By Associate Professor Holly Seale

Journal articles

Rashid H; Yin JK; Ward K; King C; Seale H; Booy R, 2016, 'Assessing interventions to improve influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers', Health Affairs, 35, pp. 284 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1087

Seale H, 2016, '“I just don’t want to cause fires”: The attitudes of hospital patients and staff towards patient empowerment strategies to reduce healthcare acquired infections', Infection, Disease & Health, 21, pp. 129 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2016.09.060

Kaur R; Razee H; Seale H, 2016, 'Exploring the attitudes of medical students towards a new hand hygiene teaching approach', Infection, Disease & Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2016.09.049

Seale H, 2016, 'Patient empowerment as a strategy to help prevent healthcare acquired infections', Infection, Disease & Health, 21, pp. 135 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2016.09.084

Seale H; Sitaresmi MN; Atthobari J; Heywood A; Kaur R; MacIntyre CR; Soenarto Y; Padmawati S, 2015, 'Knowledge and attitudes towards rotavirus diarrhea and the vaccine amongst healthcare providers in Yogyakarta Indonesia', BMC Health Services Research, 15, pp. 528, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1187-3

Heywood AE; Forssman BL; Seale H; MacIntyre CR; Zwar N, 2015, 'General Practitioners' Perception of Risk for Travelers Visiting Friends and Relatives', Journal of Travel Medicine, 22, pp. 368 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jtm.12229

Scott N; Crane M; Lafontaine M; Seale H; Currow D, 2015, 'Stigma as a barrier to diagnosis of lung cancer: patient and general practitioner perspectives', Primary health care research & development, 16, pp. 618 - 622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1463423615000043

Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR; Ashraf MO; Zheng Y; Yang P; Wang Q; Dung TC; Hien NT; Seale H, 2015, 'Practices around the use of masks and respirators among hospital health care workers in 3 diverse populations', American Journal of Infection Control, 43, pp. 1116 - 1118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.05.041

Zhang D; Wu S; Zhang Y; Yang P; MacIntyre CR; Seale H; Wang Q, 2015, 'Health literacy in Beijing: An assessment of adults' knowledge and skills regarding communicable diseases', BMC Public Health, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2151-1

Seale H; Travaglia J; Chughtai AA; Phillipson L; Novytska Y; Kaur R, 2015, '‘I don’t want to cause any trouble’: the attitudes of hospital patients towards patient empowerment strategies to reduce healthcare-acquired infections', Journal of Infection Prevention, 16, pp. 167 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757177415588378

Kaur R; Razee H; Seale H, 2015, 'Exploring the approaches used to teach concepts of hand hygiene to Australian medical students', Journal of Infection Prevention, 16, pp. 162 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757177415580466

Lowbridge C; McIntyre PB; Gilmour R; Chiu C; Seale H; Ferson MJ; Gilbert GL, 2015, 'Long term population impact of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine with a "3+0″ schedule-How do "2+1″ and "3+1″ schedules compare?', Vaccine, 33, pp. 3234 - 3241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.04.079

Seale H; Chughtai AA; Kaur R; Crowe P; Phillipson L; Novytska Y; Travaglia J, 2015, 'Ask, speak up, and be proactive: Empowering patient infection control to prevent health care-acquired infections', American Journal of Infection Control, 43, pp. 447 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.01.007

Scott N; Gabriel S; Sheppeard V; Peacock A; Scott C; Flego K; Forssman B; Seale H, 2015, 'Responding to a measles outbreak in a Pacific island community in western Sydney: community interviews led to church-based immunization clinics', Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR, 6, pp. 51 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/WPSAR.2014.5.3.004

Singh K; Bhoopathy S; Worth H; Seale H; Richmond RL, 2015, 'Nutrition among men and household food security in an Internally Displaced Persons camp in Kenya.', Public Health Nutrition, 19, pp. 723 - 731, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980015001275

Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR; Zheng Y; Wang Q; Toor ZI; Dung TC; Hien NT; Seale H, 2015, 'Examining the policies and guidelines around the use of masks and respirators by healthcare workers in China, Pakistan and Vietnam', Journal of Infection Prevention, 16, pp. 68 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757177414560251

Seale H; Leem J-S; Gallard J; Kaur R; Chughtai A; Tashani M; MacIntyre CR, 2015, '“The cookie monster muffler”: Perceptions and behaviours of hospital healthcare workers around the use of masks and respirators in the hospital setting', International Journal of Infection Control, http://dx.doi.org/10.3396/IJIC.v11i1.006.15

