Newsletter of the Public Health Association of Australia Inc.
Michael Moore: New President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations
Vol 36, No 14 June 2016
Inside this issue… Michael Moore: New President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations 1 National Immunisation Conference Next Week 3 Australia leading the way on World No Tobacco Day 4 Opinion: Reconciliation Week 5 New publication confirms important improvements in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 7 Essay Writing Competition
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A fair go for all: health equity summit 9 Great Expectations: Alcohol leaves Aussies Disappointed and Disillusioned 10
Michael Moore celebrating becoming President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations. (Left to right) Past president Jim Chauvin, President Michael Moore, newly elected Vice President Elect Laetitia Rispel and past president Mengistu Asnake.
Public Health Association of Australia’s (PHAA) CEO Michael Moore is now the President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA). The announcement was made at the WFPHA Annual General Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. “It’s a great honour to be elected into this position and I hope to live up to my predecessors’ legacy. I’m looking forward to working with PHAA and WFPHA to achieve a united global action plan to improve public health worldwide,” said PHAA CEO and WFPHA President Michael Moore.
Mr Moore presented the ‘A Global Charter for the Public’s Health’ to adapt today’s public health to embrace public health in the global context.
Public health issues emerging in regional trade agreement under negotiation in the Asia Pacific 11 UK Faculty of Public Health’s highest award goes to two Australian researchers 12 Office Bearers
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New PHAA Members
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“My key goal for my two year term presidency, is to encourage public health associations and nations throughout the world to adopt and implement the Charter for the Public’s Health. The Charter provides a comprehensive, clear and flexible framework that can be applied globally and within individual countries whether low, middle or high-income,” said Mr Moore.
“The Declaration of Alma-Ata on Primary Health Last week, Mr Moore attended the World Health Care in 1978 and The Ottawa Charter for Health Assembly in Geneva hosted by the World Health Promotion in 1986 had a major influence on Organization (WHO). improving health throughout the world. Continued on next page The Public Health Association of Australia is the major organisation advocating for the public’s health in Australia with more than 40 health related disciplines represented in its membership. The Association makes a major contribution to health policy in Australia and has branches in every state and territory. Any person who supports the objectives of the Association is invited to join.
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The intention of The Charter is to take the next step in providing a succinct and practical implementation guideline to public health associations to work with other Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), universities, civil society and governments to plan and implement strategies for better health outcomes across the globe,” stated Mr Moore. “This is the beginning of a process embracing the conceptualization of global public health and the development of strategic capacities for all professionals that will be part of a new health era, more dedicated to preventive solutions,” concluded Mr Moore. The Charter was officially launched during the World Health Assembly at the side event “Global and local: Public Health and Primary Care in action!” held on 23 May 2016. A debate with the general public and different experts will take place on 7 June 2016 at the University of Geneva.
Director-General of the World Health Organization Dr Margaret Chan speaking at the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
The “A Global Charter for the Public’s Health” is available at: http://wfpha.org
World Federation of Public Health Associations President Michael Moore speaking on the ‘A Global Charter for the Public’s Health’ at the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland
World Federation of Public Health Associations President Michael Moore attending the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland
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15th National Immunisation Conference 2016 Next Week Sophie Brown - PHAA Communications and Engagement Officer
DAY TWO – Wednesday 8 June 2016
The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) is excited to host the 15th National Immunisation Conference to over 500 delegates! The event will be held from 7 – 9 June in Brisbane with keynote speakers from all around the world including Canada, UK and France.
The second day morning plenary will look at hesitancy, harms and harmonisation in immunisation with Dr Alan Leeb (General Practitioner, SmartVax), Associate Professor Kristine Macartney (Deputy Director, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance), Dr Angus Thomson (Senior Director, Vaccination Advocacy, Sanofi Pasteur, Lyon, France) and Associate Professor Julie Leask (School of Public Health, University of Sydney) on the panel.
DAY ONE – Tuesday 7 June 2016 The first day of the Conference will be introduced by recently appointed President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations Michael Moore.
The afternoon plenary will focus on regional and global immunisation. Professor David Goldblatt (Professor of Vaccinology and Immunology, Institute of Child Health, Faculty of Population Health Sciences, University College London), Professor Terry Nolan and Dr Robert Hall hosting the plenary.
