Tag Archives: prevention

A plea for mental health to be part of the prevention debate

August 3, 2009 – 3:09 pm

Bernard Keane’s recent Crikey piece questioning the current political and policy focus on prevention has provoked some interesting discussions on a University of Sydney email list.
Dr Brian O’Toole, an epidemiologist specialising in mental health issues and the director of the Vietnam Veterans Study, has entered into the fray, arguing that the public health community doesn’t [...]

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And another thing, Bernard

July 31, 2009 – 1:00 pm

My first reaction when I read Bernard Keane’s critique of prevention, published in Crikey earlier this week, was of irritation. Then I sat back and marshalled my thoughts and arguments. Then I read Simon Chapman’s response, and some of the subsequent discussion on the Crikey website and in other places.
And then I was glad, sort [...]

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New obesity report is a recipe for fatness

June 9, 2009 – 8:24 am

Last week, I had my say in Crikey about the House of Reps Standing Committee on Health and Ageing’s report on obesity. I was concerned that it focused so much on treatment and didn’t put a stronger emphasis on prevention. 
Professor Boyd Swinburn, professor of population health at Deakin University and Director of the WHO [...]

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Treasury’s role in health and other interesting insider insights

May 14, 2009 – 3:56 pm

The latest edition of the Public Health Bulletin of SA has an interesting report on a roundtable debate about some of the difficulties and dilemmas confronting the prevention agenda.
It’s interesting because the report – rather than massaging the discussions into bland, politically acceptable speak, as so often happens – has retained what sounds like a [...]

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