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Category: Public Health

Women’s health and wellbeing during COVID-19: study captures April to October 2020 results

In December 2020, the PHAA co-convened a special edition virtual conference with the theme: preventing, detecting, controlling and managing COVID-19 … More

New report calls for action to confront our nation’s collective racism

Dr Summer May Finlay For reconciliation to be effective, it must involve truth-telling, and actively address issues of inequality, systemic … More

Close the Gap, Reconciliation, Reconciliation Action Plan

Welcome to 2021 – a year of more uncertainty, but with cause for hope

Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO Here’s hoping that, as you read this, you retain some of the reinvigorating glow of a … More

National Preventive Health Strategy, NPHS

Quarantine versus isolation – what’s the difference?

The following is a thread published on Twitter on 10 January 2021 by the Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton. … More

A message to our public health workers in 2020

Terry Slevin Emotionally charged, fraught, threatening, unsettling and filled with uncertainty. 2020 is finishing like it started. In January it … More

Covid, travel chaos and preventing carnage in WA

Terry Slevin Another outbreak, borders closing, family Christmas ruined; like many people, I’m angry and upset. Like tens of thousands … More

Updated guidelines for low-risk drinking provide new opportunity to inform and empower Australians

Julia Stafford The wait is over. Last week the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) released the updated guidelines … More

alcohol guidelines, nhmrc

Nearly 10 years on, the mental health scars of the 2010 Christchurch earthquake slowly heal

This article is based on an original article in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, authored by … More

Christchurch earthquake, natural disaster, New Zealand

Addressing weight stigma in public health practice

Kristy Law and Dr Claire Pulker It’s time to change the way we talk about obesity. As public health professionals … More

health communication

Climate change and health heats up

Ingrid Johnston The connections between climate and health, and the importance of systemic changes in Australia to recognise and address … More

bushfires, heatwaves, lancet countdown, western australia

Australia urged to support proposal to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 medical products

Deborah Gleeson, Belinda Townsend and David Legge Australian officials will meet with other governments at the World Trade Organization this … More

intellectual property

WA must take urgent action towards health impacts of climate change

Tarun Weeramanthri ‘Climate change is the defining issue of our time – and we are at a defining moment’ – … More

Climate Health WA Inquiry

Victorian state budget a mixed affair for public health

Anna Nicholson The 2020-21 Victorian state budget is a mixed affair for public health. There is much to congratulate the … More

VIC Budget

Preventive approaches needed to improve child and youth health and wellbeing

Tracey Oorschot and Jane Frawley Child, youth, Indigenous and social policy advocates have campaigned for improved health and wellbeing of … More

CDC, NPHS

Hazardous drinking in Australia: 10-year study reveals positive trend but still a long way to go

Australia’s drinking culture is well documented. As we prepare for a warm weekend with summer fast approaching, millions of Australians … More

Study finds patterns of psychological distress, alcohol use and social disconnect among Australian mineworkers

Mental disorders, including mood, anxiety and substance use, are extensive throughout the world with one in three affected by such … More

ANZJPH

Facing Unprecedented Challenges: lessons from the 2020 Australian Public Health Conference

Jeremy Hunt At this point, unprecedented doesn’t quite do 2020 justice. Throughout the year governments and organisations have had to … More

Exponential growth in COVID cases would overwhelm any state’s contact tracing. Australia needs an automated system

C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW The people at highest risk of getting infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are … More

contact tracing, Finkel review

Food security during COVID a critical challenge for remote Indigenous communities

NAIDOC Week 2020 – ‘Always was, always will be’ To celebrate NAIDOC Week 2020, the Public Health Association of Australia … More

food security

Ensuring COVID-19 information is culturally appropriate

NAIDOC Week 2020 ‘Always was, always will be’ To celebrate NAIDOC Week 2020, the Public Health Association of Australia is … More

WellMob portal provides a one-stop-shop for COVID-safe information

NAIDOC Week 2020 ‘Always was, always will be’ To celebrate NAIDOC Week 2020, the Public Health Association of Australia is … More

NAIDOC

Congratulations to the ACT for committing to Raise the Age of Criminal Responsibility

Ingrid Johnston and Michael Doyle   Recently the PHAA was pleased to join with the Raise the Age Coalition in … More

Raise the age

COVID-19 results in new ways of working with Indigenous young people in remote communities

NAIDOC Week 2020 – ‘Always was, always will be’ To celebrate NAIDOC Week 2020, the Public Health Association of Australia … More

NAIDOC
national reconciliation week. Image of Summer Finlay

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allies start with the basics; correct terminology.