Professor Chris Baggoley is the Chief Medical Officer of the Australia Government Department of Health and will be speaking at the opening plenary. Professor Baggoley plays a key, strategic role in developing and administering major health reforms for all Australians. Joining Professor Baggoley at the opening plenary are Professor Terry Nolan (Head, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne), Professor Peter McIntyre (Director, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance) and Dr Mary Ramsay (Head of Immunisation, Public Health England).
The Conference Dinner and the presentations of the GSK Grants will be held on the evening of Wednesday 8 June. The eight finalists will be listed in the dinner booklet and the four winners of the grant will be announced. We would like to congratulate all nominees for the great work they are doing in the immunisation area. The judges had a tough time choosing the four winners from so many incredible nominations. After the formalities, a fun night will be had with good food and dancing.
The PHAA National Immunisation Achievement Award and will also be announced on the Tuesday afternoon and the Feery Oration will follow soon after. The welcome reception and exhibition will be held in the Plaza Auditorium to celebrate a great first day of the 15th National Immunisation Conference.
DAY THREE – Thursday 9 June 2016 The final day of the Conference plenary will discuss new vaccine programs especially the meningococcal B vaccination in the UK, influenza and the maternal immunisation report card. Later in the day, innovation and delivery of new vaccines will be discussed with a focus on Herpes Zoster and Nanopatches. The closing plenary will discuss ‘No fault compensation for rare vaccine injury’. We look forward to seeing you all there!
The PHAA and the 15th National Immunisation Conference Organising Committee would like to acknowledge and thank the following sponsors for their support of the Conference
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Australia leading the way on World No Tobacco Day Sophie Brown, PHAA Communications and Engagement Officer
Australia’s world first laws on tobacco plain packaging came into effect on 1 December 2012 – a memorable day in the fight against tobacco. This World No Tobacco Day the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling all countries to follow Australia’s lead and implement plain packaging for all tobacco products says World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) President Michael Moore.
People living in outer regional and remote areas of Australia had higher rates of daily smoking at 20.9% compared to people in inner regional areas at 16.7% and major cities at 13.0%; and 21.4% of people living in areas of most disadvantage smoked daily compared with 8% who live in areas of least disadvantage. “The plain packaging laws have created a flow on effect, encouraging those currently smoking to quit and deterring potential smokers. The combination of high prices and graphic warning labels has helped tobacco products become less attractive to teens and young adults making it difficult for tobacco companies to generate income from new customers,” said Mr Moore.
Today is World No Tobacco Day 2016 with the theme ‘Get ready for plain packaging’. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control are calling all countries to get ready for plain packaging of tobacco products. “Australia has forged the way for the rest of the world by showing how much of an impact plain packaging has on improving public health. Australia has one of the lowest smoking rates in the world which can be attributed to the plain packaging laws, tobacco tax hikes and other public health initiatives,” said Mr Moore also the CEO of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA).
For more information on World No Tobacco Day is available here: http://www.who.int/campaigns/notobacco-day/2016/en/
“This World No Tobacco Day asks countries to take action and change to plain packaging. Australia has shown the rest of the world how much has been achieved in only four years. I call on all countries to take action on tobacco and helps save lives,” Between 2010 and 2013, Australia’s daily smoking rate, among people aged 14 years and older, declined from 15.1% to 12.8%. “Statistics show plain packaging has had an obvious effect on the prevalence of smoking in Australia. Not only is it helping to prevent chronic diseases but it is saving lives. Prevention initiatives like plain packaging are the first step in a creating a smoke free generation,” said Mr Moore. In January 2016, the Cancer Institute New South Wales research showed in the past 20 years, adolescent smoking rates have reduced by more than 70 per cent. In Queensland the smoking rates have dropped from 16.7% in 2010 to 15.2% in 2013.
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Opinion: Reconciliation Week Summer May Finlay - PHAA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Special Interest Group
In Australia there is a lot of talk of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians. There is even a week dedicated to reconciliation. This year National Reconciliation Week is from the 27 May - 3 June 2016. The theme is Our history, our story our future. What does reconciliation actually mean in reality.
We also are more aware of how those issues have occurred in the first place because we have lived it. We also know what is most likely to work for our communities. If our voices are not preferenced on issues relating to us, we will never be able to achieve true reconciliation. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Cultures are distinctly different from that of other cultures in Australia. We do not want to go down the path of assimilation, we want to be able to be who we are without being excluded. We hope for a future where there is understanding and respect for our way of being.
