Issue addressed: Dentists and dental hygienists are important but under-used professionals in the delivery of smoking cessation services. This study compared confidence and barriers among dentists and dental hygienists and analysed the impact of barriers on smoking cessation activities.

Issue addressed: To identify and describe elements of accessibility and other dimensions of quality of primary health care for Australian young people.

Issue addressed: The aims of this study were to examine route to school, distance and mode of transport for primary school-aged children in Brisbane, and to quantify the exposure to risk of pedestrian injury by the socio-demographic characteristics of the children.

Issue addressed: Factors related to parental smoking and parenting practice have a big effect on adolescent smoking. More in-depth information about these relationships can be used to inform interventions. This study investigated Maori, Pacific Islander, New Zealand European and Asian parent attitudes and practices in relation to smoking uptake in children.

Issue addressed: To establish the amount and accessibility of snack food displayed at supermarket checkouts located in Melbourne, Australia.

Issue addressed: The increase in mental health disorders worldwide makes it important to recognise health promotion interventions that are effective, accessible and affordable. Although natural spaces are coming to be recognised as health-promoting settings for general populations, little is understood about the use of nature-contact in treatment and care for individuals experiencing ill-health.

Issue addressed: Basic oral health knowledge and skills are essential for parents and child health professionals to promote good oral health and the prevention of dental disease in young children. The aim of the Blue Book Program was to provide accurate and appropriate oral health information to all parents of newborn babies and young children in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and child health professionals to address the serious issue of early childhood caries (ECC) and

Issue addressed: Indigenous Australians have higher morbidity and mortality rates than non-Indigenous Australians. Until recently, few health promotion interventions have had more than limited success in Indigenous populations.

Issue addressed: This paper describes the implementation and outcomes of a pedometer-based workplace physical activity (PA) promotion program conducted with volunteer staff from the former Department of Human Services in South Australia.

Abstract: The epidemics of obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes have worsened over the past decades. During this time our preventive and therapeutic approach (the ‘vaccine’), consisting of a low-fat diet and exercise, has remained fundamentally unchanged. A case is made that these conditions are inter-related and may be caused by a single underlying factor related to the carbohydrate content of diet. The validity of the present approach is challenged when those most

Abstract: The sexual abuses of Indigenous peoples are not a new phenomenon. Many historical documents attest to the active ruination of the sexual and reproductive health of Indigenous peoples in Australia; however, reproductive health is rarely considered to be an appropriate strategy through which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s lives can be improved. Reproductive health is essential for the replication and evolution of societies and therefore warrants close