Endometriosis is a chronic gynaecological condition that causes pain and infertility and can have a significant impact on the physical, psychological and social wellbeing of women. This thesis outlines the protocol for ...

Minimum Message Length (MML) is a Bayesian framework for model selection and statistical inference with a strong foundation in information theory. This thesis examines the MML criterion for model selection by applying MML ...

Background: There is convincing epidemiological evidence that physical activity is associated with a lower risk of colon cancer; inconsistent associations have been reported for rectal cancer. Most previous studies consider ...

Chronic diseases, which refer to diseases that are of long duration and generally slow progression, cause more than half of the deaths worldwide today and bring heavy economic burden on both individuals and health systems. ...

This study depicts how Ngaanyatjarra women in a remote Aboriginal Australian community collectively initiated, developed and managed a suite of community service activities. It describes the development of the activities, ...

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a serious reproductive health issue for women that occurs when infection ascends from the lower to the upper genital tract. Possible sequalae include infertility, ectopic pregnancy and ...

Background: Missing data is a common problem in epidemiological studies and is especially prominent in longitudinal cohorts, as these studies require the participation of respondents at multiple waves. The statistical ...

Dysregulation of DNA methylation is a feature of mature B cell neoplasms (MBCN) but it is not known whether methylation changes can be detected in blood-derived DNA prior to MBCN diagnosis. In this prospective cohort study, ...

Patients are sometimes harmed in the course of receiving hospital care. Increased awareness of harm and a board’s ultimate responsibility for healthcare quality have focussed attention on processes of governance. Research ...

Obesity is a major public health challenge and a risk factor for many non-communicable diseases. Further, inequities in the distribution of obesity and diet-related disease across populations are also of concern. Spatial ...