Veronica Martinez Harris and Michelle I Jongenelis – PHAA members Never has there been a more important time in…
The CODE Update – 18 August
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here There are some interesting patterns to note this week. As happens about…
Appetite for convenience: how the surge in online food delivery could be harming our health
PHAA For information: The World Health Organization is developing recommendations and targets for the prevention and management of obesity over…
Indigenous communities go digital to spread COVID-19 vaccination message
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA One of the greatest success stories since COVID-19’s arrival in Australia in January last year…
The Infodemic: Emerging Public Health Challenges
Zoe Lawrence-Haughey – University of Western Australia Although misinformation has always existed, the rise of social media has pushed…
Alcohol marketing and digital platforms: stronger regulation is required
Hannah Pierce and Julia Stafford Facebook, Instagram, Google, YouTube, TikTok. Digital platforms have opened a world of opportunities for…
WHO warns of global e-cigarette health threat, as WA survey shows teens use growing rapidly
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Today marks International Youth Day (IYD). IYD is celebrated on 12 August each year to…
The CODE Update – 11 August
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here Well the milestone that the press completely ignored this week was the…
IPCC 6th Assessment Report and politics in Australia
Peter Tait – PHAA member The messages from the first instalment of the recently released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
‘Invest in public health – it pays extraordinary dividends’, PHAA tells NSW COVID-19 inquiry
Terry Slevin – PHAA CEO I’ll be the first to admit I agreed to participate in yesterday’s inquiry into…
Gambling reform ideas from overseas
Angela Rintoul, Senior Research Fellow, Federation University Australia It’s now well recognised gambling can cause significant harm. However, many…
Study shows restrictions on the unvaccinated won’t necessarily deliver COVID-19 vaccination success
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Today marks Day 171 of Australia’s vaccination rollout. It hasn’t been plain sailing, but as…
Homelessness Week 2021 highlights big funding cuts and health impacts
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA The 2016 Census revealed in Australia there are over 116,000 people experiencing homelessness on any…
Report says Australia needs a new, gold medal approach to measure our nation’s physical activity performance
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA As Australia’s Olympic team continues to make us proud, smashing records and inspiring a…
The CODE Update – 04 August
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here Welcome to August CODE update #1 everybody. First, a reminder that this main…
One of the biggest contributors to preventable deaths isn’t a health problem but a data problem
Mary-Anne Land (PHAA) and Brahm Marjadi (PHAA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion SIG Convenor) “Improving the availability and accuracy of…
Should a Charter of Human Rights include public health principles?
Alley Miller – PHAA policy intern Australia is currently the only western country in the world without a…
Australia scores a two in the WHO Sodium Score Card
Mary-Anne Land and Terry Slevin – PHAA This week it is national stroke week in Australia. There is unequivocal…
Public awareness and attitudes towards political donations from the alcohol industry
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Over the years, much has been written and said about political donations – their motivation…
Diabetiquette: Concerns of those living with diabetes
Zoe Lawrence-Haughey – University of Western Australia Ask anyone with diabetes about shame and stigma, and they will most likely…
The role of community pharmacies in the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Australia’s vaccination numbers are rapidly on the rise and the latest official numbers show 11,593,766…
The CODE Update – 28 July
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here Hello again, and here is the global COVID news, and mostly it’s a…
Junk food companies have no place on the Olympic sponsorship podium
Kathryn Backholer, Christina Zorbas and Florentine Martino The Tokyo Olympics is like no other before it. In the…
What do Public Health graduates do and where do they go?
Rory Watts – PHAA member It is not well understood what occupations public health graduates have after graduation. If…
Is Delta defeating us? Here’s why the variant makes contact tracing so much harder
C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW The Greater…
A day in the life of a Contact Tracer
(This post is contributed by a PHAA member working in the NSW health contact tracing team) The phrase ‘contact tracer’…
Emergency COVID response mentoring program in Victoria judged a success
Malcolm Baalman – Public Health Association Australia An evaluation released in the past week highlights the success of last year’s…
UK trial shows ‘mix and match’ COVID vaccine combinations deliver outstanding results
Jeremy Lasek, PHAA Background While the eyes of the world have been on England this week as it became…
The CODE Update – 21 July
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here Well here we are again, lockdown #5 for us in Victoria, but release…
PHAA applauds ACT for next step to keep kids out of jail
Malcolm Baalman – Public Health Association Australia In this day and age, it seems incomprehensible that primary school aged…