Dr Summer May Finlay   If you can’t get the simple things right, how can we trust you to get … More

NAIDOC, terminology

More Deadly News: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tobacco use continues to go down

NAIDOC Week 2020 Raglan Maddox, Katherine A. Thurber, Tom Calma, Glen Benton, Emily Banks, Raymond Lovett Smoking is a leading … More

NAIDOC, NAIDOC week

COVID-19 healthcare response in NSW: a success story

Australian Public Health Conference 2020 Introduction: It’s being dubbed Australia’s coronavirus success story – open borders, open businesses, slow infection … More

Nuclear weapons – always inhumane and unacceptable, now illegal

Tilman Ruff On Saturday 24 October, the number of nations ratifying the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear … More

ICAN, nuclear weapons, treaty

The public health success of preventing iodine deficiency

Kim Jose At the recent AGM of the PHAA Judy Seal was awarded a President’s Award by David Templeman for … More

Iodine, pregnancy

Public Health in Queensland – a state election wrap

Paige Preston and Letitia Del Fabbro #QldVotesHealth #5percentforprevention #Qldvotes With only a few days left before the October 31st Queensland … More

Prevention, QLD election

Health communication for policy change and better patient care

Australian Public Health Conference 2020 Plenary Session 5 – Health Communication Keynote speakers: Danielle Wood, Chief Health Officer, Grattan Institute … More

disability, health communication, policy advocacy

Does anyone really believe we are going to avert a climate catastrophe?

Peter Sainsbury   It might be easy, even for someone who follows the scientific evidence about climate change, to think … More

capitalism, climate collapse

How do we improve public health messaging during periods of bushfire smoke and poor air quality?

Australian Public Health Conference 2020 Workshop Friday 23 October Topic: How do we improve public health messaging during periods of … More

air quality, bushfires

The pressure cooker environment – preventing the next pandemic

Andrea Britton   Australian Public Health Conference 2020 One Health SIG webinar: The pressure cooker environment – preventing the next … More

zoonotic disease

100 days of lockdown. Is Melbourne facing its final COVID countdown?

Terry Slevin   I don’t know if Victorian Premier Dan Andrews is a gambler. I assume he might have a … More

Melbourne, Victoria lockdown

Upcoming elections are in the gun lobby sights

Stephen Bendle   The Public Health Association Australia (PHAA) is a founding member of the Australian Gun Safety Alliance (AGSA) … More

AGSA, election, gun safety, lobbying, NFA

A disappointing week, but signs we are at least facing in the right direction

Terry Slevin, CEO of the PHAA   The Australian Government Budget for 2020-21 was finally released last week, after a … More

Budget, Budget 2020-21, Prevention

A start on a new approach to disease control?

Terry Slevin   It’s welcome news that Labor, in opposition, is thinking about how to maximise Australia’s structural arrangements for … More

ACDC, CDC, Centre for Disease Control, pandemic

Fact or Fiction? Debunking the myths around e-cigarettes

Michelle Jongenelis, Christina Watts and Maurice Swanson   E-cigarettes have clearly made their way into Australian society. So, what’s the … More

TGA, vaping

International Safe Abortion Day 28th September – why do we keep celebrating it?

Suzanne Belton   In the late European summer of 2018, I visited beautiful Portugal to meet with a lot of … More

Abortion, Reproductive rights

We need to become healthier, faster

Terry Slevin   The Australian Government is currently consulting on its National Preventive Health Strategy. The most important message they … More

National Preventive Health Strategy

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