Papers/Journal Articles from 2018
Religious Affiliation Influences on the Health Status and Behaviours of Students Attending Seventh-Day Adventist Schools in Australia, Bevan Craig, Darren Morton, Lillian Kent, Barry Gane, Terry Butler, Paul Rankin, and Kevin Price
The Association Between Self-rated Health and Social Environments, Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes: A Structural Equation Analysis, Bevan Craig, Darren Morton, Peter Morey, Lillian Kent, Barry Gane, Terry Butler, Paul Rankin, and Kevin Price
HDL Subfraction Changes with a Low-fat, Plant-based Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP), Lillian Kent, Ross Grant, Greg Watts, Darren Morton, Paul Rankin, and Ewan Ward
Staffing Levels and Infection Prevention, Brett G. Mitchell
Hospital Staffing and Health Care–Associated Infections: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Brett G. Mitchell, Anne Gardner, Patricia W. Stone, Lisa Hall, and Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz
Combining Lifestyle Medicine and Positive Psychology to Improve Mental Health and Emotional Well-being, Darren Morton
Live More Happy: Scientifically Proven Ways to Lift Your Mood and Your Life, Darren Morton
"The Final Subject has been Set. I'm Concentrating Hard on Death.": The Poetics of Loss in Philip Hodgins's Blood and Bone, Carolyn Rickett
Healthcare-Associated Infections in Australia: Tackling the 'Known Unknowns', Philip L. Russo, Allen Cheng, Brett G. Mitchell, and Lisa Hall
Impact of Electronic Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance Software on Infection Prevention Resources: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Philip L. Russo, Ramon Shaban, Deborough MacBeth, Abigail Carter, and Brett G. Mitchell
Complicating the Complicated, Ramon Shaban, Philip L. Russo, Brett G. Mitchell, and Julie Elizabeth Potter
Conference Papers from 2017
A Predictive Model of Resilience Among Family Caregivers Supporting Relatives with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Australia: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach, Malcolm Anderson, Grahame K. Simpson, and Maysaa Daher
The Role of Obesity in the Onset of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Linda Cloete, Brett G. Mitchell, and Darren Morton
The Body Mass Index of Adolescents Attending Seventh-Day Adventist Schools in Australia: 2001-2012, Bevan Craig, Darren Morton, Lillian Kent, Terry Butler, Paul Rankin, and Kevin Price
Meatal Cleaning with Antiseptics for the Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: A Discussion Paper, Oyebola Fasugba, Jane Koerner, Brett G. Mitchell, and Anne Gardner
Questions Linked to Fasugba, O., Koerner, J., Mitchell, B. G., Gardner, A. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Antiseptics for Meatal Cleaning in the Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, Oyebola Fasugba, Jane Koerner, Brett G. Mitchell, and Anne Gardner
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Antiseptics for Meatal Cleaning in the Prevention of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections, Oyebola Fasugba, Jane Koerner, Brett G. Mitchell, and Anne Gardner
Point Prevalence Surveys of Healthcare-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: Development, Pilot Testing and Evaluation of Face-to-Face and Online Educational Packages, Oyebola Fasugba, Brett G. Mitchell, Wendy Beckingham, Noleen Bennett, and Anne Gardner
Exploring the Context for Effective Clinical Governance in Infection Control, Kate Halton, Lisa Hall, Anne Gardner, Deborough MacBeth, and Brett G. Mitchell
Supervisor's Perspectives on the Ethical Supervision of Long Form Writing and Managing Trauma Narrative within the Australian Tertiary Sector, Sue Joseph and Carolyn Rickett
The Adventist "Health Message" Unpacked, Lillian Kent
A Predictive Model of Days from Infection to Discharge in Patients with Healthcare Associated Urinary Tract Infections (HAUTI): A Structural Equation Modelling Approach, Brett G. Mitchell, Malcolm Anderson, and John Ferguson
Variation in Hospital Cleaning Practice and Process in Australian Hospitals: A Structured Mapping Exercise, Brett G. Mitchell, Alison Farrington, Michelle Allen, Anne Gardner, Lisa Hall, Adrian G. Barnett, Kate Halton, Katie Page, Stephanie Dancer, Thomas V. Riley, Christian A. Gericke, David L. Paterson, and Nicholas Graves
Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospitals: Study Protocol for a Multi-Site Randomised Controlled Study, Brett G. Mitchell, Oyebola Fasugba, Anne Gardner, Jane Koerner, Peter Collignon, Allen Cheng, Nicholas Graves, Peter Morey, and Victoria Gregory
