The GCPHU regularly conducts research activities to address public health issues on the Gold Coast. This often involves the development, implementation, and evaluation of a public health interventio
Some current research projects include:
- The effect of free Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) screening at youth events on the Gold Coast.
- Understanding the social perceptions of vaping and illicit tobacco in Gold Coast youth.
- The impact of an SMS reminder on the uptake and timeliness of childhood immunisations.
- Evaluating the Gold Coast Gastrointestinal Syndromic Surveillance System.
- Reviewing the School Immunisation Program electronic consent form process.
Journal articles and conference presentations are a way of sharing public health information with the scientific community.
Recent GCPHU publications include:
- Q Fever infection is a preventable risk associated with pet food manufacturing.
- Several confirmed and probable zoonotic cases toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans, Queensland, Australia.
- Wave of COVID-19 outbreaks in Gold Coast Residential Aged Care Facilities after easing travel restrictions into Queensland.
- Protocol for the Winter Respiratory Viruses Sentinel Surveillance Program in Queensland.
- Defining the peak: Point prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 using randomised sampling.
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