The dictionary definition, according to the online free dictionary of reconciliation is: 1. To re-establish a close relationship between: reconciled the opposing parties.
How to be an ally of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person
2. To settle or resolve: reconciled the dispute. 3. To bring (oneself) to accept: He finally reconciled himself to the change in management.
• Don’t speak on our behalf, allow us a voice.
4. To make compatible, harmonious, or consistent: reconcile my way of thinking with yours.
• Use appropriate terminology when referring to us. (A video with tips can be found here.)
To me, reconciliation means shifting the current dialogue to preference Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on issues affecting us. There needs to be a greater understanding and respect for the history we have experienced. We also need to work together to ensure that the mistakes of the past are not repeated or compounded. We need to understand the history of Australia the good and the ugly. Without an understanding of the history we will never be able to move forward together as a country. This may mean for some people questioning the “truth” as they know it as our history books only tell part of our history.
• If you see or hear racism, please don’t wait for us to call it out. • Please listen and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples point of view on our issues even when it challenges your understanding. • Please see us as more than the issues facing our communities because we are so much more! (Left to right) PHAA Communications Officer Sophie Brown and PHAA Policy Officer Alexandra Culloden at National Sorry Day Bridge Walk in Canberra, ACT
We also need to address the clear power imbalance between us and other Australians. We are only 3% of the population which means our views are often marginalised, ignored or drowned out by the majority. Reconciliation will only occur when the power imbalance between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people is addressed. What that means in reality is preferencing our voices on our issues. Better than anyone else, we know there are issues that need addressing.
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PHAA 44th Annual Conference & 20th Chronic Diseases Network Conference 2016
18-21 September 2016 | Alice Springs Convention Centre | #PHAACDN2016
‘Protection, Prevention, Promotion’ Healthy futures: Chronic conditions and public health
SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES PHAA and CDN, on this rare opportunity, welcome you to be part of the joint PHAA 44th Annual Conference and the 20th Chronic Disease Network Conference. Sponsorship of the Conference offers a strategic opportunity to demonstrate the support your organisation gives to the public health and chronic disease sectors and to associate your brand with leadership, sector networking and partnership development. The selection of sponsorship and exhibition packages featured in this prospectus varies in commitment levels, providing marketing solutions for organisations of any size. In addition to the set packages outlined sponsorship packages can be customised to meet your organisation’s objectives. The Conference hosts work closely with all sponsors and exhibitors to ensure you are satisfied with your involvement and return on investment. The PHAA team will provide assistance to sponsors by: • understanding and agreeing from the outset your organisation’s expectations of the sponsorship or exhibition arrangement; • liaising with you on additional value-add opportunities; • sourcing electronic copies of your organisation’s logo for reproduction in official conference material; • advising you on company literature you may be eligible to incorporate in the conference satchels and on the quantities required; • assisting you with registration processes; • advising you on accommodation options and assisting in booking. Our aim is to provide support to sponsors and exhibitors to allow you to generate the best possible outcomes from the conference.
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New publication confirms important improvements in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Tara Hoyne, Development and Marketing Manager Australia Indigenous HealthInfoNet
The Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status 2015 provides a comprehensive summary of the most recent indicators of the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Overview shows that that the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continues to improve slowly and that there have been declines in infant mortality rates and increase in life expectancy.
HealthInfoNet Director, Professor Neil Drew said ‘The Overview is our flagship publication and has proved to be a valuable resource for a very wide range of health professionals, policy makers and others working in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector. The Overview provides an accurate, evidence based summary of many health conditions in a form that makes it easy for time poor professionals to keep up to date with the current health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people throughout Australia. This year, we have made some important changes including a greater focus on strengths based approaches.
There have also been improvements in a number of areas contributing to health status such as increased immunisation coverage and a slight decrease in the prevalence of tobacco use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. http://www.healthinfonet.ecu. edu.au/health-facts/overviews
Also, as part of our ongoing commitment to using culturally respectful language we have changed the title to further acknowledge the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and peoples.’
The Overview, which draws on the most up-to-date, authoritative sources and undertakes some special analyses, is freely available on the HealthInfoNet web resource, along with downloadable PowerPoint presentations of key facts, tables, and figures.
The 2015 Overview is dedicated to the memory of the HealthInfoNet founding Director, Professor Neil Thomson, who passed away in January 2016.
