Canada, Sweden, and Australia. At the same time, the prevalence of smoking was rapidly increasing in many less-developed countries, particularly in Asia and Africa. By the 1990s the toll in death and disease in these countries was mounting rapidly, and youth smoking began to shoot upward in ...
Central Australian organisation Children’s Ground said a “new generation of children were engaged in early learning, families are engaged in employment and people across all ages are engaging in critical health promotion”.
Almost three quarters of adolescents in Australia experience clinically significant depression or anxiety symptoms, with most being chronic, according to a new study. And preventive strategies outside our clinics are urgently required to address this considerable public health problem facing the nation. ...
In 2020, the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (hereafter VicHealth) in consultation with policy, practitioner and academic stakeholders, commenced the development of a program to understand the impact of harmful industries on health and wellbeing outcomes in Australia. As a first step, VicHealth...
Integrated health services–as defined by the World Health Organization, “health services that are managed and delivered so that people receive a continuum of health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, disease-management, rehabilitation, and palliative care services, coordinated across th...
What happens if I enter a competition or promotion? We limit the personal data we request to what’s strictly necessary for the competition, using a privacy-focused online form builder (JotForm) to collect it. We rely on the Contractual Necessity lawful basis to collect Nomination information ...
The need to understand physical activity as a health behavior and examples of behavior change theories that have been applied to the promotion of physical activity are discussed. Diverse projects and campaigns in three countries, i.e. South Africa, Australia and the US, are highlighted. Common ...
In 2011, NIOSH launched the Total Worker Health (TWH) strategy based on integrating prevention and health promotion in the workplace. For several years now, in Italy, this integration has led to the creation of workplace health promotion embedded in medical surveillance (WHPEMS). WHPEMS projec...
Waters Edge Counseling in Geelong, Australia, is led by Debbie Smith, a mental health counselor. The blog covers a range of mental health topics, including anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. It aims to provide practical advice and therapeutic insights to help individuals improve their ...
The health and wellbeing impacts of commercial activity on Indigenous populations is an emerging field of research. The alcohol industry is a key driver of health and social harms within Australia. In 2016 Woolworths, the largest food and beverage retail