioeconomically deprived populations, and much of this inequality is preventable. This study aimed to de...

    Andrea M. Teng, June Atkinson, George Disney, Nick Wilson, Diana Sarfati in BMC Cancer (2016)