Dr Stephen Carbone, PHAA Mental Health Special Interest Group co-convenor It has famously been said that there’s no health without…
“Trebilco Cresent”; A tribute for a wonderful PHAA leader
Adj Prof Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO A giant of public health, Peter Trebilco (1927 – 2017), now has a street…
A chance to check-in and ask R U OK?
A PHAA member Content warning – this blog contains discussion of suicide Today is R U OK? Day. I…
Introducing Dr Alana Gall, Vice President-Elect, (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Dr Alana Gall will join the Public Health Association of Australia Board as Vice President (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)…
Advocacy strategies for advancing health in all policies: what works for trade policymaking?
Dr Belinda Townsend, Australian Research Centre for Health Equity, Australian National University, Ms Brigitte Tenni, School of Psychology and Population…
Timor-Leste’s Institute of Public Health builds links with Australian partners
Malcolm Baalman, PHAA Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor This week the PHAA national office hosted Dr Merita Monteiro, foundation President…
Health sector backs ‘Yes’ vote
Malcolm Baalman, PHAA Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor Health sector organisations have decisively taken positions backing changes to the Australian…
You can take action to ban genetic test results in life insurance in Australia
Dr Jane Tiller, Monash University The field of genetics has great potential to improve medicine and public health, by…
The Voice, the Referendum and public health
Adj Prof Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO This week I had the privilege to participate in a forum hosted by the…
Striking before it’s El Nino hot: raising awareness of older people’s heat health risks
Ella Jackman (Project Coordinator & Research Assistant), Mehak Oberai (Senior Research Assistant), Ethos (Extreme Heat and Older Persons) Project, and…
Australian CDC is an opportunity for Labor’s prevention legacy to endure
Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin, CEO, Public Health Association of Australia In 2006 then Shadow Minister for Health Julia Gillard gave…
Turning a corner for public health workers: Updates on a global workforce roadmap
Adj. Assoc Prof Priscilla Robinson and Hon. Assoc Prof Leanne Coombe, PHAA Policy and Advocacy Manager Public health has achieved…
UK expert urges caution as new cancer test technologies emerge
Professor Bob Steele from the University of Dundee presents at the Cancer Screening Symposium Public Health Association of Australia…
Time to enact food policies in the National Preventive Health Strategy
Dr Bronwyn Ashton and Damian Maganja, Co-Convenors of the PHAA Food and Nutrition Special Interest Group New data released on…
Stepping into the Spotlight: Anupriya Sharma shares on first media interview
Anupriya Sharma, PHAA WA Branch Vice President Ever wondered what it would be like to do a media interview? Well,…
Fracking in 2023? Our children’s health must come first.
Dr Louise Woodward, Paediatrician, Northern Territory Fracking makes our kids sick. It pollutes the air we breathe, the food we…
Scholarship recipients reflect on CDIC Perth 2023
Editor’s note: PHAA was pleased to award Indigenous Workforce Scholarships for the Communicable Diseases and Immunisation Conference, held in Perth…
Dr Peter Tait responds to PHAA CEO’s piece on COVID-19
Dr Peter Tait, PHAA member In a recent blog post (Intouch, July 17) PHAA CEO Terry Slevin responds to those…
Next steps to helping children thrive with an expanded South Australian School Breakfast Program
Dr Alanna Sincovich, Senior Research Officer Telethon Kids Institute, Executive Committee PHAA SA Branch; Ms Mary Brushe, Study Manager Telethon…
Putting sleep on the public health agenda
Public Health Association of Australia Researchers and the Public Health Association of Australia joined forces on 19 July 2023 to…
Putting knowledge into action at the 2023 Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum
Climate and Health Alliance Australia’s annual sustainable healthcare conference, Greening the Health Care Sector will be held in Perth this…
Confronting COVID amid many public health challenges
Adj Prof Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO It’s obvious that the COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to have an enormous effect…
Data shows improvements in Alice Springs following alcohol restrictions
Dr John Boffa, Chief Medical Officer Public Health, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Adjunct Professor of Primary Health Care, Charles Darwin…
National alliance urges five key steps to reduce harms from alcohol
Introduction by Croakey: If the Australian Government is to achieve the stated goal of a 10 percent reduction in the harmful…
Minimum Unit Pricing for Alcohol: Lessons from Scotland for Australia
Dr Mark Robinson, Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland and School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow;…
Injury is Everyone’s Business
Apu Karajagi Editor’s note: In the third of a series of Western Australia-based blogs, Apu Karajagi from Injury Matters summarises…
New Alcohol. Think Again campaign: What’s your poison?
Danica Keric, Cancer Council WA and Tahnee McCausland, Mental Health Commission Editor’s note: In the second of a series of…
‘Sounds Like’ it’s time to quit smoking
Neeka Zamani, Cancer Council WA Editor’s note: In the first of a series of Western Australia-based blogs published on…
It’s time to put money aside and respond to community need when it comes to gambling harm
Public Health Association of Australia The highly anticipated report from the Government inquiry into online gambling dropped on 28 June…
Joshua Karras on becoming a young leader in Public Health
Joshua Karras, PHAA NSW Branch I’m grateful to the PHAA team for inviting me to share some thoughts on my…