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  • Hard-hitting WA campaign helps shift attitudes on alcohol during pregnancy

    Hard-hitting WA campaign helps shift attitudes on alcohol during pregnancy

    Hollie Harwood, Public Health Association of Australia  Research shows that around 35 percent of pregnant women in Australia drink at least some alcohol during pregnancy, despite the health recommendation being abstinence during pregnancy. However, new research published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health last week shows…

  • Nice to get a win for public health

    Nice to get a win for public health

    Dr Ingrid Johnston and Professor Simone Pettigrew   We often say in public health that it’s a long, hard game. Sometimes it feels as though the wins are incremental at best, and all too rare. All the more reason then, to celebrate them when they do happen. On Friday 17th…