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Zoe Aitken

Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
Verified email at unimelb.edu.au
Cited by 4102

The maternal health outcomes of paid maternity leave: A systematic review

Z Aitken, CC Garrett, B Hewitt, L Keogh… - Social Science & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Paid maternity leave has become a standard benefit in many countries throughout the world.
Although maternal health has been central to the rationale for paid maternity leave, no …

Introduction to causal diagrams for confounder selection

EJ Williamson, Z Aitken, J Lawrie, SC Dharmage… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In respiratory health research, interest often lies in estimating the effect of an exposure on a
health outcome. If randomization of the exposure of interest is not possible, estimating its …

Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

K Michailidou, P Hall, A Gonzalez-Neira… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. Common variants at 27 loci have
been identified as associated with susceptibility to breast cancer, and these account for∼ …

Effectiveness of exercise interventions for pain reduction in people with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

T Demaneuf, Z Aitken, A Karahalios, TI Leong… - Archives of physical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To systematically review the evidence of the effect of exercise compared with
passive control on pain in people with multiple sclerosis. Data Source and Study Selection …

[PDF][PDF] Functional variants at the 11q13 risk locus for breast cancer regulate cyclin D1 expression through long-range enhancers

JD French, M Ghoussaini, SL Edwards… - The American Journal of …, 2013 - cell.com
Analysis of 4,405 variants in 89,050 European subjects from 41 case-control studies
identified three independent association signals for estrogen-receptor-positive tumors at …

Inequalities in social capital and health between people with and without disabilities

J Mithen, Z Aitken, A Ziersch, AM Kavanagh - Social Science & Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
The poor mental and physical health of people with disabilities has been well documented
and there is evidence to suggest that inequalities in health between people with and without …

Intersections between disability, type of impairment, gender and socio-economic disadvantage in a nationally representative sample of 33,101 working-aged …

AM Kavanagh, L Krnjacki, Z Aitken… - Disability and health …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background People with disabilities are socio-economically disadvantaged and have poorer
health than people without disabilities; however, little is known about the way in which …

The impact of disability on employment and financial security following the outbreak of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in the UK

E Emerson, R Stancliffe, C Hatton… - Journal of Public …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have a greater
impact on people with disabilities than non-disabled people. Our aim was to compare the …

Employment status and mental health among persons with and without a disability: evidence from an Australian cohort study

A Milner, AD LaMontagne, Z Aitken… - J Epidemiol …, 2014 - jech.bmj.com
Background Unemployment and economic inactivity are associated with worse mental
health in the general population, but there is limited understanding of whether these …

The 'double precarity'of employment insecurity and unaffordable housing and its impact on mental health

R Bentley, E Baker, Z Aitken - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper describes who is most likely to experience household employment insecurity and
housing affordability stress–double precarity–and estimates the degree to which housing …