Factors influencing access and utilization of health services among older people during the COVID− 19 pandemic: a scoping review

P Bastani, M Mohammadpour, M Samadbeik… - Archives of Public …, 2021 - Springer
Background Access to healthcare and service utilization are both considered essential
factors for improving the general health and wellbeing of older people, especially at the time …

COVID-19 and Australia's mental health: An overview of academic literature, policy documents, lived experience accounts, media and community reports

M Bower, S Smout, S Ellsmore, A Donohoe-Bales… - 2021 - ses.library.usyd.edu.au
Over the past 20 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a profound disruption to
Australians' daily lives. Many of our daily activities and schedules have changed beyond …

Healthcare avoidance before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among Australian youth: a longitudinal study

MI Islam, J Freeman, V Chadwick, A Martiniuk - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Access to healthcare for young people is essential to ensure they can build a
foundation for a healthy life. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, many people …

The mental health of Australians bereaved during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent class analysis

F Maccallum, LJ Breen, JL Phillips, MR Agar… - Psychological …, 2024 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many areas of life, including culturally
accepted practices at end-of-life care, funeral rites, and access to social, community, and …

Older adults' perspectives towards optimizing lifestyle behaviors and strategies to support healthy brain ageing during COVID-19 restrictions

J Siette, L Dodds, C Brooks, K Deckers - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction It is unknown how the impact of COVID-19 restrictions has affected brain healthy
behaviors that contribute to dementia risk reduction in older adults. Our aim was to explore …

Impacts of the 2019/20 bushfires and COVID-19 pandemic on the physical and mental health of older Australians: a cross-sectional survey

E Halcomb, C Thompson, D Morris, S James… - Family …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background In 2019/20 major bushfires devastated Australia's East Coast. Shortly afterward
the COVID-19 pandemic was declared. Older people are disproportionately affected by …

[HTML][HTML] A health inequality analysis of childhood asthma prevalence in urban Australia

E Cameron, J Mo, C Yu - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Long-standing health inequalities in Australian society that were exposed by
the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic were …

Psychosocial well-being in long-term care in the wake of COVID-19: Findings from a qualitative study in New Zealand

R Frey, D Balmer - Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Drawing on Mason Durie's (1985) New Zealand Whare Tapa Whā model of health
(spiritual, emotional, physical, and family domains), the goal was to link a model of well …

Risk perception and health precautions towards COVID-19 among older culturally and linguistically diverse adults in South Australia: a cross-sectional survey

M Hamiduzzaman, N Siddiquee… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Risk perceptions and precaution-taking against COVID-19 are affected by
individuals' health status, psychosocial vulnerabilities and cultural dimensions. This cross …

Mental health consequences of COVID-19 suppression strategies in Victoria, Australia: a narrative review

J Jiang, H Akhlaghi, D Haywood… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed significant mental health burdens upon the general
population worldwide, either directly owing to the disease or indirectly through aggressive …