By Associate Professor Margo Barr

Journal articles

Barr ML; Dillon A; Kassis M; Steel DG, 2013, 'Telephone surveys provide reliable information on risk behaviours and health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 37, pp. 91 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12017

Radesky JS; Zuckerman B; Silverstein M; Rivara FP; Barr M; Taylor JA; Lengua LJ; Barr RG, 2013, 'Inconsolable Infant Crying and Maternal Postpartum Depressive Symptoms', PEDIATRICS, 131, pp. E1857 - E1864, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2012-3316

Stevens G; Agho K; Taylor M; Jones AL; Barr M; Raphael B, 2012, 'Perceived coping & concern predict terrorism preparedness in Australia', BMC Public Health, 12, pp. 1117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-1117

Barr ML; Van Ritten JJ; Steel DG; Thackway SV, 2012, 'Inclusion of mobile phone numbers into an ongoing population health survey in New South Wales, Australia: Design, methods, call outcomes, costs and sample representativeness', BMC Medical Research Methodology, 12, pp. 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-177

Stevens G; Agho K; Taylor M; Jones AL; Jacobs J; Barr M; Raphael B, 2011, 'Alert but less alarmed: A pooled analysis of terrorism threat perception in Australia', BMC Public Health, 11, pp. 797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-797

Milat AJ; Watson WL; Monger C; Barr M; Giffin M; Reid M, 2011, 'Prevalence, circumstances and consequences of falls among community-dwelling older people: results of the 2009 NSW Falls Prevention Baseline Survey.', New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 22, pp. 43 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb10065

Harvey LA; Barr M; Poulos RG; Finch C; Sherker S; Harvey JE, 2011, 'A population-based survey of knowledge of first aid for burns in new south wales', Medical Journal of Australia, 195, pp. 465 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja11.10836

Muscatello D; Barr M; Thackway S; MacIntyre CR, 2011, 'Epidemiology of influenza-like illness during pandemic (H1N1) 2009, New South Wales, Australia', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 1240 - 1247, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1707.101173

Fujiwara T; Barr RG; Brant R; Barr M, 2011, 'Infant Distress at Five Weeks of Age and Caregiver Frustration', JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, 159, pp. 425 - U283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.02.010

Agho K; Stevens G; Taylor M; Barr M; Raphael B, 2010, 'Population risk perceptions of global warming in Australia', Environmental Research, 110, pp. 756 - 763, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2010.09.007

Taylor M; Barr M; Stevens G; Bryson-Taylor D; Agho K; Jacobs J; Raphael B, 2010, 'Psychosocial stress and strategies for managing adversity: Measuring population resilience in New South Wales, Australia', Population Health Metrics, 8, pp. 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-8-28

Harvey L; Barr M; Poulos B; Sherker S; Finch C, 2010, 'IS IT TIME TO REFINE THE MESSAGE?: A POPULATION BASED SURVEY OF KNOWLEDGE OF FIRST AID FOR BURNS AND SCALDS IN NSW, AUSTRALIA', INJURY PREVENTION, 16, pp. A199 - A199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2010.029215.711

Jacobs J; Taylor M; Agho K; Stevens G; Barr M; Raphael B, 2010, 'Factors Associated with Increased Risk Perception of Pandemic Influenza in Australia', Influenza Research and Treatment, 2010, pp. 947906, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/947906

Gabello M; Valenzano MC; Barr M; Zurbach P; Mullin JM, 2010, 'Omeprazole Induces Gastric Permeability to Digoxin', DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES, 55, pp. 1255 - 1263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10620-009-0851-z

Raphael B; Taylor M; Stevens G; Barr M; Gorringe M; Agho K, 2009, 'Factors associated with population risk perceptions of continuing drought in Australia', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 17, pp. 330 - 337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1584.2009.01108.x

Stevens G; Taylor M; Barr M; Jorm L; Giffin M; Ferguson R; Agho K; Raphael B, 2009, 'Public perceptions of the threat of terrorist attack in Australia and anticipated compliance behaviours', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 33, pp. 339 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00405.x

Stevens G; Agho K; Taylor M; Barr M; Raphael B; Jorm L, 2009, 'Terrorism in Australia: Factors associated with perceived threat and incident-critical behaviours', BMC Public Health, 9, pp. 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-91

Merom D; Chey T; Chau J; Smith BJ; Barr M; Bauman AE, 2009, 'Are messages about lifestyle walking being heard? Trends in walking for all purposes in New South Wales (NSW), Australia', Preventive Medicine, 48, pp. 341 - 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.02.010

