Public Health Research & Practice

Public Health Research & Practice (PHRP), Australia’s leading peer-reviewed public health journal, is making significant changes to its publishing model to enhance its reach and impact within the public health research, practice and policy community. PHRP is a publication of the Sax Institute.

Dear author, Thank you for your interest in submitting your work to Public Health Research and Practice (PHRP). The Journal is currently transitioning to a new publishing model. This will see us move from the current model of publishing papers in four editions each year to a continuous publishing model where papers are published online as soon as feasible following peer review. This change will occur for papers published from 1st January 2025.

Introduction As Australia pursued a goal of zero community SARS-CoV-2 transmission in 2020–21, the state of Victoria experienced restrictions, and children had lengthy periods of at-home online learning due to lockdowns and school closures.

Dear author, Thank you for your interest in submitting your work to Public Health Research and Practice (PHRP). The Journal is currently transitioning to a new publishing model. This will see us move from the current model of publishing papers in four editions each year to a continuous publishing model where papers are published online as soon as feasible following peer review. This change will occur for papers published from 1st January 2025.

Introduction Despite recent advances in treatment, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death, morbidity and burden of disease in Australia.1 To achieve the best possible outcomes, patients must receive optimal evidence-based care, which includes timely and equitable access to diagnostic testing and appropriate treatment modalities. In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a global pandemic.

Introduction Australians are avid overseas travellers who frequently travel with their children. In 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, there were a record 11.3 million re-entries into Australia by residents who had taken a short-term (less than one year) overseas trip1; 1.3 million of these were by children aged 14 years or younger. Children are mostly obligate, passive travellers to destinations chosen by their parents or carers.

Introduction The involvement of community pharmacists in delivering vaccination programs has grown globally in recent years.

Governments around the world are looking closely at the social and economic impacts of publicly funded research.

Objective: The Australian Government Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) program aims to reduce tobacco use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, delivering locally tailored health promotion messages, including promoting the Quitline. We aimed to analyse data on use of the Quitline by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples nationally, specifically in TIS and non-TIS areas.

Published 23 October 2024. https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp3432419 Citation: Middel CNH, Blake MR, Boelsen-Robinson T, Mackenbach JD, Stuber JM, Vargas C, Forrester-Bowling T. Co-creation in public health research: an introduction to basic principles. Public Health Res Pract. 2024;34(3):e3432419. Introduction Co-creation has been increasingly recognised within public health as a collaborative design approach.