Stephen Morrell

Dados Biográficos

ID1727162
NOMEStephen Morrell
PRENOMESStephen
SOBRENOMEMorrell
ASSINATURAMORRELL S
AFILIAÇÕESUNSW Sydney
ORCID0000-0002-1297-5628
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS29
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES128
TOTAL COMO AUTOR29
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1993
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H7

  • Cause specific mortality across the lifespan for Fiji’s major ethnic sub-populations 2013-17

    Open AccessCatherine Dearie, Christine Linhart et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    LE was higher for FID than i-Taukei females, but similar for males of both ethnicities. CVD was the leading UCoD for both sexes and ethnicities, followed by cancer for i-Taukei males and females, diabetes for FID females and external causes for FID males. Public health interventions aligned with ethnic differences in major causes of death are needed to achieve equitable health outcomes and improved LE in Fiji

  • Effects of inappropriate cause-of-death certification on mortality from cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus in Tonga

    Open AccessCarah Figueroa, Carah A Figueroa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Diabetes reporting in Part 1 of the MCCD, without potentially fatal diabetes complications, has led to over-estimation of diabetes, and under-estimation of CVD, as UCoD in Tonga. This indicates the importance of controlling various modifiable risks for atherosclerotic CVD (including stroke) including hypertension, tobacco use, and saturated fat intake, besides obesity and diabetes. Accurate certification of diabetes as a direct cause of death (Pa…

  • Maternal Mortality in a Rural District of Pakistan and Contributing Factors

    Open AccessJasim Anwar, Siranda Torvaldsen et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2023

  • Trends in mortality and life expectancy in Fiji over 20 years

    Open AccessCatherine Dearie, Christine Linhart et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Based on empirical data, LE in Fiji has minimally improved over 1996-2017, and is lower than some international agencies report. Adult mortality was higher in Indian than i-Taukei men, and higher in i-Taukei than Indian women. Exclusion of stillbirths resulted in IMRs lower than previously reported. Differing mortality trends in subgroups highlight the need to collect census and health data by ethnicity and sex, to monitor health outcomes and inf…

  • Mortality in Tonga over three triennia, 2010–2018

    Open AccessCarah Figueroa, Christine Linhart et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Life expectancy in Tonga over 2010-2018 has remained relatively low and static, with low IMR and U5MR, indicating the substantial impact from premature adult mortality. This analysis of empirical data (> 95% complete) indicates lower LE and higher premature adult mortality than previously reported by international agencies using indirect and modelled methods. Continued integration of mortality recording and data systems in Tonga is important for …

  • Changes in proportional mortality from diabetes and circulatory disease in Mauritius and Fiji

    Open AccessStephen Morrell, Richard Taylor et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    Large, abrupt changes in diabetes and circulatory disease proportional mortality in Fiji and Mauritius coincided with the local introduction of ICD-10 coding in different years. There is also evidence for diabetes-related misclassification of underlying cause of death in Australia and the USA. These artefacts can undermine accurate monitoring of cause of death for evaluation of effectiveness of prevention and control, especially of circulatory di…

  • Confluence of suicide and drug overdose epidemics in young Australian males

    Open AccessRichard Taylor, Andrew Page et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    The coincidence of young male suicide and drug overdose mortality epidemics over the study period (excess deaths: 5000) suggest related causality such as exposure to common factors, including the labour market liberalisation and de-regulation of the 1990s, and deserves further investigation

  • Continued increases in blood pressure over two decades in Samoa (1991–2013); around one-third of the increase explained by rising obesity levels

    Open AccessChristine Linhart, Take Naseri et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Significant increases have occurred in SBP/DBP and hypertension prevalence in both sexes in Samoa during 1991-2013, which would contribute significantly to premature mortality from cardiovascular disease. Obesity accounts for around one-third of the rising trend in blood pressure in the Samoan population. Strengthening of population control of hypertension through reduction in obesity and salt intake, and case detection and treatment through prim…

  • Overview of trends in cardiovascular and diabetes risk factors in Fiji

    Open AccessRichard Taylor, Sophia Lin et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2018

    CONTEXT: Fiji has undergone an epidemiological transition, characterised by declining infectious disease and childhood mortality, that has been offset by rising cardiovascular disease mortality. Other Pacific Island states are in a comparable situation. OBJECTIVE: With a focus on Fiji, this study reviews and contextualises research performed by the authors and others that examines cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and their …

  • Tobacco smoking trends in Samoa over four decades

    Open AccessChristine Linhart, Take Naseri et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2017

    BACKGROUND: The island country of Samoa (population 188,000 in 2011) forms part of Polynesia in the South Pacific. Over the past several decades Samoa has experienced exceptional modernization and globalization of many sectors of society, with noncommunicable diseases (NCD) now the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. The evolution of risk factor prevalence underpinning the increase in NCDs, however, has not been well described, including to…

  • Cancer survival disparities worsening by socio-economic disadvantage over the last 3 decades in new South Wales, Australia

