Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
PHAA Board member, Dr Kim Jose, reflects on a career of collaboration
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Ask the President of the PHAA’s Tasmanian branch and national board member, Dr Kim Jose, what…
At the going down of the sun, will we remember them? New study reveals homeless crisis for our veterans
Jeremy Lasek PHAA and Assoc Prof Lisa Wood UWA On 11 November, millions across the world stopped on Remembrance Day…
Be angry about politics in Australia, and vote thoughtfully
Prof Peter W Tait – PHAA I assume Malcolm Baalman’s questions: “Why do democratic governments keep letting their people suffer…
Do we owe our kids an apology this World Children’s Day?
Jeremy Lasek and Dr Fiona Robards – PHAA Tomorrow, 20 November, we ‘celebrate’ the United Nations’ World Children’s Day. Or…
How nurses can help fight climate change
Dr Aletha Ward – University of Southern Queensland Nurses have been frontline in the pandemic response, demonstrating leadership in communicating…
The Code COVID-19 International Update – 18 November 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
New PHAA Board member Aziz Rahman hopes to raise profile of SIGs
Associate Professor Muhammad Aziz Rahman has recently joined the PHAA Board as a co-convenor of the Health Promotion SIG. Currently…
Why do democratic governments keep letting their people suffer the impacts of climate disruption?
Malcolm Baalman – PHAA The circus that was the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow has come and gone. The results…
Why a Prime Ministerial aspirant chose a career in public health instead
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA To date our public health workforce features have documented the careers of professionals with many years…
Digital futures: the intersection of technology and health
Anna Alex – PHAA intern The world is witnessing an era of accelerated and interlinked environmental, technological, economic and societal…
Prisons still failing First Nations people, Justice Health conference told
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Three decades after the landmark Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, a leading expert on…
The Code COVID19 International Update – 11 November 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
Tonight I’ll be having…poison! On-demand alcohol delivery services and the danger they pose to public health
Dr Michelle I Jongenelis, Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change In case you were worried about…
Pandemic blamed for drowning spike as new studies highlight risks to children and migrants
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Australians’ love of the water is continuing to prove deadly, with a new report from Royal…
Raising the Age crucial for health and wellbeing of children and our future: ACT Attorney-General
Jeremy Lasek & Malcolm Baalman – PHAA The timing was impeccable. Just as the ACT’s Attorney-General, Shane Rattenbury MLA, was…
Keenan Mundine on his life of incarceration, and making Justice Health more culturally safe
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA We hear plenty about the importance of sharing, and understanding the lived experiences of others. At…
Eating sustainably: Urban local governments take planetary health into their own hands
Liza Barbour and Assoc Prof Julie Brimblecombe (both of Monash University), Dr Rebecca Lindberg and Dr Julie Woods from Deakin…
The Code COVID19 International Update – 4 November 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
Government promises action and money to counter Indigenous incarceration, Minister tells Justice Health 2021 conference
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA More action at a local level. More partnerships. More targeted funding. Greater research. And real targets…
Better ways to prevent obesity and tooth decay in early childhood
Dr Narendar Manohar (Western Sydney University), Professor Andrew Hayen (University of Technology Sydney), Associate Professor Amit Arora (Western Sydney University)…
On Cup eve, young women identified as high-risk group for problem gambling
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Over the next 24-hours, Australians will gamble more than $200 million on a horse race. Last…
Pandemics are by definition GLOBAL. Will Australia share the solution?
Terry Slevin – PHAA “The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine for people aged…
2021 Justice Health Conference to focus on Evidence, Accountability, Action.
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA ‘Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.’…
Study tracks sun protection behavioural changes as world meets for COP26 climate summit
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA For the first time in nearly two years the world’s attention is about to switch from…
What’s in the WHO’s COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health?
Anna Alex – PHAA intern Leading up to COP26 in Glasgow next week, the World Health Organisation has released a…
The Code COVID19 International Update – 27 October 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…
Taking the Initiative to Strengthen and Sustain Western Australia’s Public Health Workforce
Terry Slevin – PHAA Continuing the theme of developing the Public Health Workforce, what follows is a focus on the…
Ageing population, climate change create new drowning risks: study
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Background With the days lengthening, the weather and water warming, and COVID-19 restrictions lifting, many of…
The Code COVID19 International Update – 21 October 2021
Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code COVID19 International Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations…