Election Health Forum

The Public Health Association Australia, in partnership with the Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA, the Australian Health Promotion Association and the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine is presenting a pre-election forum on public health, chaired by Professor Fiona Stanley AC.

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Election Health Forum.pdf		238 Kb	25

Introducing the "Bin the Spin Awards"

Call for Nominations for Round One

PHAIWA invites all eagle-eyed advocates to submit entries for round one of the monthly ‘Bin the Spin’ Awards.

Have you seen unhealthy promotions that are...

• Misleading?
• Emphasise ‘health’ benefits of a clearly unhealthy product?
• Positioned in an inappropriate manner? (e.g. where children walk past on their way to school or next to a newspaper article about chronic disease); or
• For any other reason, strike you as ‘not right’?

...then nominate them for the ‘Bin the Spin’ Awards!

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Bin the Spin Award flyer.pdf		258 Kb	76

“How to market alcohol to kids”

A seminar by Professor Gerard Hastings, Director of the Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling and the Open University, UK

Date and time: Tuesday August 10 2010, 9:00am to 10:00am

Location: Grace Vaughan House Lecture Theatre, 227 Stubbs Terrace, Shenton Park (see flyer below)

RSVP: by Monday August 9 to phaiwa@curtin.edu.au  

Cost: Free
See flyer below for more details

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Gerard Hastings seminar.pdf		134 Kb	36

PHAIWA Opinion Piece Seminar

We believe at PHAIWA that Western Australia needs new voices in the public health domain. The series of opinion pieces will feature young public health practioners who we feel are ideally placed to contribute to the debate around the future of public health and policy. The inaugural seminar was held on the 11th of June 2010 with presentations from Jonathan Hallett, Leesa Tapping, Eleanor Costello and Emma Croager each providing unique and interesting presentations.

The second seminar series is scheduled for the 10th of September 2010 (9:00am - 10:30am) so please make a note of the date in your diaries. More information will be posted up on the website over the coming months. 

If you would like more information about the seminar series please contact Dr Melissa Stoneham at m.stoneham@curtin.edu.au

Australian Health Survey - facing new challenges”

Presented by Dr Paul Jelfs, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Slides from the presentation On Thursday July 1 are available below

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Presentation Flyer		237 Kb	104
Presentation AHS June to WA Stakeholders.pdf		454 Kb	340

Environmental Health Needs of Aboriginal Communities in WA – Report Released

This report outlines the findings from a survey of discrete Aboriginal communities during late 2007 and through 2008, funded by the Environmental Health Coordinating Committee (EHNCC), the peak coordinating body in Aboriginal environmental health in WA.

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environmental health needs report.pdf		4189 Kb	138

Healthway Visiting Fellows 2010 - Jane Landon and Dr Tim Lobstein

As part of the Healthway Fellowship Scheme, the Public Health Advocacy Institute hosted two visiting fellows from the UK - Jane Landon and Dr Tim Lobstein. During March and April they hosted a number of professional development seminars and workshops on their work and research into overweight and obesity. A copy of the report written by Dr Tim Lobstein while in Perth,  "Tackling the challenge of obesity", can be downloaded below. 

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Tackling the Challenge of Obesity		393 Kb	251

Update: Members of the Environment and Health Advocacy Committee

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Environment and Health Advocacy Committee May 2010.pdf		64 Kb	308