Emily Banks

• UNSW Sydney

INTRODUCTION In 2022–2023, 30% of Australian adolescents aged 12–17 years had used electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the negative health impacts of e-cigarettes. Although sport and physical activity participation have been postulated as potential protective factors against e-cigarette use, evidence on...

Background Tobacco industry activities and reduced smoking prevalence can foster under-appreciation of risks and under-investment in tobacco control. Reliable evidence on contemporary smoking impacts, including cause-specific mortality and attributable deaths, remains critical. Methods Prospective study of 178,169 cancer- and cardiovascular-diseas...

Simulation models of smoking behaviour provide vital forecasts of exposure to inform policy targets, estimates of the burden of disease, and impacts of tobacco control interventions. A key element of useful model-based forecasts is a clear picture of uncertainty due to the data used to inform the model, however, assessment of this parameter uncerta...

Background Deaths in Australia and other high-income countries increasingly involve multiple conditions. However, key burden of disease measures typically only use the underlying cause of death (UC). We quantified sex and cause-specific years of life lost (YLL) based on UC compared with a method integrating multiple causes of death. Methods Causes...

Background: A new Australian guideline for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment and management was published in 2023, including new risk treatment thresholds. Objective: This article summarises the published peer-reviewed global evidence that informed guideline recommendations on risk treatment thresholds for initiating blood pressure- a...

Objective: To examine a potential new Australian health system indicator–continuity of care (CoC) in general practice–derived from whole–of–population linked administrative data. Methods: Using data from Census 2016 and 2021 and the Medicare Benefits Schedule, available via the Person–Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA), we examined an indicator of...

Aim Large‐scale studies investigating health‐related quality of life (HRQL) in cancer survivors are limited. This study aims to investigate HRQL and its relation to optimism and social support among Australian women following a cancer diagnosis. Methods Data were from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, a large cohort study ( n =...

Background With novel therapies, more individuals are living longer with lung cancer (LC). This study aimed to understand the impacts of LC on life domains such as employment, finances, relationships, and healthcare needs. Methods Individuals 18+, diagnosed with LC, 6–24 months post-treatment were recruited through an Australian LC cohort study (E...

Background Pain is a common, debilitating, and feared symptom, including among cancer survivors. However, large-scale population-based evidence on pain and its impact in cancer survivors is limited. We quantified the prevalence of pain in community-dwelling people with and without cancer, and its relation to physical functioning, psychological dist...

Objective To examine the relationship between corticosteroid use and herpes zoster risk. Methods With data from a large cohort of adults (the 45 and Up Study) recruited between 2006 and 2009 and linked to health data sets, the effect of corticosteroid use on zoster risk was analyzed by Cox proportional hazards models, adjusting for age, sex, and o...

Background Information on the risks of herpes zoster (zoster) preceding a cancer diagnosis and the role of cancer treatment on risk is limited. Methods This was a prospective cohort of 241497 adults, with mean age 62.0 years at recruitment (2006–2009), linked to health datasets from 2006 to 2015. The relation between cancer diagnosis, treatment, a...

The shift to low-emissions energy production has gained significant traction in Australia and around the world. Community Renewable Energy (CORE) projects are on the rise, reflecting the desire of communities to take control of their own energy goals, and embedded networks (ENs) are emerging as part of the CORE movement. An EN is operated by an EN...