MacIntyre CR; Seale H; Dung TC; Hien NT; Nga PT; Chughtai AA; Rahman B; Dwyer DE; Wang Q, 2015, 'A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers', BMJ Open, 5, pp. e006577, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006577

Chughtai AA; Seale H; Dung TC; Maher L; Nga PT; MacIntyre CR, 2015, 'Current practices and barriers to the use of facemasks and respirators among hospital-based health care workers in Vietnam', American Journal of Infection Control, 43, pp. 72 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.10.009

Ogunjimi B; Hens N; Pebody R; Jansens H; Seale H; Quinlivan M; Theeten H; Goossens H; Breuer J; Beutels P, 2015, 'Cytomegalovirus seropositivity is associated with herpes zoster', Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 11, pp. 1394 - 1399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2015.1037999

Seale H; Chughtai AA; Kaur R; Phillipson L; Novytska Y; Travaglia J, 2015, 'Empowering patients in the hospital as a new approach to reducing the burden of health care-associated infections: The attitudes ofhospital health care workers', American Journal of Infection Control, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.10.003

Seale H; Novytska Y; Gallard J; Kaur R, 2015, 'Examining Hospital Patients' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Hospital-Acquired Infections and Their Participation in Infection Control', Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 36, pp. 461 - 463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2014.84

MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA; Seale H; Richards GA; Davidson PM, 2015, 'Respiratory protection for healthcare workers treating Ebola virus disease (EVD): Are facemasks sufficient to meet occupational health and safety obligations? (vol 50, pg 1421, 2014)', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES, 52, pp. 505 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.10.011

Seale H; Travaglia J; Chughtai AA; Phillipson L; Novytska Y; Kaur R, 2015, ''I don't want to cause any trouble': the attitudes of hospital patients towards patient empowerment strategies to reduce healthcare-acquired infections.', Journal of infection prevention, 16, pp. 167 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757177415588378

MacIntyre CR; Chughtai, A; Seale H; Richards GA; Davidson PM, 2014, 'Uncertainty, risk analysis and change for Ebola personal protective equipment guidelines', International Journal of Nursing Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.12.001

Mark AJ; Sanders SC; Mitchell JA; Seale H; Richmond RL, 2014, 'Smoke-free outdoor areas: Supporting local government to introduce tobacco control policies', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38, pp. 518 - 523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12265

Newcombe J; Kaur R; Wood N; Seale H; Palasanthiran P; Snelling T, 2014, 'Prevalence and determinants of influenza vaccine coverage at tertiary pediatric hospitals', Vaccine, 32, pp. 6364 - 6368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.06.044

Seale H; Leem JS; Gallard J; Kaur R; Chughtai AA; Tashani M; MacIntyre R, 2014, '“The cookie monster muffler”: Perceptions and behaviours of hospital healthcare workers around the use of masks and respirators in the hospital setting', IJIC, 1, pp. 1 - 18

MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA; Seale H; Richards GA; Davidson PM, 2014, 'Respiratory protection for healthcare workers treating ebola virus disease (evd): are facemasks sufficient to meet occupational health and safety obligations?', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 51, pp. 1421 - 1426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.09.002

MacIntyre CR; Wang Q; Rahman B; Seale H; Ridda I; Gao Z; Yang P; Shi W; Pang X; Zhang Y; Moa A; Dwyer DE, 2014, 'Efficacy of face masks and respirators in preventing upper respiratory tract bacterial colonization and co-infection in hospital healthcare workers - authors' reply', Preventive medicine, 65, pp. 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.05.024

Wicker S; Seale H; Von Gierke L; Maltezou H, 2014, 'Vaccination of healthcare personnel: Spotlight on groups with underlying conditions', Vaccine, 32, pp. 4025 - 4031, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.05.070

Quinn E; Huckel-Schneider C; Campbell D; Seale H; Milat AJ, 2014, 'How can knowledge exchange portals assist in knowledge management for evidence-informed decision making in public health?', BMC Public Health, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-443

MacIntyre CR; Wang Q; Rahman B; Seale H; Ridda I; Gao Z; Yang P; Shi W; Pang X; Zhang Y; Moa A; Dwyer DE, 2014, 'Efficacy of face masks and respirators in preventing upper respiratory tract bacterial colonization and co-infection in hospital healthcare workers', Preventive Medicine, 62, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.01.015

