This article offers a sociological analysis of how different lowermiddle income families engage with Australian government health policies and promotion campaigns aimed at reducing the risk of lifestyle disease (eat well, be active). Bringing together sociological literature across the domains of leisure...
Danielle McMullen, vice president of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), described the spike in cases as "alarming," calling for the government to launch targeted campaigns countering health misinformation. "We're certainly seeing an alarming increase in cases over the past couple of weeks,"...
"I am delighted that our public health campaigns and our immunization programs are protecting all Australians," he said. According to state-by-state data, Victoria and Tasmania both had immunization rates of 95.6 percent while Western Australia (WA) was the worst at 93.4 percent. Federal and st...
The intellectual interest for me in this Q & A episode has been to form a personal perspective, based on the comments of the panelists, as to the present status of the Indigenous Affairs policies of both the government and opposition parties. How genuine is the Morrison government after appoi...
The Queensland State Government was the first to engage with Red Cross. Initially volunteers were juggling 50 spreadsheets at a time to be able to contact the person who was self-isolating, ask them questions and collect their responses.
Whilst the reported level of campaign recognition was lower than what was reported in the evaluation prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, overall campaign recognition reported by participants in this study was nonetheless high and our analysis was able to detect a ...
The federal government has announced a drought assistance package worth $320 million. The package includes more generous income support arrangements, $280 million of concessional loans, $12 million for water infrastructure, $10 million for pest management and $10.7 million for social and mental ...
Becky Freeman (BF) reports a relationship with: Cancer Council Australia for consulting or advisory services; Cancer Council NSW for consulting or advisory services and funding grants; Public Health Association of Australia Inc for travel reimbursement; NSW Government’s Department of Health for ...
Australian Government Department of Health; Therapeutic Goods Administration. Sunscreens: information for consumers. https://www.tga.gov.au/community-qa/sunscreens-information-consumers#spfmean. Published December 20, 2017. Accessed February 6, 2018. 28. Görig T, Diehl K, Greinert R, Breitbart ...
A group of experts on Thursday banded together to urge the government to take greater action on what they said was Australia's most serious public health issue. Terry Slevin, chief executive of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHHA), told the Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) ...