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25.01.2022 By Associate Professor Hassan Vally, La Trobe University You can almost hear the collective sigh of relief as coronavirus restrictions are eased across Australia. But as we emerge from our bunkers and dust off our social skills, we must think about how to navigate this transition safely. The winding back of restrictions does not mean the pandemic is over, although it is a recognition of how well we have done to control the spread of COVID-19 in Australia. [ 683 more words ] https://intouchpublichealth.net.au//7-questions-answered-/

23.01.2022 We need a response to bushfire and climate change writes David Templeman

23.01.2022 By Professor Julie Leask, University of Sydney COVID-19 shows the urgency of global public health investments. The virus has no vaccine yet, but a host of other infections do. Measles; polio, whooping cough; forms of meningitis and pneumonia; and other diseases have vaccines that substantially reduce their risks. The Australian government has an opportunity to prevent the outbreaks of the future by pledging $300 million towards vaccines for the world’s poorest countries over the next five years through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. [ 492 more words ] https://intouchpublichealth.net.au//australias-golden-opp/

22.01.2022 A number of pregnant women who were exposed to smoke from a major coalmine fire in Victoria in 2014 went on to have children who developed respiratory issues such as coughing, wheezing and infections. As bushfires become more frequent, we need to consider the health impacts that can be immediate and long lasting. https://www.theguardian.com//unborn-children-at-higher-ris

22.01.2022 Could the announcement by the Australian Labor Party today supporting an Australian Centre for Disease Control signal the start of a new approach to managing pandemics and chronic disease? https://intouchpublichealth.net.au//a-start-on-a-new-appr/

20.01.2022 Registrations are now open for PHAA's first webinar of 2021! Featuring an overview of the upcoming major Intergenerational Health & Mental Health Study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with speaker Juanita Pettit, Director of Health Statistics at the ABS. More info: https://bit.ly/2LHDrC7

20.01.2022 Do companion animals spread Q Fever?

20.01.2022 The #RaisetheRateforGood National Day of Action is on today! We can't turn back to $40 a day for Australians on support payments struggling to meet daily living costs. Join the campaign by signing your support at https://raisetherate.org.au/ or go one step further and contact your political representatives about why we can't turn back to $40 a day. ... @AustralianCouncilofSocialService Media release: https://bit.ly/2DFmJPt

19.01.2022 Voters in Queensland's election this weekend will have public health on their minds - and the elected government needs to step up, says the PHAA QLD Branch. https://intouchpublichealth.net.au//public-health-in-quee/

18.01.2022 #Budget2020 is being delivered in truly extraordinary circumstances. The government faces perhaps its greatest non-wartime responsibility to preserve the health and well-being of Australia's people - will it step up? https://www.canberratimes.com.au//the-next-federal-budget/

17.01.2022 Congratulations to the ACT Government for committing to #RaisetheAge of criminal responsibility - an especially important move for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who are so disgracefully overrepresented in the criminal justice system. #NAIDOC2020 https://intouchpublichealth.net.au//congratulations-to-th/

17.01.2022 Reconciliation and Public Health Webinar Featuring: Professor Tom Calma AO Kungarakan Elder Patron and Chair, Poche Indigenous Health Network Professor Fiona Stanley AC, former Australian of the Year... Chaired by Summer May Finlay (Vice President PHAA) June 3rd 2020 (Mabo Day), 2pm-3pm (AST) Registration essential https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_xKtAx1IARiWCEeukoJluHQ.

16.01.2022 Poverty is one of the biggest determinants of health. We must ensure that schemes like Jobseeker allow Australians to stay above the poverty line and protect their health and wellbeing. #RaisetheRateforGood More info about the national day of action: https://raisetherate.org.au/take-part-in-the-day-of-action/

15.01.2022 By Jennifer MacLachlan, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and Benjamin Cowie, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Many jurisdictions around the world are now testing people without symptoms as part of efforts to manage COVID-19. In Victoria, asymptomatic health-care workers have been part of the recent testing blitz. We tend to take for granted that the results of medical tests are accurate but no test is perfect and all carry a risk of harm of some kind. [ 938 more words ] https://intouchpublichealth.net.au//the-positives-and-neg/

12.01.2022 With a National Preventive Health Strategy in the works, there has never been a better time to start measuring public health. Join us for the Intergenerational Health & Mental Health Study webinar, featuring Juanita Pettit, Director of Health Statistics at the ABS. https://www.phaa.net.au//intergenerational-health-mental-h

11.01.2022 Australia should expand its public health workforce and implement automated contact tracing; because manual contact tracing can't keep up with exponential growth in cases, says well-known epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre. https://intouchpublichealth.net.au//exponential-growth-in/

08.01.2022 A must-read by PHAA Vice-President, Yorta Yorta woman Summer May Finlay, on the current state of Reconciliation and why Australia needs to confront its collective racism head on. https://intouchpublichealth.net.au//new-report-calls-for-/

07.01.2022 By Summer May Finlay, a Yorta Yorta woman, Lecturer at University of Wollongong, a Research Assistant at the University of Canberra, and a contributing editor at Croakey Health Media and Vice President of the Public Health Association of Australia. I have a lot of conversations with non-Indigenous people about how they engage in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander space and most see themselves as allies. [ 1,063 more word ] https://intouchpublichealth.net.au//where-do-you-fit-toke/

07.01.2022 Children belong in classrooms and playgrounds, not in handcuffs, courtrooms or prison cells. It's time to stop locking up 10 year olds and #RaiseTheAge of legal responsibility to 14. https://intouchpublichealth.net.au//its-time-to-stop-lock/

06.01.2022 Call for abstracts now open for the PHAA Preventive Health Conference on 10-12 May 2021! The #Prevention2021 theme is 'Facing the new normal for prevention in 2021 and beyond'. Submissions close 8 November 2020 at 11:59pm AEDT.... https://prevention2021.com

05.01.2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allies start with the basics - including correct terminology. This NAIDOC week, PHAA Vice President Summer May Finlay outlines why using the right language to refer to First Nations people and issues involving them is so important. https://intouchpublichealth.net.au//aboriginal-and-torres/

05.01.2022 Experts including PHAA CEO Terry Slevin weigh in on #Budget2020. It's hard to fathom the lack of preventive health investment during a year marked by consecutive public health crises. https://www.theguardian.com//the-chips-have-been-placed-ex

04.01.2022 Hey #fremantle, join Mayors for Peace, Fremantle, Conservation Council of Western Australia, ICAN Australia - and us! - to mark the entry into force of the #TP...NW #nuclearban with a celebration sundowner at Kidogo Arthouse Fremantle Special guests Public Health Association of Australia President Tarun Weeramanthri, ICAN Ambassador Melissa Parke and our own WA student leader Sanchita Gera. Fun, family friendly event, free but bookings essential: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sun-sets-on-nukes-january-2

02.01.2022 The majority of Australians support immunisation and are hopeful that a COVID-19 vaccine arrives soon. But for those who are more uncertain about getting the vaccine, there are simple ways to talk about it constructively. https://www.abc.net.au//coronavirus-vaccine-hesit/12677774

01.01.2022 Recent research in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health found that most government information on COVID-19 last year was too difficult for most Australians to understand. This makes it even more important for the new COVID-19 vaccine campaign to be clearly communicated. https://intouchpublichealth.net.au//governments-covid-19-/