Barr RG; Barr M; Fujiwara T; Conway J; Catherine N; Brant R, 2009, 'Do educational materials change knowledge and behaviour about crying and shaken baby syndrome? A randomized controlled trial', CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, 180, pp. 727 - 733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081419

Runyan DK; Hennink-Kaminski HJ; Zolotor AJ; Barr RG; Murphy RA; Barr M; Sullivan K; Dougall EK; Nocera M, 2009, 'Designing and Testing a Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Program - The Period of PURPLE Crying: Keeping Babies Safe in North Carolina', SOCIAL MARKETING QUARTERLY, 15, pp. 2 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15245000903304635

Barr RG; Rivara FP; Barr M; Cummings P; Taylor J; Lengua LJ; Meredith-Benitz E, 2009, 'Effectiveness of Educational Materials Designed to Change Knowledge and Behaviors Regarding Crying and Shaken-Baby Syndrome in Mothers of Newborns: A Randomized, Controlled Trial', PEDIATRICS, 123, pp. 972 - 980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2008-0908

Taylor M; Raphael B; Barr M; Agho K; Stevens G; Jorm L, 2009, 'Public health measures during an anticipated influenza pandemic: Factors influencing willingness to comply', Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2, pp. 9 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/rmhp.s4810

Barr M; Raphael B; Taylor M; Stevens G; Jorm L; Giffin M; Lujic S, 2008, 'Pandemic influenza in Australia: Using telephone surveys to measure perceptions of threat and willingness to comply', BMC Infectious Diseases, 8, pp. 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-117

Indig DT; Barr M; Copeland J; Conigrave KM, 2007, 'The effects of alcohol consumption, psychological distress and smoking status on emergency department presentations in New South Wales, Australia', BMC Public Health, 7, pp. 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-46

Yang B; Barr M, 2006, 'Does sampling using random digit dialling really cost more than sampling from telephone directories: Debunking the myths', BMC Medical Research Methodology, 6, pp. 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-6-6

Correll PK; Hayen A; Barr M, 2003, 'Hepatitis B immunisation in children aged 10-13 years in New South Wales, 2001.', New South Wales public health bulletin, 14, pp. 17 - 20

Banks C; Barr M, 2001, 'Uses of NSW Health Survey Program data—A survey of users', New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 12, pp. 214 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB01071

O'Riordan DL; Stanton WR; Barr M; Gies P; Roy C, 2000, 'Correlations between Reported and Measured Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure of Mothers and Young Children', Photochemistry and Photobiology, 71, pp. 60 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1562/0031-8655(2000)071<0060:CBRAMU>2.0.CO;2

Scott IA; Barr ML; Huxley SL; West MJ, 2000, 'Optimising care of acute myocardial infarction: Results of a regional quality improvement project', Journal of Quality in Clinical Practice, 20, pp. 12 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1762.2000.00345.x

Stanton WR; Chakma B; O'Riordan DL; Barr M, 2000, 'Sun exposure and primary prevention of skin cancer for infants and young children during autumn/winter', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 24, pp. 178 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2000.tb00139.x

Blair-West GW; Cantor CH; Mellsop GW; Barr ML, 1999, 'Lifetime suicide risk in major depression: sex and age determinants', Journal of Affective Disorders, 55, pp. 171 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-0327(99)00004-X

Blair-West GW; Mellsop GW; Barr ML, 1997, 'Down-rating lifetime suicide risk in major depression', Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 95, pp. 259 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09629.x

Barr M; Peterken C; Brown B; Atchison D, 1996, 'Visual and vestibular components of motion sickness', Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine

Wildsoet C; Barr M; Brown B; Swann PG; Fletcher T, 1993, 'Investigation of parameters influencing intraocular pressure increases during sleep', Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 13, pp. 357 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-1313.1993.tb00491.x

Wood JM; Swam PG; Barr M, 1992, 'Clinical analysis of screening and threshold visual field data for glaucoma detection', Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 75, pp. 81 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-0938.1992.tb00611.x

Barr M; Brown B, 1992, 'Mobility of Normal Observers under Conditions of Reduced Visual Input', Perception, 21, pp. 813 - 823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/p210813

Dulay IS; Gibson FD; Barr M; Narara A, 1987, 'A study on Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance and its geographical distribution in Papua New Guinea', Papua New Guinea Medical Journal

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