    Open AccessHanna Uosukainen, Hanna E Tervonen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    There is a widening gap in comparative risk of cancer death by level of socio-economic disadvantage that warrants a policy response and further examination of reasons behind these disparities

  • Social connections and suicidal behaviour in young Australian adults

    Open AccessA Milner, Andrew Page et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2015

    A greater number of social connections was significantly associated with reduced odds of suicide or attempt. This suggests that suicide prevention initiatives that promote increased social connections at an individual, familial, and wider social levels might be effective

  • Absolute cardiovascular risk in a Fiji medical zone

    Open AccessRajat Gyaneshwar, Swaran Naidu et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    The results of the survey highlight the need for individual and community interventions to address the high levels of NCD/RFs. Evaluation of interventions is needed in order to inform NCD control policies in Fiji and other Pacific Island nations

  • Trends in Sri Lankan cause-specific adult mortality 1950–2006

    Open AccessP V S C Vithana, Chiranthika Vithana et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Significant disparities are demonstrated in Sri Lankan cause-specific adult mortality by sex and age group for 1950-2006. Female mortality progressively declined while male mortality demonstrated periods of increase and stagnation. Among males aged 15-34 years this coincides with periods of civil conflict over 1970-2000. Among males aged 35-64 years the increased mortality from non-communicable disease and external causes are the main reasons for…

  • The "French Turn" in the Antipodes

    Open AccessJohn Sebesta, John Sebesta John Sebesta et al.ARTICLELabour History2014

    Mass social-democratic parties such as the Australian Labor Party have long been the major obstacle to small revolutionary organisations winning mass influence. This paper explores how the Australian Trotskyists of the 1940s attempted to overcome this through the tactic of entry. In the 1930s the “French Turn” by Leon Trotsky’s supporters in France and in the United States provided successful models of short-term entry. In Australia, however, ent…

  • The role of under-employment and unemployment in recent birth cohort effects in Australian suicide

    Open AccessAndrew Page, Allison Milner et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2013Citada por: 4Referências: 39

  • Outcomes from a mass media campaign to promote cervical screening in NSW, Australia

    Stephen Morrell, Donna A Perez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2010Referências: 11

    BACKGROUND: Despite the decline in the incidence of cervical cancer in Australia as a result of population screening, a substantial proportion of women in NSW screen less regularly than the recommended two-yearly interval or do not screen. With higher rates of cervical cancer in unscreened and underscreened women, and despite the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine, there remains a need to continue to remind women to screen. The mass…

  • The Hopes and Fears of Older Australians

    Open AccessSusan Quine, Stephen Morrell et al.ARTICLEAustralian Journal of Social Issues2007Referências: 13

    This study refutes negative ageist stereotypes of how older people view themselves and society by reporting on their freely expressed main hope and main fear for the future. Data were collected through a population based cross‐sectional telephone interview survey conducted in NSW in 1999/2000. Participants (n=8,881) were randomly selected community dwelling older Australians (65+). Analyses revealed that participants were more likely to express a…

  • Further increases in rural suicide in young Australian adults

    Open AccessAndrew Page, Stephen Morrell et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2007Citada por: 12Referências: 21

  • The decline in Australian young male suicide

    Open AccessStephen Morrell, Andrew N Page et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2007Citada por: 10Referências: 13

  • Food insecurity in community-dwelling older Australians

    Open AccessSusan Quine, Stephen MorrellARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2006

    Objective To identify the extent of food insecurity (defined as running out of food in the last 12 months and being unable to afford to buy more) amongst older Australians, and the characteristics of those who experience this condition. Design Cross-sectional population survey. Setting and subjects Respondents ( n = 8881) were community-dwelling older people (65 years and older) living independently in New South Wales, Australia, randomly sampled…

  • Fear of loss of independence and nursing home admission in older Australians

    Open AccessSusan Quine, Stephen MorrellARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2006Citada por: 7Referências: 1

    A prerequisite for the success of any health or social care policy is the ability to address the concerns of the target group. The findings described in the present paper form part of a larger study of the hopes and fears that older people hold for their future. Data were collected through a cross-sectional, population-based telephone interview survey conducted in New South Wales, Australia, from 1999 to 2000. The participants (n = 8881) were ran…

  • Mental health and socio-economic variations in Australian suicide

    Open AccessRichard Taylor, Andrew Page et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2005Citada por: 9Referências: 7

  • Cervical cancer screening in a Vietnamese nominal cohort

    Richard Taylor, Richard J Taylor et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2003Citada por: 1

    This study demonstrates the feasibility of estimating and monitoring cervical screening participation in minority groups with distinctive names using a Pap Test Register and information from a population register

  • Urban and rural suicide differentials in migrants and the Australian-born, New South Wales, Australia 1985-1994

    Open AccessStephen Morrell, Richard Taylor et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1999Citada por: 13Referências: 18