Resourcing Hospital Infection Prevention and Control Units in Australia: A Discussion Paper, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough MacBeth, Kate Halton, Anne Gardner, and Lisa Hall
What's Trending in Infection Control? Scoping and Narrative Reviews, Brett G. Mitchell, Dayna Petrie, Lindsay Morton, and Stephanie Dancer
What Makes a Tweet Fly? Analysis of Twitter Messaging at Four Infection Control Conferences, Brett G. Mitchell, Philip L. Russo, Jonathan A. Otter, Martin A. Kiernan, and Landon Aveling
The Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infection in Australian Hospitals: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Brett G. Mitchell, Ramon Shaban, Deborough MacBeth, Claudia-Jayne Wood, and Philip L. Russo
Asessing the Functionality of Temporary Isolation Rooms, Brett G. Mitchell, Anthony Williams, and Zorana Wong
Assessing a Temporary Isolation Room From an Infection Control Perspective: A Discussion Paper, Brett G. Mitchell, Anthony Williams, Zorana Wong, and Jayne O'Connor
A Multimodal Intervention for Improving the Mental Health and Emotional Well-being of College Students, Darren Morton, Jason Hinze, Bevan Craig, Wendi Herman, Lillian Kent, Peter Beamish, Melanie Renfrew, and Geraldine Przybylko
Optimizing the Intensity of Lifestyle Medicine Interventions: Similar Outcomes for Half the Sessions, Darren Morton, Lillian Kent, Paul Rankin, Brett G. Mitchell, Karina Parker, John Gobble, and Hans A. Diehl
Beyond This Point Here Be Dragons: Consideration and Caution for Supervising HDR Writing Trauma Projects, Carolyn Rickett and Sue Joseph
Don't Forget the Brain: Lifestyle Medicine in the Century of Neurodegeneration, Bruce Thompson, Darren Morton, and Lillian Kent
Papers/Journal Articles from 2016
The High Costs of Getting Ethical and Site-Specific Approvals for Multi-Centre Research, Adrian G. Barnett, Megan J. Campbell, Carla Shield, Alison Farrington, Lisa Hall, Katie Page, Anne Gardner, Brett G. Mitchell, and Nicholas Graves
Mycobacterial Infections Due to Contaminated Heater Cooler Units used in Cardiac Bypass: An Approach for Infection Control Practitioners, Allen Cheng, Andrew Stewardson, Brett G. Mitchell, Peter Collignon, Paul Johnson, and Rhonda Stuart
Five-Year Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Urinary Escherichia Coli at an Australian Tertiary Hospital: Time Series Analyses of Prevalence Data, Oyebola Fasugba, Brett G. Mitchell, George Mnatzaganian, Anindita Das, Peter Collignon, and Anne Gardner
Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning in Hospitals: Protocol of the REACH Study, a Multi-Site Stepped-Wedge Randomised Trial, Lisa Hall, Alison Farrington, Brett G. Mitchell, Adrian G. Barnett, Kate Halton, Michelle Allen, Katie Page, Anne Gardner, Sally Havers, Emily Bailey, Stephanie Dancer, Thomas V. Riley, Christian A. Gericke, David L. Paterson, and Nicholas Graves
The Influence of Religious Affiliation on Participant Responsiveness to the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) Lifestyle Intervention, Lillian Kent, Darren Morton, Ewan Ward, Paul Rankin, Rick Ferret, John Gobble, and Hans A. Diehl
Credentialing of Australian and New Zealand Infection Control Professionals: An Exploratory Study, Deborough MacBeth, Lisa Hall, Kate Halton, Anne Gardner, and Brett G. Mitchell
A Point Prevalence Study of Healthcare Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Australian Acute and Aged Care Facilities, Brett G. Mitchell, Oyebola Fasugba, Wendy Beckingham, Noleen Bennett, and Anne Gardner
The Use of Clinical Coding Data for the Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Australia, Brett G. Mitchell and John K. Ferguson
Length of Stay and Mortality Associated with Healthcare-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: A Multi-State Model, Brett G. Mitchell, John K. Ferguson, Malcolm Anderson, Jacqueline Sear, and Adrian G. Barnett
Time Spent by Infection Control Professionals Undertaking Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance: A Multi-centred Cross Sectional Study, Brett G. Mitchell, Lisa Hall, Kate Halton, Deborough MacBeth, and Anne Gardner
Lifestyle as Medicine - Past Precepts for Present Problems, Darren Morton, Brett G. Mitchell, Lillian Kent, Garry Egger, and Trevor Hurlow
The Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP): History, Evaluation and Outcomes, Darren Morton, Paul Rankin, Lillian Kent, and Wayne Dysinger
