Social epidemiologist interested in gender, work, worklessness, disability, mental health and suicide
Joined July 2015
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Allison Milner retweeted
4 Aug 2019
Great appointment for Australia to International Association for #suicideprevention. @IASPinfo. Thanks to @JoRobinson_Aus for her work as previous national representative
Great to see Prof #NicholasProcter from @MHResearchUniSA appointed as Australia’s national representative on the #InternationalAssociationforSuicidePrevention.The IASP is the largest international organisation for suicide prevention and reducing suicide-related distress and loss.
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Allison Milner retweeted
Led by @TaniaLKing & hot of the press-our article on #disability, #masculinity & #mentalhealth @AllisonMilner2 @TommyShakes
An intersectional approach to understandings of mental health inequalities among men with disability sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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1 Aug 2019
We are hiring! New program of work on the disability and healthcare sector. jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/j…
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Allison Milner retweeted
31 Jul 2019
Calls for action as report reveals NDIS workers underpaid abc.net.au/news/2019-08-01/n…
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31 Jul 2019
Calls for action as report reveals NDIS workers underpaid - ABC News apple.news/AVpFWn-GES6WVlvOy…
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Allison Milner retweeted
Great 3-year position w Melbourne Disability Institute @mdi_unimelb & BSL @Brotherhoodinfo on commissioning & #NDIS
jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/j…
@drhdickinson @DisabilityHlth @olney_sue @gemcarey @LauraKDavy @DisabilityUNSW @unimelb
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Allison Milner retweeted
25 Jul 2019
One in four men didn't reach out when they had suicidal thoughts as they thought they'd no one to trust - new report #Samaritans #counselling #isolation #mensmentalhealth #loneliness #men #menshealth #depression #suicideprevention #NorthernIreland independent.ie/irish-news/he…
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Allison Milner retweeted
25 Jul 2019
Congratulations to all of our newly minted @TheFlorey and @unimelb PhD graduates. We're so proud to see you recognised for the significant and original contributions you've made to human knowledge!
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Allison Milner retweeted
26 Jul 2019
We are looking for people with disabilities to talk about their experience of looking for work/finding work and how this impacts their health and well-being. Tell us your story, apply here by 31 July: bit.ly/2LWaNeo
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25 Jul 2019
“Better data are needed, including routine health metrics and information on health coverage disaggregated by disability. But there are actions that can be implemented now.” @Kavanagh_AM @DisabilityHlth @gdisney_melb
25 Jul 2019
Prioritising disability in universal health coverage www-sciencedirect-com.ezp.li…. A fantastic new editorial from the Lancet. Well worth a read. @mdi_unimelb @DisabilityHlth @Kavanagh_AM
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25 Jul 2019
Prioritising disability in universal health coverage www-sciencedirect-com.ezp.li…. A fantastic new editorial from the Lancet. Well worth a read. @mdi_unimelb @DisabilityHlth @Kavanagh_AM
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25 Jul 2019
2/2 “by adopting a gendered, asset-based approach that embraces social determinants of health, we will be able to improve the health and wellbeing of countless men, women, and families around the world.”
25 Jul 2019
"While women and girls experience more disability in every region of the world, men and boys bear a greater share of the global mortality burden." A Comment in this week’s issue looks at the masculine social norms which drive poor health hubs.ly/H0jYGn60 #GenderNorms
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25 Jul 2019
1/2 “seven key health behaviours—poor diet, tobacco use, alcohol use, occupational hazards, unsafe sex, drug use, and limited health-seeking behaviour—account for more than half of all premature male deaths and about 70% of men's illnesses.”
25 Jul 2019
"While women and girls experience more disability in every region of the world, men and boys bear a greater share of the global mortality burden." A Comment in this week’s issue looks at the masculine social norms which drive poor health hubs.ly/H0jYGn60 #GenderNorms
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Allison Milner retweeted
New research findings presented today demonstrating that NGO workers supporting #refugees and #asylumseekers have benefited from targeted #SuicidePrevention education. Significant improvements in confidence, competence, and use of safety planning to reduce suicidality. #NSPC19
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Allison Milner retweeted
.@AllisonMilner2 presents on suicide clusters at #NSPC19 - a clear and deep dive into data pertaining to high risk occupations. Asking: Are certain high risk occupations are at greater risk of being a spatial-temporal suicide cluster?
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Allison Milner retweeted
25 Jul 2019
It was great to hear more about the new multimodal suicide prevention program led by @JoRobinson_Aus at the School and Youth session at #NSPC19 this morning. Looking forward to hearing the outcomes of this novel study.
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Allison Milner retweeted
23 Jul 2019
A very informative plenary presentation on suicide stigma by @pbatterham at #NSPC19. More research is needed to understand how to reduce stigma and promote help-seeking. @CMHR_ANU @ANUPopHealth
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Allison Milner retweeted
25 Jul 2019
Great #EasyEnglish resources on how to use #Facebook and #Skype developed by one of our members - Women with #Disabilities Victoria @WDVtweet.
Take a look at their other resources at:
wdv.org.au/publications-reso…
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Allison Milner retweeted
25 Jul 2019
Now listening to the dynamic duo @katmacca7 and @alexhains talking about local campaigns that Newcastle and Illawarra implemented as part of #LifespanBDI #nspc19
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Allison Milner retweeted
24 Jul 2019
First concurrent session underway, this morning I am in the Research and Quality Improvement session. Up first is the always impressive Prof Jane Pirkis #NSPC19
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