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We're co-hosting a webinar with CAPHIA this year to celebrate Global Public Health week, which is hosted by World Federation of Public Health Associations in April each year. Register through the link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #GPHW25 #RedefiningEquity #Decolonizing #PublicHealth

Over 70 people attended our joint webinar last night exploring public health teaching and learning. We opened by asking attendees to use traditional names to share their location, which to quote panelist Kath Francis is "a small act of decolonisation". #GPHW2025 World Federation of Public Health Associations

Prevention is political - the Public Health Association’s scorecard on the 3 major political parties presented at #prevention2025 in Canberra today. Melissa Sweet PHAA QLD branch World Federation of Public Health Associations Students and Young Professionals in Public Health Prof Christina Pollard Melissa Stoneham

Dr. Isabelle Soerjomataram, a medical epidemiologist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer showing how politics can positively influence and facilitate public health outcomes IARC Melissa Sweet Advocating For Health (A4H) Prof Christina Pollard Melissa Stoneham Health Policy Watch - Global Health News Reporting

Richard di Natale former Federal Senator & Leader of the Australian Greens states the obvious- the people that benefit from prevention don’t know it - sell it, promote it advocate for it Public Health Advocacy Institute PHAA QLD branch Richard Di Natale Melissa Sweet Adam Bandt Prof Christina Pollard #prevention2025

The Queensland PHAA QLD branch members at the #prevention2025 conference in Canberra this week Melissa Stoneham Lung Foundation Australia Public Health Advocacy Institute

Mariana Chilton from Drexel University says this looks like fireworks behind Trump & Kennedy but it’s actually our country burning. Help us call out bad policy affecting public health & wellbeing in America #prevention2025 Melissa Sweet Prof Christina Pollard Students and Young Professionals in Public Health PHAA QLD branch

Tom Calma encouraged the #prevention2025 delegates to seek out the ANTAR scorecard of the 3 major political relating to Closing the Gap, Justice & Over-incarceration, Cultural Heritage & Country, Voice, Treaty & Truth: antar.org.au/resources/2025… PHAA QLD branch Dr Raglan Maddox

Tom Calma states that as of July 1 the Tackling Indigenous Program will be funded out of the tobacco excise which should provide a more sustainable approach Public Health Advocacy Institute Dr Raglan Maddox #prevention2025 Melissa Sweet Tobacco Free Aust Rural Health West PHAA QLD branch Our Health in Our Hands ❤️💛🖤

Three more countries are declared trachoma free today by World Health Organization (WHO). Congratulations to them yet Australia continues to battle this preventable disease- healthy & functional homes are critical. australiangovernment Public Health Advocacy Institute Croakey News Curtin Media IEHU Rotary International Department of Communities

A groundbreaking UK study's found just five mins of junk food ads can lead children to eat more unhealthy foods. Even brand-only food advertising can influence children's diets, the study found. More must be done to protect our kids. bit.ly/4k05Xtt #BrandsOffOurKids

Refine your advocacy skills .. a practical approach Melissa Stoneham Dietitians Australia EHA, Ltd. Nutrition Australia PHAA WA Branch (moving to PHAA-WA.bsky.social) IndigenousPHAA

An opportunity to put prevention on the Federal Government’s productivity agenda – but get in quick – Croakey Health Media croakey.org/an-opportunity…

NEW: Queensland Health & Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet have launched the new Queensland Portal! Find up-to-date information & culturally appropriate resources specific to First Nations health in Queensland: 🔗 bit.ly/43xNfTc Artwork produced for Queensland Health by Gilimbaa.

We know that sports sponsorship exposes children to their brand, encouraging a connection with that brand. Data just released shows that KFC achieved the best brand exposure of guernsey sponsors for the AFL’s recent Gather Round. Is this what we want our young kids exposed to?

Sport is immersed in unhealthy sponsorship & messages. Policy makers should consider innovative health promotion strategies & work with sporting clubs & codes to ensure healthy messages are prominent. This was last night on TV Healthway Advocating For Health (A4H) Roger Cook Croakey News

⭐Hot off the press!⭐ The Good Arts, Good Mental Health® campaign paper has just been published and confirms a widespread community desire to engage in the arts for better mental health! See: tinyurl.com/ArtsMH

We must move beyond seeing health as something that happens in hospitals or doctors’ clinics. Health happens everywhere, in our homes, schools, streets, parks, and workplaces. Read more at croakey.org/federal-govern… Croakey News VicHealth Melissa Sweet

Are you a First Nations Australian? Would you like to attend the Public Health Association Conference in Wollongong? Scholarships are now available but be quick as they close on July 16. For more info & an application pack, email [email protected] Our Health in Our Hands ❤️💛🖤

In the UK, Nesta has introduced a healthy food standard requiring food businesses including supermarkets to sell healthier food. By setting a target healthiness score, this policy could reduce obesity by around a fifth. Sounds good to us! nesta.org.uk/blog/the-healt…