A comparison of content from across contemporary Australian population health surveys

Branislava Godic; Selin Akaraci; Rajith Vidanaarachchi; Kerry Nice; Sachith Seneviratne; Suzanne Mavoa; Ruth Hunter; Leandro Garcia; Mark Stevenson; Jasper Wijnands; Jason Thompson

doi:10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100152

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A comparison of content from across contemporary Australian population health surveys

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A comparison of content from across contemporary Australian population health surveys

Branislava Godic, Selin Akaraci, Rajith Vidanaarachchi, Kerry Nice, Sachith Seneviratne, Suzanne Mavoa, Ruth Hunter, Leandro Garcia, Mark Stevenson, Jasper Wijnands, …

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol.48(3), pp.1-7

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100152

PMID: 38749164

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Objective: Associations between place and population health are of interest to researchers and policymakers. The objective of this paper is to explore, summarise and compare content across contemporary Australian geo-referenced population health survey data sets. Methods: A search for recent (2015 or later) population health surveys from within Australia containing geographic information from participants was conducted. Survey response frames were analysed and categorised based on demographic, risk factor and disease-related characteristics. Analysis using interactive Sankey diagrams shows the extent of content overlap and differences between population health surveys in Australia. Results: Thirteen Australian geo-referenced population health survey data sets were identified. Information captured across surveys was inconsistent as was the spatial granularity of respondent information. Health and demographic features most frequently captured were symptoms, signs and clinical findings from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems version 11, employment, housing, income, self-rated health and risk factors, including alcohol consumption, diet, medical treatments, physical activity and weight-related questions. Sankey diagrams were deployed online for use by public health researchers. Conclusions: Identifying the relationship between place and health in Australia is made more difficult by inconsistencies in information collected across surveys deployed in different regions in Australia. Implications for Public Health: Public health research investigating place and health involves a vast and inconsistent patchwork of information within and across states, which may impact broad-scale research questions. The tools developed here assist public health researchers to identify surveys suitable for their research queries related to place and health.

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Title: A comparison of content from across contemporary Australian population health surveys
Authors: Branislava Godic (Corresponding Author) - The University of Melbourne
Selin Akaraci (Author) - Queen's University Belfast
Rajith Vidanaarachchi (Author) - The University of Melbourne
Kerry Nice - The University of Melbourne
Sachith Seneviratne - The University of Melbourne
Suzanne Mavoa (Author) - Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Ruth Hunter - Queen's University Belfast
Leandro Garcia (Author) - Queen's University Belfast
Mark Stevenson - The University of Melbourne
Jasper Wijnands - Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Jason Thompson (Author) - The University of Melbourne
Publication details: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol.48(3), pp.1-7
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100152
ISSN: 1753-6405
PMID: 38749164
Copyright note: © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Public Health Association of Australia. This is an open access article under the CCBY-NC-ND license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Grants: Improving the performance of Australian social insurance schemes, FT220100650, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
A vision of healthy urban design for NCD prevention, 1194959, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - NHMRC
Grant note: Medical Research Council (MR/T038934/1)
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991184186802621
Output Type: Journal article

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