A conduit between epidemiological research and regional health policy Pasco, Julie A., Foulkes, Chad, Doolan, Brianna, Brown, Kirsty, Holloway, Kara L. and Brennan-Olsen, Sharon L. 2016, A conduit between epidemiological research and regional health policy, Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 250-254, doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12520. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title A conduit between epidemiological research and regional health policy Author(s) Pasco, Julie A. orcid.org/0000-0002-8968-4714 Foulkes, Chad Doolan, Brianna Brown, Kirsty Holloway, Kara L. orcid.org/0000-0001-5064-2990 Brennan-Olsen, Sharon L. Journal name Australian and New Zealand journal of public health Volume number 40 Issue number 3 Start page 250 End page 254 Total pages 5 Publisher Wiley Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2016-03-30 ISSN 1753-6405 Keyword(s) translation epidemiology chronic disease health behaviours Summary OBJECTIVE: To transform data from a research setting into a format that could be used to support strategies encouraging healthy lifestyle choices and service planning within local government. METHODS: Details of the health status and lifestyle behaviours of the Geelong, Victoria, population were generated independently by the Geelong Osteoporosis Study (GOS), a prospective population-based cohort study. Recent GOS follow-up phases provided evidence about patterns of unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, smoking and harmful alcohol use. These factors are well-recognised modifiable risk factors for chronic disease; the dataset was complemented with prevalence estimates for musculoskeletal disease, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma and cancer. RESULTS: Data were provided to Healthy Together Geelong in aggregate form according to age, sex and suburb. A population statistics company used the data to project health outcomes by suburb for use by local council. This data exchange served as a conduit between epidemiological research and policy development. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Regional policy makers were informed by local evidence, rather than national or state health survey, thereby optimising potential intervention strategies. Language eng DOI 10.1111/1753-6405.12520 Field of Research 1117 Public Health And Health Services 1402 Applied Economics 1605 Policy And Administration Socio Economic Objective 929999 Health not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Public Health Association of Australia Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30082596 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Medicine Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 07 Apr 2016, 11:48:30 EST Fri, 08 Apr 2016, 05:00:42 EST Fri, 08 Apr 2016, 06:09:19 EST Mon, 18 Jul 2016, 16:04:49 EST Wed, 24 Aug 2016, 15:00:11 EST Wed, 24 Aug 2016, 15:03:57 EST Thu, 25 Aug 2016, 09:02:30 EST Thu, 25 Aug 2016, 09:03:16 EST Tue, 20 Sep 2016, 12:30:06 EST Tue, 20 Sep 2016, 12:31:03 EST Wed, 09 Nov 2016, 11:45:42 EST Wed, 14 Feb 2018, 07:26:28 EST Wed, 14 Feb 2018, 07:28:10 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 213 Abstract Views, 5 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 07 Apr 2016, 11:48:30 EST

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