It is an important part of the HealthInfoNet’s commitment to collaborative knowledge exchange, which contributes to ‘closing the gap’ in health between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians by making research and other knowledge available in a form that is easily understood and readily accessible to both practitioners and policy makers.
(Left to right) HealthInfoNet Dictror Professor Neil Drew and Edith Cowan UNiversity Vice-Chancellor Porfessor Steve Chapman
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ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION Calling all students to submit an essay on:
PUBLIC HEALTH & CHRONIC DISEASE HOW TO ENTER: 1000 words highlighting the connection between public health and chronic diseases. Must be a PHAA member to enter. To join or renew visit:
http://www.phaa.net.au/membership/type/full-time-student
Email essays to: phaa@phaa.net.au THREE prizes to be won to assist in academic development
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A fair go for all: health equity summit Alexandra Culloden, Senior Policy Officer Public Health Association of Australia
This month the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) policy team and Vice President David Templeman attended a national forum addressing the social and health inequities internationally and in Australia hosted by Professor Fran Baum (Past president of PHAA) and Professor Sharon Friel from the Centre for Research Excellence in the Social Determinants of Health Equity (CRE-SDHE). The forum which was held at the Australian National University in Canberra was positioned around the question, how do we achieve a fair go for all?
personal contexts. The strong take home message of the panel was that racism must be named and called out in all settings in order to close the gap and to address the health inequities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The final sessions of the day looked at what is currently working and not working in Australia and what can be learned from the examples presented. Associate Professor Lydnal Stradzins spoke in depth about paid parental leave and how changes to this policy impacts on a range of health outcomes.
First to tackle this question was a panel of politicians and academics examining how equitable the 2016 Federal budget is. Whilst Dr Andrew Leigh (Australian Labor Party) suggested that the 2016 budget was a failure to invest in prevention, Dr Richard Di Natale (Leader of the Australian Greens and Senator for Victoria) highlighted the challenge that whilst prevention and investing in health equity is a long term commitment politics is a short term game.
Past PHAA president Professor Peter Sainsbury discussed how urban planning is important to health equity with a particular emphasis on how the built environment influences physical activity, access to food and social connectedness. For more information about the Centre for Research Excellence in the Social Determinants of Health Equity visit http://www.flinders.edu.au/medicine/research/ centres/centre-for-research-excellence-in-the-social-
Other sessions throughout the day spoke to international experiences including Professor Dame Margaret Whitehead from the United Kingdom and Professor Ronald Lamonte from Canada. Both presenters discussed how cuts to health and social services impact on physical and mental health outcomes with recent data from the United Kingdom suggesting correlation between increasing rates of mental illness and the implementation of austerity measures. However the stand out session for many of the attendees was a panel on systemic racism and health equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The session included leaders within a range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health spaces such as the CEO of the Lowitja Institute Romlie Mokak, CEO of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives Janine Mohamed, CEO of the Healing Foundation Richard Weston, Flinder University Senior Research Fellow Dr Tamara Mackean and founder of @ IndigenousX Luke Pearson. Each panel member spoke of their own experience of racism and discrimination and how this has impacted on them in professional and
(Top) ABC RN’s Big Ideas Panel with politicians and academics discussing the 2016 Federal Budget (Bottom) Audience listening to the forum
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Great Expectations: Alcohol leaves Aussies Disappointed and Disillusioned Michael Thorn, CEO Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE)
There’s a big difference between how Australians expect to feel when drinking alcohol and the reality of how they actually feel after their last drinking episode, with the nation’s most comprehensive annual alcohol poll finding there’s less upside and more downside than drinkers imagine.
Conducted by Galaxy Research, the 2016 poll also once again highlighted the nation’s concerns about alcohol; with almost eight in ten Australians indicating that our country has a problem with excess drinking or alcohol abuse (78 per cent), and the majority calling for more to be done to reduce the harm that alcohol causes (78 per cent).
Now in its seventh year, the Annual alcohol poll 2016: Attitudes and behaviour found the majority of those who drink to get drunk expect to feel happy (56 per cent), and relaxed (54 per cent), with 31 per cent of drinkers expecting to feel a sense of social belonging.
Awareness of the issue and a concern for the level of alcohol use and misuse in the community is reflected in Australians support for evidence-based policy measures that would reduce alcohol harms.
