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Six Steps to Stopping Germs – A new video launch
Six Steps to Stopping Germs – A new video launch By Dr Mel Stoneham, Onike’ Williams, Fiona Lange and Scott MacKenzie COVID-19 has changed our lives. It has changed the way we work, the way we socialise, the way we travel and our hygiene habits. The importance of face...
Webinars: Connecting to secure healthy food for all West Australians
In partnership with WACOSS and the Department of Health, PHAIWA delivered two webinars about the Food Stress Index and the COVID-19 and Food Relief Prioritisation. You can view the webinars below. Webinar 1: Connecting to secure healthy food for all West Australians:...
Aboriginal Media Training Workshops
Getting positive stories about your community and told by you into the media. Are you an Aboriginal practitioner working in a regional or remote community? PHAIWA in partnership with Healthway is running introductory media workshops for you! These hands-on, skills...
AFL Unhealthy Sponsorship Ladder 2020 Update
Due to COVID-19 impacting on a reduced level of live crowd numbers, reduced televised games, rejigging of fixtures, shortened quarters and constant changing of state and local regulations, PHAIWA has decided to suspend the AFL unhealthy ladder project for 2020. We...
Project showcases 130 positive Aboriginal stories
Launched in 2011 to recognise and celebrate the achievements and stories of Australian Aboriginal people and their communities, the WA Indigenous Storybook project has since produced ten books and now a new video, launched by PHAIWA and funded by Healthway. The video...
Article: More than words – ANZJPH declares an urgent call for manuscripts that address Indigenous health
Our team member, Dr Mel Stoneham who is also an Editor on the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (ANZJPH) has published an editorial with colleague Dr Nikki Percival from UTS, declaring an urgent call for ANZJPH manuscripts that focus on actions that...
Article: South West Food Community: how government and community initiatives are supporting systemic change towards enhanced food security
JournalWatch blog: Selling tobacco in pharmacies? No thanks!
In the latest edition of Journal Watch, Dr Melissa Stoneham reviews a recent study from Aotearoa/New Zealand that investigates a potential role for pharmacies in selling tobacco (as currently happens in the United States). Read the article here. ...
#endingtrachoma update
The #endingtrachoma team have stayed busy during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the 41 remote communities they service, being closed. The team is currently investigating the fit out for the new Rotary funded trailer which will include an industrial washer and dryer...
Article abstract: Timely and significant call for planetary health promotion
Dr Mel Stoneham recently published a journal article in the Global Health Promotion Journal in association with a number of other authors. The article titled Timely and significant call for planetary health promotion, discussed the two conference statements from the...
@DrMelStoneham from @PHAIWA showcases The West Australian Indigenous Storybook project, created to balance negative stories and stereotyping of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the mainstream media.
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#MediaWatch2Day The recently launched RHD Endgame Strategy states RHD could be eradicated by improving living conditions, access to essential hygiene and providing community-based support. @EndingTrachoma @END_RHD @RHDAustralia @telethonkids https://ab.co/3i4Vtbw
Great effort by all involved to develop this fun video with important health messages about personal hygiene that will help with #endingtrachoma in remote communities and preventing other infectious diseases. @PHAIWA @NACCHOAustralia @IndigenousPHAA https://twitter.com/PHAIWA/status/1308969091470962695
