Tag: public health education
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Building the public health leaders Tasmania needs
Amy Coates and Louise Clark Tasmania is at a turning point. Our communities face significant and enduring health challenges – high rates of chronic disease and persistent inequities that demand bold, collective action. With the state’s landmark 20-year prevention strategy soon to launch, there has never been a more important time to grow…
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Save UTS Public Health School and strengthen health education
Ximena Tolosa, Andrea Britton, Jesse Hoopes, Md Saiful Islam, Lisa Sharwood, Sandra Steele, Andrew Japri, Peter Black The PHAA One Health Special Interest Group (SIG) stands with the Australasian Epidemiological Association, the Medical Journal of Australia and other institutions in opposing the proposed closure of the School of Public Health…
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Sober curiosity on the rise amid growing concern about alcohol
Jasmine Lykissas The Australian legend of a man with a beer permanently in hand has shaped our country’s culture for the past two centuries. Drinking was transported to Australia during colonisation, when boatloads of prisoners from the Irish and British Isles would commiserate and celebrate with bottles of rum. Alcohol…
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“Trebilco Cresent”; A tribute for a wonderful PHAA leader
Adj Prof Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO A giant of public health, Peter Trebilco (1927 – 2017), now has a street in northwest Canberra named in his honour. It’s in the new suburb of Denman Prospect, which commemorates activism and reform. Here’s the story behind that fitting tribute (coloured in yellow,…
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Confronting COVID amid many public health challenges
Adj Prof Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO It’s obvious that the COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to have an enormous effect on people’s health globally. It remains a dominant theme around discussions on public health issues. It’s far from over, and continues to attract very strong opinions and reactions, including some…
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Joshua Karras on becoming a young leader in Public Health
Joshua Karras, PHAA NSW Branch I’m grateful to the PHAA team for inviting me to share some thoughts on my journey as an early career Public Health Scientist and how my co-curricular activities have shaped the emerging professional I am today. I do note my discomfort at completing such a…
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Flinders University adjusts to attract and train next generation of public health leaders
Professor Billie Bonevski – Flinders University Recognising the central role public health plays in the most wicked of the global problems we face, Flinders University is reshaping and expanding its Public Health Discipline Group. I’ve been appointed this group’s new Lead, and my responsibilities include an emphasis on increasing Aboriginal…
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Collaborating to take an active role to improve heart failure: Heart Foundation and NPS MedicineWise
Brooke Atkins & Amanda Buttery, National Heart Foundation of Australia PHAA’s Note: This article does not constitute medical advice. If you have heart failure, please see your doctor before starting exercise or physical activity. Heart failure is a serious condition where the heart does not pump blood to the rest…
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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) At school entry age, around 40% of Australian children already have tooth decay and around a quarter are overweight or obese. Both these conditions have a significant negative impact on…
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Say it loud and clear: Climate change is a health problem
Alex Hewish and Remy Shergill – Climate And Health Alliance Climate change. The average Australian is aware that the world is warming up due to more greenhouse gases in our air, trapping heat. Yet many don’t know of the effects that climate change will have on our health – effects…
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PHAA celebrates Michelle Dickson’s teaching contribution and shares her COVID-19 ‘silver linings’
‘For over 30 years, she has made a catalytic contribution to strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their communities and their health, through education, research and service.’ So said the nominators of Associate Professor Michelle Dickson, a very worthy winner of the PHAA’s 2021 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
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New public health workers are waiting in the wings, but will they have jobs to go to?
Terry Slevin, CEO of the Public Health Association of Australia For obvious reasons “the urgent” has also been “the important” in public health for much of 2020, and 2021 has seen that trend continue. It has been both vitally important and highly urgent that we manage all the challenging aspects…