Annette Dobson

Biographic Data

ID3799598
NAMEAnnette Dobson
GIVEN NAMESAnnette
FAMILY NAMEDobson
SIGNATUREDOBSON A
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Queensland
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS97
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX3

  • Accuracy of death certifications of diabetes, dementia and cancer in Australia

    Open AccessZhiwei Xu, Richard Hockey et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Death rates associated with common conditions that occur in multimorbidity clusters in the elderly are underestimated in national mortality statistics, but would be improved if the multiple causes of death listed on a death certificate were taken into account in the statistics

  • Environmental Correlates of Mental Health Measures for Women in Western Australia

    Open AccessEmily Fearnley, Emily Jane Fearnley et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2014

  • Impact of behavioural risk factors on death within 10 years for women and men in their 70s

    Open AccessAnnette J Dobson, Annette Dobson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    These absolute risk charts provide a tool for understanding the combined effects of behavioural risk factors for death among older people

  • Factors which enhance or inhibit social support

    Open AccessDeirdre Mclaughlin, Jon Adams et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society2011References: 22

    Evidence suggests that people with strong social support have lower mortality and morbidity and better self-rated health in later life, but few studies have used longitudinal data to examine the factors that inhibit or enhance social support. This study used both quantitative data and qualitative texts to explore older women's social networks. The mixed-methods design drew participants from the 1921–26 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study …

  • Gender Differences in Social Network Size and Satisfaction in Adults in Their 70s

    Open AccessDeirdre Mclaughlin, Dimitrios Vagenas et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2010Cited by: 49References: 29

    Strong social support is associated with lower mortality and morbidity and better self-rated health in later life. The aim of this study was to compare social network size and satisfaction in men ( N = 2589) and women ( n = 3152), aged 72-78 years. Women reported significantly larger networks (Difference 1.36, 95% CI 0.89, 1.83) than men. However, being separated, divorced or single had a significantly greater impact on men's social networks (Dif…

  • Transitions into informal caregiving and out of paid employment of women in their 50s

    Open AccessJanneke Berecki-Gisolf, J Lucke et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2008Cited by: 41References: 14

  • Occasional tobacco use among young adult women

    Liane Mcdermott, Annette J Dobson et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2007

    Interventions to reduce the prevalence of smoking among young women need to take account of occasional smokers, who made up 39% of all smokers in this study. Targeted interventions to prevent the escalation to daily smoking and to promote cessation should allow for the social context of smoking with alcohol and other drugs, and social and environmental influences in vocational education and occupational settings

  • Men's Perceived Health Needs

    Open AccessRichard Fletcher, Richard J Fletcher et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2002Cited by: 5References: 20

    Cross-sectional survey data describing health priorities and needs perceived by men and women living in Newcastle, Australia are compared and contrasted with national health policies. The highest prevalence of felt needs for men were stress (13 percent), cost of medical care (10 percent) and money problems (9 percent); while stress (16 percent), overweight (16 percent) and money problems (15 percent) were highest for women. These contrast with th…

  • Reducing coronary heart disease in the Australian Coalfields

    Open AccessNick Higginbotham, Gaynor Heading et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1999Cited by: 2References: 16