Tag: social determinants of health
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We need a public health approach to psychological wellbeing
Dr Matthew Fisher The main public health challenges of our time lie with human psychology, where increasing rates of distress and mental ill-health intersect with other social problems such as family violence, substance abuse, and social division. Despite strong evidence on social determinants of mental health mediated by psychosocial stress,…
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Toward a comprehensive approach to obesity
Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin, Clare Hughes, Anita Dessaix, Associate Professor Kate McBride, Jasmine Lykissas There is an urgent need for public health action on obesity, and a current window of policy opportunity for nationally coordinated advocacy. This urgent need for action reflects the persistently high levels of obesity among Australian…
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‘I take it with a pinch of salt’: why women question health warnings linking alcohol with breast cancer
Belinda Lunnay, Torrens University Australia; Paul Ward, Torrens University Australia, and Samantha Meyer, University of Waterloo Up to one in ten cases of breast cancer in Australia is linked to drinking alcohol. Midlife women are already at increased risk for breast cancer because of their age, and tend to drink…
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It’s Anti-Poverty Week: Here are 5 ways Australia can halve child poverty by 2030
Dr Matthew ‘Tepi’ Mclaughlin (Telethon Kids Institute, the University of Western Australia); Professor Karen Thorpe, Professor Cameron Parsell, Professor Janeen Baxter, Associate Professor Wojtek Tomaszewski (The University of Queensland); Associate Professor Marian Vidal-Fernandez (University of Sydney); Professor Guyonne Kalb, Dr Barbara Broadway (University of Melbourne). Shockingly, in 2022, more…
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Education key to breaking barriers and empowerment
Raquel de Brito, Curtin Commons As India’s extreme gender disparities prevailed around her, a young Jaya Dantas buried herself in her studies and broke through what seemed like impossible barriers the only way she knew how, with education. Today, she continues to use her education as a beacon of hope for others…
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COVID-19 fuels global health tensions
As of 10 May over four million COVID-19 cases had been reported worldwide, with 280,000 confirmed deaths. The pandemic has highlighted the need for strong national health systems and regional infectious disease monitoring.