November 13, 2009 – 11:48 am
I know, I know – we’re all too busy, no time to read etc – but here are a few articles from recent times that are worth the effort, if you haven’t spotted them already. They cover everything from the health impacts of inequality to mental health, alcohol policy, and the ties that bind pharma [...]
By Croakey
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Posted in Health inequalities, Journal articles, Media-related issues, alcohol, conflicts of interest, global health, health & medical marketing, health and medical education, pharmaceutical industry, public health
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Also tagged High Court, inequality, mental illness, pharmaceutical marketing, violence
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September 2, 2009 – 6:30 pm
Don’t get too excited about the Preventative Health Taskforce recommendations, cautions Professor Boyd Swinburn, Professor of Population Health at Deakin University, and Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Obesity Prevention. There have been other reports making similar useful recommendations which have gone nowhere.
He writes:
“The decision by the Preventative Health Taskforce to start with the [...]
By Croakey
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Posted in Food, alcohol, chronic diseases, health reform, prevention, public health, tobacco control
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Also tagged Boyd Swinburn, food industry, obesity, Preventative Health Taskforce, public health, self-regulation, tobacco
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August 24, 2009 – 1:47 pm
DrinkWise, an organisation established by the alcohol industry to promote a “safer drinking culture”, is in the news today over its release of a new education program about teenage drinking.
But probably not for the reasons it would like.
Professor Simon Chapman (a regular Crikey/Croakey contributor) is in the Sydney Morning Herald, calling it: ”classic fox-in-charge-of [...]
August 21, 2009 – 3:00 pm
The recent post by VicHealth CEO, Todd Harper, about community support for alcohol labelling has clearly generated some considerable thought by health policy analyst Jennifer Doggett, who recently responded with this post.
She’s now come back to the discussion with some more points to make. She writes:
“We would be outraged if the airline industry determined aircraft [...]
August 13, 2009 – 4:57 pm
The Public Health Association of Australia is celebrating the passing of the alcopops tax legislation in the Senate today as “a significant victory for prevention and public health in Australia”.
Meanwhile, health policy analyst Jennifer Doggett has been humming some old tunes, and contemplating Todd Harper’s recent Croakey post calling for health warnings on alcohol labels. [...]
Is the DrinkWise organisation as independent as it claims?
Mike Daube, Professor of Health Policy and Director, Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA, Curtin University of Technology, has had a critical look at the evidence, and writes:
A group of academics recently published a letter in the Medical Journal of Australia calling on researchers not to [...]
In the lead-up to the budget, Croakey has asked an assortment of public health and health policy types about their wishes and expectations.
Michael Moore, CEO, Public Health Association of Australia
In the initial budget for this government was a huge effort on hospital waiting lists and $$$ through to the States for improvements at the tertiary [...]
By Croakey
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Posted in Health inequalities, Hospitals, Indigenous health, alcohol, chronic diseases, health ethics, health reform, mental health, prevention, primary health care, private health insurance, public health, quality and safety of health care, tobacco control
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Also tagged federal budget, health budget, pathology, preventive health, private health insurance, radiology, tobacco
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March 12, 2009 – 10:27 am
Dr Alex Wodak from St. Vincent’s Hospital Sydney writes:
Apart from the alcohol beverage industry, most people in Australia need little convincing that our favourite drug causes us a lot of trouble. Each year alcohol causes thousands of deaths, fills many hospital beds, results in many alcohol-fuelled violent rampages and cost our economy many billions of [...]
February 16, 2009 – 4:06 pm
My first reaction, after an admittedly cursory speed-read, is that one of the key themes/motherhood statements of the report is sadly lacking.
The report repeatedly mentions the need for all of us – “people, families, communities, health professionals, employers and governments” – to individually and collectively take responsibility for our health.
I was struck that a large [...]
December 5, 2008 – 8:54 am
A senior scientist, Professor Michael Good, has called for a ban on alcohol advertising. It’s a significant call, especially considering the clout that Good wields, as head of the QIMR, chair of the NHMRC, and co-chair of the health stream at the 2020 Summit (although it should be pointed out that he made the call [...]
