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Australian journalists’ reflections on local coverage of a health-related story from the developing world
Imison, Michelle; Chapman, SimonPublished 2012-07-01Given the limited Australian media coverage of health news from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the 2009 story of conjoined Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna was conspicuous for its scale. This paper draws ...Open AccessArticle -
Australia’s 1996 gun law reforms halted mass shootings for 22 years: a response to criticism from Gary Kleck
Chapman, Simon; Alpers, PhilipPublished 2018-05-19We reply to criticisms made by prominent anti-gun control researcher Gary Kleck of our widely reported 2016 study on the impact of Australia’s historic 1996 gun law reforms on mass shootings and firearm-related deaths. ...Open AccessArticle -
The case for a smokers' licence.
Chapman, SimonPublished 2012-05-21The history of tobacco control has seen the introduction of policies initially considered radical, but which rapidly came to be considered normal and essential to the goals of reducing use and the burden of disease that ...Open AccessArticle -
Challenges in assessing the characteristics of influential public health research.
Derrick, Gemma E.; Hall, Wayne D; Haynes, Abby S; Chapman, Simon; Redman, Sally; Leeder, Stephen R; Sturk, HeidiPublished 2010-01-01The development of frameworks to effectively measure both the scientific and social impact of research is a topic of international debate. This paper examines how Australian public health researchers in six fields (alcohol, ...Open AccessArticle -
Deliberately Personal: The politics of tobacco control in NSW
Hooker, C; Chapman, SimonPublished 2006-01-01In this paper we examine some of the main features of public discourse concerning tobacco control, analysing parliamentary debate in New South Wales between 1980 and 2003. We ask both how deeply tobacco industry discursive ...Open AccessArticle -
A disease in search of a cause: a study of self-citation and press release pronouncement in the factoid of wind farms causing “vibroacoustic disease”.
Chapman, Simon; St.George, AlexisPublished 2012-05-18Background In recent years, claims have proliferated that wind turbines cause a large variety of diseases. Two of these, “Wind Turbine Syndrome” (WTS) and “Vibroacoustic disease” (VAD) are frequently mentioned. Seventeen ...Open AccessArticle -
‘Disease, Disaster and Despair’? The Presentation of Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries on Australian Television
Imison, Michelle; Chapman, SimonPublished 2010-11-01In high-income nations mainstream television news remains an important source of information about both general health issues and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, research on news coverage of health in ...Open AccessArticle -
Environmental tobacco smoke in outdoor areas: a rapid review of the research literature.
Chapman, Simon; Hyland, AndrewPublished 2011-11-25Restrictions on smoking outdoors have been introduced for reasons of public amenity and to promote litter reduction. This review considers the evidence about whether outdoor secondhand smoke (SHS) might also pose health ...Open AccessTechnical Report -
Factoid Forensics: Have “more than 40” Australian families abandoned their homes because of wind farm noise?
Chapman, SimonPublished 2014-02-07Background Anti wind farm activists repeatedly claim that families said to be adversely affected by noise from wind turbines “abandon” their homes. In Australia, a claim of “more than 40 families” has been made by a prominent ...Open AccessArticle -
Festschrift for Simon Chapman - Introduction by Mike Daube
Daube, Mike; Chapman, SimonPublished 2015-05-21A Festschrift to celebrate the career of Simon Chapman AO was introduced by Professor Mike Daube AO, Professor of Public Policy, Curtin University.Open AccessVideo -
From ‘our world’ to the ‘real world’: exploring the behaviour of policy-influential Australian public health researchers
Haynes, Abby S; Derrick, Gemma E.; Redman, S; Chapman, Simon; Hall, W.D.; Gillespie, James; Sturk, H.Published 2010-01-01Research and researchers influence the genesis and development of public health policy in limited but essential ways. Surveys and interviews with 36 peer-nominated “highly influential” Australian public health researchers ...Open AccessArticle -
Gateway effects and electronic cigarettes: a response to J-F Etter
Chapman, Simon; Bareham, DavidPublished 2017-11-17This is a response to an essay by J-F Etter published in Addiction in 2017 (see reference #1 in the article). It was sent to Addiction which offered a 500 word letter. The full response is posted hereOpen AccessArticle -
Health journalists’ perceptions of their professional roles and responsibilities for ensuring the veracity of reports of health research
Forsyth, R; Morrell, B; Lipworth, W; Kerridge, I; Jordens, C; Chapman, SimonPublished 2012-01-01Health industries attempt to influence the public through the news media and through their relationships with expert academics and opinion leaders. This paper reports the results of a study of journalists’ perceptions ...Open AccessArticle -
How the factoid of wind turbines causing “vibroacoustic disease” came to be “irrefutably demonstrated”.
Chapman, Simon; St.George, AlexisPublished 2013-01-01Objective In recent years, claims have proliferated in cyberspace that wind turbines cause a large variety of symptoms and diseases. One of these, “vibroacoustic disease” (VAD) is frequently mentioned. Seventeen reviews ...Open AccessArticle -
The Last Right: Australians take sides on the right to die
Chapman, Simon; Leeder, Stephen RPublished 2014-06-20This is the text of an out-of-print book first published in 1995 by Mandarin Books, Port Melbourne. Edited by Professors Simon Chapman and Stephen Leeder, it features contributions from 63 prominent Australians both ...Open AccessBook -
Let sleeping dogs lie? What men should know before getting tested for prostate cancer
Chapman, Simon; Barratt, Alexandra; Stockler, MartinPublished 2010-01-01Few issues have been as divisive as prostate cancer screening. While some prominent Australian urologists are very active in talking up the importance of prostate cancer screening, few Australians would be aware that no ...Open AccessBook -
Media Miracles: The Separation of Conjoined Twins, and Reflections on Minimal Television News Coverage of Health from Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Imison, Michelle; Chapman, SimonPublished 2011-06-28Australian television news and current affairs remain an important source of information for domestic audiences about both health and low- and middle-income countries. In November 2009, the successful surgical separation ...Open AccessArticle -
Missing the elephant in the vaping transition room.
Chapman, Simon; Peters, Matthew; Maziak, Wasim; Hirschorn, BertPublished 2018-05-28We respond to a paper by Coleman B et al Transitions in electronic cigarette use among adults in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, Waves 1 and 2 (2013-2105). Tobacco Control 2018; doi:10.1136/ ...Open AccessPreprint -
On-line abuse and trolling by pro-tobacco and vaping activists
Chapman, SimonPublished 2018-07-03This is a collection of abusive tweets and posts on blogs made by pro-smoking and pro-vaping individuals, often anonymous, about Simon Chapman, emeritus professor of public health at the University of Sydney. Professor ...Open AccessPre-print -
Over our dead bodies: Port Arthur and Australia's fight for gun control
Chapman, SimonPublished 2013-02-14Open AccessBook
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