Sydney School of Public Health: Recent submissions
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Is the risk of cancer in Australia overstated? The importance of competing mortality for estimating lifetime risk.
Published 2020The objective of this analysis was to calculate lifetime risks of cancer diagnosis and cancer‐specific death, adjusted for competing mortality, and to compare these estimates with the corresponding risks published by the ...Article -
Effectiveness of numeric energy menu labelling and alternative formats and/or content: A rapid evidence review update.
Published 2021This rapid evidence review is an update of a 2016 rapid review commissioned by NSW Health on the effectiveness of numeric energy menu labelling and potential alternative formats and/or content. Compared to the 2016 rapid ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Sydney Health Literacy Lab (SHLL) Health Literacy Editor
Published 2021-03-11An online real-time editor to improve the health-literate design of written materials that assesses text for health literacy principles (e.g. readability, complex language (use of uncommon words, medical or health jargon, ...Open AccessSoftware -
The carbon footprint of pathology testing.
Published 2020The objective of this study was to estimate the carbon footprint of five common hospital pathology tests: full blood examination; urea and electrolyte levels; coagulation profile; C‐reactive protein concentration; and ...Article -
Prevalence of incidental breast cancer and precursor lesions in autopsy studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 2017Autopsy studies demonstrate the prevalence pool of incidental breast cancer in the population, but estimates are uncertain due to small numbers in any primary study. The aim was to conduct a systematic review of autopsy ...Open AccessArticle