Chughtai AA; MacIntyre R; Peng Y; Wang Q; Toor ZI; Dung TC; Seale H, 2014, 'Policies on facemasks use to protect HCWs from respiratory infections: A cross sectional survey', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 21, pp. 417 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1281

Gunaratnam PJ; Tobin S; Seale H; Marich A; McAnulty J, 2014, 'Airport arrivals screening during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in New South Wales, Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 200, pp. 290 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja13.10832

Scott NS; Paterson JM; Seale H; Truman G, 2014, 'Chronic carriage and familial transmission of typhoid in western Sydney', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 38, pp. E24 - E25

Lim YC; Seale H, 2014, 'Examining the views of key stakeholders regarding the provision of occupational influenza vaccination for healthcare workers in Australia', Vaccine, 32, pp. 606 - 610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.11.063

Kaur R; Razee H; Seale H, 2014, 'Facilitators and barriers around teaching concepts of hand hygiene to undergraduate medical students', Journal of Hospital Infection, 88, pp. 28 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2014.06.006

Gunaratnam P; Tobin S; Seale H; McAnulty JM, 2014, 'Infectious diseases in returned travellers, NSW, 2010-2011.', New South Wales public health bulletin, 24, pp. 171 - 175

Scott N; Donato-Hunt C; Crane M; Lafontaine M; Varlow M; Seale H; Currow D, 2014, 'Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about lung cancer in three culturally and linguistically diverse communities living in Australia: A qualitative study', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 25, pp. 46 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/HE13095

Zhang L; Seale H; Wu S; Yang P; Zheng Y; Ma C; MacIntyre R; Wang Q, 2014, 'Post-pandemic assessment of public knowledge, behavior, and skill on influenza prevention among the general population of Beijing, China', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 24, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.01.003

Quinn EK; Noble J; Seale H; Ward JE, 2014, 'Provision of maternity care for women in remote Far West New South Wales: How far have we come?', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 22, pp. 114 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajr.12088

MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA; Seale H; Richards GA; Davidson PM, 2014, 'Response to Martin-Moreno et al. (2014) Surgical mask or no mask for health workers not a defensible position for Ebola', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 51, pp. 1694 - 1695, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.10.004

Liyanage SS; Segelov E; Malik A; Garland SM; Tabrizi SN; Cummins E; Seale H; Rahman B; Moa A; Barbour AP; Crowe PJ; MacIntyre CR, 2014, 'A Case-Control Study of the Role of Human Papillomavirus in Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Australia', Journal of Oncology, 2014, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/236482

MacIntyre CR; Wang Q; Rahman B; Seale H; Ridda I; Gao Z; Yang P; Shi W; Pang X; Zhang Y; Moa A; Dwyer DE, 2014, 'Corrigendum to 'Efficacy of face masks and respirators in preventing upper respiratory tract bacterial colonization and co-infection in hospital healthcare workers' [Prev. Med. 62 (2014) 1–7]', Preventive Medicine, 69, pp. 165 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.09.022

Bhoopathy V; Richmond RL; Singh K; Worth H; Seale H, 2014, 'PM344 Cardiovascular risk factors among men living in an internally displaced persons camp in Kenya', Global Heart, 9, pp. e132 - e132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2014.03.1696

MacIntyre CR; Heywood AE; Kovoor P; Ridda I; Seale H; Tan T; Gao Z; Katelaris AL; Siu HWD; Lo V; Lindley R; Dwyer DE, 2013, 'Ischaemic heart disease, influenza and influenza vaccination: a prospective case control study', Heart, 99, pp. 1843 - 1848, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304320

Zheng Y; Yang P; Wu S; Ma C; Seale H; MacIntyre CR; Wang Q, 2013, 'A cross-sectional study of factors associated with uptake of vaccination against influenza among older residents in the postpandemic season in Beijing, China', BMJ Open, 3, pp. e003662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003662

MACINTYRE CR; SEALE H; YANG P; ZHANG Y; SHI W; ALMATROUDI A; MOA A; WANG X; LI X; PANG X; WANG Q, 2013, 'Quantifying the risk of respiratory infection in healthcare workers performing high-risk procedures', Epidemiology and Infection, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S095026881300304X

Liyanage SS; Rahman B; Gao Z; Zheng Y; Ridda I; Moa A; Newall AT; Seale H; Li Q; Liu J-F; MacIntyre CR, 2013, 'Evidence for the aetiology of human papillomavirus in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in the Chinese population: a meta-analysis', BMJ Open, 3, pp. e003604 - e003604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003604

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