https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Embedding Aboriginal cultural governance, capacity, perspectives and leadership into a local Public Health Unit Incident Command System during COVID-19 in New South Wales, Australia https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:53245 Wed 28 Feb 2024 15:32:31 AEDT ]]> Children overdue for immunisation: a question of coverage or reporting? An audit of the Australian Immunisation Register https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35824 30 days overdue for immunisation. Survey data were analysed using population weights. Results: Estimated true coverage of fully vaccinated one-year-old children in NSW is 96.2% (CI:95.9-96.4), 2.1% higher than AIR reported coverage of 94.1%. Of the children reported as overdue on AIR, 34.9% (CI:30.9-38.9) were actually fully vaccinated. No significant association was found between under-reporting and socioeconomic status, rurality or reported local coverage level. Data errors in AIR uploading (at provider level) and duplicate records contributed to incorrect AIR coverage recording. Conclusions: Despite incentives to record childhood vaccinations on AIR, under-reporting continues to be an important contributor to underestimation of true coverage in NSW. Implications for public health: More reliable transmission of encounters to AIR at provider level and removal of duplicates would improve accuracy of reported coverage.]]> Wed 17 Nov 2021 16:30:08 AEDT ]]> High Attack Rate of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 B.1.1.529 Among 2-Dose Vaccinated Populations in 2 Indoor Entertainment Setting Outbreaks https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:46728 95% had at least 2 vaccine doses. Attack rates were 295 of 535 (55.1%) and 102 of 189 (54.0%), respectively (mean, 5 days postevent). At the ball, attack rates increased with time since vaccination: 12.5% among those vaccinated 1–2 months previously and 68.0% among those vaccinated ≥3 months previously; such differences were not found at the nightclub. Recent vaccination prevents Omicron infection, but is time and setting dependent, emphasizing the importance of nonpharmaceutical public health measures in addition to vaccine booster doses to maximize protection in high-risk contexts.]]> Tue 29 Nov 2022 11:55:33 AEDT ]]> Epidemiology of Group A Streptococcal bacteraemia in Hunter New England Local Health District, 2008 to 2019 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:54746 Mon 11 Mar 2024 14:25:24 AEDT ]]>