Beyond Telling: Narrating Trauma in the Wartime Writings of Great War Chaplain William McKenzie, Daniel Reynaud, Paul Bogacs, and Carolyn Rickett
Deadly Funny: How John Diamond Used Humor to Tackle the Taboo Subjects of Cancer and Dying, Carolyn Rickett
Papers/Journal Articles from 2015
Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Community- and Hospital-acquired Escherichia coli Urinary Tract Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies, Oyebola Fasugba, Anne Gardner, Brett G. Mitchell, and George Mnatzaganian
The Relative Value of Measures of Omega-3 Index, Perceived Stress, Cortisol and Sleep Time in Identifying Depression Among a Cohort of Australian Adolescents, Ross Grant, Ayse Bilgin, Jade Guest, Margaret J. Morris, Manohar Garg, and Robyn Pearce
Roles, Responsibilities and Scope of Practice: Describing the ‘State of Play’ for Infection Control Professionals in Australia and New Zealand, Lisa Hall, Kate Halton, Deborough MacBeth, Anne Gardner, and Brett G. Mitchell
Health Care Associated Infections, Sally M. Havers, Philip L. Russo, Brett G. Mitchell, and Lisa Hall
A Logistics Support Framework: A Systems-Based Approach to Logistics Planning for Development Projects, Timothy Keeffe and Gail Ormsby
A Positive Association Between Cryptosporidiosis Notifications and Ambient Temperature, Victoria, Australia, 2001-2009, Lillian Kent, Michelle McPherson, and Nasra Higgins
The Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) and Reduction of Chronic Disease Risk Factors in the Philippines, Lillian Kent, Darren Morton, Johann T. Mañez, Suzan Q. Mañez, Glen D. Yabres, Alma Mae B. Muya, Paul Rankin, and Hans A. Diehl
Gender Differences in Effectiveness of the Complete Health Improvement Program, Lillian Kent, Darren Morton, Paul Rankin, John Gobble, and Hans A. Diehl
Urinary Escherichia Coli Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles and their Relationship with Community Antibiotic use in Tasmania, Australia, Ella M. Meumann, Brett G. Mitchell, Alistair McGregor, Emma McBryde, and Louise Cooley
Risk of Organism Acquisition from Prior Room Occupants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Brett G. Mitchell, Stephanie Dancer, Malcolm Anderson, and Emily Dehn
Infection Control Standards and Credentialing, Brett G. Mitchell, Lisa Hall, Kate Halton, Deborough MacBeth, and Anne Gardner
Hospital Infection Control Units: Staffing, Costs, and Priorities, Brett G. Mitchell, Lisa Hall, Deborough MacBeth, Anne Gardner, and Kate Halton
Preventing Healthcare Associated Infections: The Role of Surveillance, Brett G. Mitchell and Philip L. Russo
Tasmanian Acute Public Hospitals Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance Report 24 - Quarter 4 2014, Brett G. Mitchell, Anne Wells, Fiona Wilson, and Alistair McGregor
Evaluating Environment Cleanliness Using Two Approaches: A Multi-centred Australian Study, Brett G. Mitchell, Fiona Wilson, and Anne Wells
Prevalence of Blindness and Cataract Surgical Outcomes in Takeo Province, Cambodia, Manfred Mörchen, Toby Langdon, Gail Ormsby, Ngy Meng, Do Seiha, Kong Piseth, and Jill E. Keeffe
Exercise-Related Transient Abdominal Pain, Darren Morton and Robin Callister
Bad Hair Days and the Good of Pamela Bone's Literary Journalism, Carolyn Rickett
'Because Cowards Get Cancer Too’: Autopathography and First-Person Profiling in John Diamond’s Columns for The Times, Carolyn Rickett
Swimming in a Sea of Death: Reviewers Respond to a Journalist's Work of Mourning with Humour, Carolyn Rickett
Treat the Cause: Evidence-Based Practice, James M. Rippe, Michael Greger, David L. Katz, John H. Kelly Jr., Margaret Moore, and Darren Morton
Trends in Publication Scholarship in Healthcare Infection: A 12-year Analysis, Ramon Z. Shaban and Brett G. Mitchell
Papers/Journal Articles from 2014
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Diabetes in Rural Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Population Based Diabetes and Eye Study, Fakir Amirul Islam, Rahul Chakrabarti, Mohamed Dirani, Mohamed T. Islam, Gail Ormsby, Mohamed Wahab, Christine Critchley, and Robert P. Finger
Short-Term Effectiveness of a Lifestyle Intervention Program for Reducing Selected Chronic Disease Risk Factors in Individuals Living in Rural Appalachia: A Pilot Cohort Study, David Drozek, Hans A. Diehl, Masato Nakazawa, Tom Kostohryz, Darren Morton, and Jay Shubrook
Surveillance To Reduce Urinary Tract Infections: The STRUTI Project, Oyebola Fasugba, Anne Gardner, Brett G. Mitchell, Wendy Beckingham, and Noleen Bennett
