Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) WA Branch provides a forum for exchanging ideas, knowledge and information on public health in Western Australia
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🌟 PHAA WA BRANCH AWARDS 2024 🌟
Nominations for Mentorship, Early Career, and Student Awards are open for this year’s PHAA WA Branch Awards!
Deadline extended to Friday, 8th November 2024.
📧 Email or DM us at wa@phaa.net.au for more info
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PHAA WA Branch (moving to PHAA-WA.bsky.social) retweeted
7 Jul 2025
If you live in the Goldfields-Esperance region, or would live to visit beaches with the white sand & blue skies all while increasing your skills in advocacy, this course may be for you! @HealthwayWA @CurtinUni @AHPA_AU @_PHAA_WA
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31 Mar 2025
With 10 cases of measles in WA, it’s a good time to advocate for people to get vaccinated: health.wa.gov.au/News/2025/M… @WAHealth @_PHAA_WA @A4H_Project
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PHAA WA Branch (moving to PHAA-WA.bsky.social) retweeted
🌟 PHAA WA BRANCH AWARDS 2024 🌟
Nominations for Mentorship, Early Career, and Student Awards are open for this year’s PHAA WA Branch Awards!
Deadline extended to Friday, 8th November 2024.
📧 Email or DM us at wa@phaa.net.au for more info
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PHAA WA Branch (moving to PHAA-WA.bsky.social) retweeted
Our research shows Australians understand the need to regulate drone delivery of food and drinks and support a balance of convenience and protecting public health.
It’s time for governments to start acting on this emerging issue – before the drones land.
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1 in 10 Aussie households experience food insecurity - but access to nutritious food is a fundamental human right. Researchers interviewed 30 public health & food security experts to develop a visual map of how the right to food can be realised. doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.202…
ALT Fresh fruit and vegetables spill out of a brown shopping bag, alongside text reads "New ANZJPH Article - "Revising a right to food map - perspectives of Australian key informants" By Rebecca Lindberg, Vivian Yii, Elizabeth Mullen & Stephanie Goodrich"
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The Vaccine Safety Health Link is the largest linked vaccine safety surveillance data resource in Aust. This paper outlines how it was set up & how it is being used to investigate concerns, maintain vaccine safety and uphold vaccine confidence. doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.202…
ALT Image of man getting a vaccination in his arm alongside text which reads "New ANZJPH Article - Establishing the Vaccine Safety Health Link: A large, linked data resource for the investigation of vaccine safety concerns” By By Hannah J. Morgan, Hazel J. Clothier, Philip Witowski, James H. Boyd, Gonzalo Sepulveda Kattan, Gerardo Luis Dimaguila, Aishwarya N. Shetty & Jim P. Buttery
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PHAA WA Branch (moving to PHAA-WA.bsky.social) retweeted
25 Oct 2024
CAHA member Cybele Dey co-authors this article, examining the under-explored links between youth suicidality rising alongside hot weather severity 👇💡
#ClimateHealth
unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/20…
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📢 PHAA WA AGM registrations open! Hear insights from PHAA National President Prof. Caroline Miller.
RSVP nowđź”—bit.ly/4h7oMtO
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PHAA WA Branch (moving to PHAA-WA.bsky.social) retweeted
20 Oct 2024
Australia’s report card on hand washing habits is out- 19% of Aussies don’t wash their hands every time they use the toilet & 42% don’t always wash hands before handling food- washing hands reduces disease- time for habits to changes foodsafety.asn.au/topic/late… @CroakeyNews @_PHAA_
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PHAA WA Branch (moving to PHAA-WA.bsky.social) retweeted
10 Oct 2024
New Ep out now- Part 1 of recordings from the PHA @_PHAA_ Public Health Conference. Have a listen: on.soundcloud.com/Uod3r6S4kj… #podcast #public #MensHealth #alcoholawareness #prescribing
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New issue alert! đź’ˇ
Topics include:
👉Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
👉Chronic disease prevention
👉Mental health
👉Infectious disease control
👉Food security
👉Public health funding
👉 Climate change
Read it here: sciencedirect.com/journal/au…
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RT @ACDPAlliance: 📢ABSTRACT CALL: Timely screening for chronic disease risk factors & signs can help prevent, reduce & slow diseases
Be pa…
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16 Oct 2024
Just a few weeks ago, every Chief Minister and Premier acknowledged the role systems & industries play in exacerbating violence.
They also committed to review their alcohol laws, and their impact on family & domestic violence victims to identify & share best practice & reforms.
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Why are we seeing more pandemics? Our impact on the planet has a lot to do with it theconversation.com/why-are-… via @ConversationEDU
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