Tag: Preventive Health Strategy: from paper to action
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What are the commercial determinants of health, and why do they matter?
Melanie Parker, Public Health Association of Australia Commercial entities are now well known for being able to influence the health of people and populations. But untangling the ways that commercial entities influence people’s lives and health is an emerging, but still somewhat opaque, area that is stimulating the interest of…
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‘Don’t file it away’: Acting on the National Preventive Health Strategy will mean fewer people get sick
Melanie Parker, Public Health Association of Australia Clearly, unless change occurs soon, Australia will soon be facing an overwhelming chronic disease crisis. That warning, was emphasised in a new Grattan Institute report released on 13 February, which noted the concerning effects it will have on our already-strained health system and…