A Point Prevalence Cross-Sectional Study of Healthcare-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Six Australian Hospitals, Anne Gardner, Brett G. Mitchell, Wendy Beckingham, and Oyebola Fasugba
Struggling to Stay Awake: The Sleep Patterns of Adventist Secondary School Students, Cedric Greive, Peter Morey, Peter Beamish, Ross Grant, Jade Guest, Robyn Pearce, and Maurice Ashton
Acceptability of a School-Based Incentivised Physical Activity Intervention: The B-Active Program, Wendi Herman, Darren Morton, and Ross Grant
Gender Differences in Effectiveness of the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) Lifestyle Intervention: An Australasian Study, Lillian Kent, Darren Morton, Paul Rankin, Brett G. Mitchell, Esther Chang, and Hans Diehl
Clostridium Difficile Infection: Incidence in an Australian Setting, Brett G. Mitchell
A Major Reduction in Hospital-Onset Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia in Australia - 12 Years of Progress: An Observational Study, Brett G. Mitchell, Peter Collignon, Rebecca McCann, Irene Wilkinson, and Anne Wells
Reply to worth et al, Brett G. Mitchell, Peter Collignon, Rebecca McCann, Irene Wilkinson, and Anne Wells
Prior Room Occupancy Increases Risk of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Acquisition, Brett G. Mitchell, Wilhelmine Digney, and John K. Ferguson
Controlling Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in a Hospital and the Role of Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis, Brett G. Mitchell, Wilhelmine Digney, Phil Locket, and Stephanie Dancer
Clostridium Difficile Infection: Nursing Considerations, Brett G. Mitchell, Philip L. Russo, and Paul T. Race
Australian Graduating Nurses’ Knowledge, Intentions and Beliefs on Infection Prevention and Control: A Cross-Sectional Study, Brett G. Mitchell, Richard Say, Anne Wells, Fiona Wilson, Linda Cloete, and Lucinda Matheson
Live More Active: Activate Your Life for Good, Darren Morton
The Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) and Reduction of Chronic Disease Risk Factors in Canada, Darren Morton, Paul Rankin, Lillian Kent, Rex Sokolies, Wayne Dysinger, John Gobble, and Hans A. Diehl
On Mourning, Making, Circulating: Refusing the 'Posthumous Humiliation' of Susan Sontag, Carolyn Rickett
Increasing Incidence of Clostridium difficile Infection, Australia, 2011-2012, Claudia Slimings, Paul Armstrong, Wendy Beckingham, Ann Bull, Lisa Hall, Karina Kennedy, John Marquess, Rebecca McCann, Andrea Menzies, Brett G. Mitchell, Michael Richards, Paul Smollen, Lauren Tracey, Irene Wilkinson, Fiona Wilson, Leon Worth, and Thomas Riley
Tasmanian Acute Public Hospitals Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance Report 21 - Quarter 1 2014, Anne Wells, Fiona Wilson, Alistair McGregor, and Brett Mitchell
Tasmanian Acute Public Hospitals Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance Report 22 - Annual Report 2013-14, Anne Wells, Fiona Wilson, Alistair McGregor, and Brett G. Mitchell
Tasmanian Acute Public Hospitals Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance Report 23 - Quarter 3 2014, Anne Wells, Fiona Wilson, Alistair McGregor, and Brett G. Mitchell
Papers/Journal Articles from 2013
Suboptimal Omega-3 Levels in Australian Adolescents, Ross Grant, Jade Guest, Ayse Bilgin, Margaret J. Morris, Manohar Garg, and Robyn Pearce
The Impact of a Physical Activity Session on Year Two Students' Subsequent Classroom Behaviour, Wendi Herman, Claire Beer, and Darren Morton
Re-engineer Your Environment, John Kelly and Darren Morton
Long-Term Effectiveness of the Community-Based Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) Lifestyle Intervention: A Cohort Study, Lillian Kent, Darren Morton, Trevor Hurlow, Paul Rankin, Althea Hanna, and Hans A. Diehl
The Effect of a Low-Fat, Plant-Based Lifestyle Intervention (CHIP) on Serum HDL Levels and the Implications for Metabolic Syndrome Status - A Cohort Study, Lillian Kent, Darren Morton, Paul Rankin, Ewan Ward, Ross Grant, John Gobble, and Hans A. Diehl
Addressing the Need for an Infection Prevention and Control Framework That Incorporates the Role of Surveillance: A Discussion Paper, Brett Mitchell and Anne Gardner
A Model for Influences on Reliable and Valid Health Care-Associated Infection Data, Brett G. Mitchell and Anne Gardner
The Prolongation of Length of Stay Because of Clostridium Difficile Infection, Brett G. Mitchell, Anne Gardner, Adrian G. Barnett, Janet Hiller, and Nicholas Graves
Healthcare Associated Urinary Tract Infections: A Protocol for a National Point Prevalence Study, Brett G. Mitchell, Anne Gardner, Wendy Beckingham, and Oyebola Fasugba
