Alarm bells are ringing right around the world on climate change (see some of the most recent examples at the bottom of this post). But does the health and medical research sector have its thumbs jammed firmly in its ears? In the article below, Dr Elizabeth Haworth, Dr Brad Farrant and Fiona Armstrong lament a [...]
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PUBLIC HEALTH
Bike share schemes boost public health
Should public health advocates be lobbying for bike share schemes in Australia? Yes, suggests Dr Melissa Stoneham of the Public Health Advocacy Institute WA (PHAIWA). In the latest edition of JournalWatch, she reviews a recent study investigating the impact of such a scheme in Montreal. *** On your bike!! Why we need more bike share schemes [...]
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Climate change and health – more food for thought
The politicians may not be talking much about climate change but fortunately many others are. Below are some recent publications to keep you up to date on the issue that will present one of our greatest health challenges. The Critical Decade: Global action building on climate change: This report from the Climate Commission updates [...]
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Right around the country, state and territory governments are letting us down when it comes to promoting public health and tackling alcohol
Are governments abrogating their public health responsibilities? This was the title of a presentation to the National Rural Health Conference in Adelaide this week, by David Templeman, CEO of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council. The article below is based on his presentation – and suggests the answer to the question is a resounding YES. [...]
READ MOREProposed Australian centre for disease control will deliver high-voltage public health
Last week the parliamentary report Diseases Have No Borders was released at a time when most people’s attention was diverted to other events in Canberra. While the recommendations represent small steps, Trent Yarwood writes that there is reason to be hopeful of a significant public health advance. Many thanks to The Conversation for allowing us [...]
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Recommended reading: Earthmasters by Clive Hamilton
Clive Hamilton’s new book, Earthmasters: Playing God with the climate, investigates the use of geo-engineering technologies to mitigate climate change. A positive review in the latest Australian Book Review, says: It is a book that every politician, policy-maker, and citizen should read. The future of the planet and its inhabitants simply demands it. Rosalie Schultz, [...]
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A former health minister tells: three reasons why politicians have failed to act on alcohol
A ban on alcohol advertising needs to be seriously canvassed, according to a former NSW Health Minister, John Della Bosca. In a speech to the recent NSW Alcohol Summit (you can read a transcript of his comments below and a wider report of the proceedings from the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education), he also called [...]
READ MOREOn Big Food, unhealthy partnerships, and the public health benefits of regulation
When the junk food and alcohol industries seek to cosy up to health professionals and organisations, beware. The aim of such “partnerships” is to stop the sort of regulation that is needed to improve public health and safety, according to the latest JournalWatch article profiled by Dr Melissa Stoneham of the Public Health Advocacy Institute [...]
READ MOREWhat does it take to tackle inequalities in the burden of tobacco-related harm?
Healthcare organisations in the United States are being provided with tools for addressing health inequalities via the Roadmap to Reduce Disparities. The roadmap is part of an initiative, launched by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2005, called Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change. As previously reported at Croakey, the roadmap recommends taking a structured [...]
READ MORE“Blueprint for Better Healthcare”, The Queensland Health Minister’s Locomotive
Yesterday the LNP in Queensland announced its “Blueprint for Better Healthcare”. Michael Moore, CEO Public Health Association of Australia and Adjunct Professor Health Policy and Governance University of Canberra, reports on the launch and the challenges ahead. Michael Moore writes: The Premier of Queensland and his Minister for Health were quite upbeat about the launch of the “Blueprint for [...]
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