Yet in reality drinker’s expectations fell well short; with only 28 per cent of drinkers feeling happy after downing alcohol, 31 per cent feeling relaxed and just 15 per cent achieving that sense of belonging.
More than eight in ten Australians (82 per cent) support measures that would see pubs, clubs and bars close at 3am or earlier, 70 per cent of Australians support a ban on alcohol advertising on television before 8:30pm, and for the first time in the history of the poll, more than half of those surveyed (51 per cent) support increasing the tax on alcohol in order to pay for alcohol-related treatment and prevention initiatives.
And when it comes to negative impacts, the difference between expectation and reality is just as pronounced; with 29 per cent of drinkers reporting feeling tired after the last time they were drunk, despite only 13 per cent expecting to feel drowsy. Similarly, 17 per cent were sick (although only five per cent anticipated this), seven per cent felt unattractive (in contrast to four per cent) and 13 per cent felt regret (where only six per cent had predicted that outcome).
FARE’s Annual alcohol poll contains an important message for policymakers and political leaders, both for jurisdictions that have already embraced effective and evidence-based measures to reduce alcohol harms as well as those states and territories still considering how best to deal with the problem.
Each year the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education’s (FARE) national alcohol poll provides valuable trend data and insights into community perspectives on alcohol.
Each year the Poll consistently delivers three very clear messages: that Australians recognise we have a problem with alcohol in this country, that a clear majority support the evidence-based solutions which will reduce the harms, and that they want governments to embrace meaningful reform.
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Public health issues emerging in regional trade agreement under negotiation in the Asia Pacific Bel Townsend, PHAA Political Economy of Health Special Interest Group
Some of you may have heard of the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement recently concluded between several Pacific Rim countries including the United States and Australia. The secret trade deal has been bought into the public spotlight thanks to public health academics and activists who have raised serious public health concerns for the agreement, in particular the consequences of higher levels of intellectual property protection for access to medicines.
Public health advocates have demonstrated, for example, that Vietnam’s treatment coverage for people living with HIV/AIDS could drop to merely thirty per cent of the population in need if Vietnam adopted a level of IP protection often sought by the United States in its trade agreements. Our concerns in RCEP are particularly focused on low and middle income countries in our region that are already struggling to meet demands for key medicines, like lifesaving HIV/AIDS drugs.
Another trade deal currently under negotiation in the Asia Pacific region has received less exposure. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) is currently under negotiation between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the six countries that have existing trade agreements with ASEAN, including Australia. It notably excludes the United States but includes major economic players India and China.
Another issue is that of investor state dispute settlement (ISDS), a provision in trade agreements that enables corporations to bring tribunal cases for monetary compensation against governments whose public policies are perceived to damage their investments. It was through ISDS in a bilateral trade agreement with Hong Kong that Philip Morris attempted to sue Australia over its tobacco plain packaging law. ISDS was included in the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement and is on the negotiating table for RCEP. While negotiators agreed to exclude tobacco control measures from ISDS cases in the TPP, other types of public health regulation like alcohol and food labelling are not strongly protected from potential ISDS cases.
Like the TPP, RCEP goes well beyond traditional trade agreements and includes negotiating text on services, investment, and intellectual property, among other issues. Negotiations commenced in 2012 and, like the TPP, have been conducted without much transparency. The Public Health Association of Australia has been one of a group of NGOs calling for broader consultations with civil society.
PHAA shared these views at the RCEP stakeholder consultations in April and has and will continue to write submissions to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on these issues.
The twelfth round of negotiations for RCEP were recently held in Perth from the 22-29 April and PHAA was invited to attend stakeholder consultations on intellectual property and investment.
It remains to be seen as to whether our trade negotiators will work to achieve the best interests for public health, not only for Australia, but for our region.
The PHAA’s main concerns around intellectual property stem from negotiating text leaked online which shows that high levels of intellectual property protection are being sought in the agreement. High levels of intellectual property protection can delay the market entry of generics, creating problems for access to medicines if monopoly drugs are priced out of reach for those who need them.
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UK Faculty of Public Health’s highest award goes to two Australian researchers “If you fail as an academic, you want it to be because your idea was no good. Not because you never got the chance to test it.” These are the words of Penny Hawe, a professor at the University of Sydney, who has recently been awarded the highest level of honour from the UK Faculty of Public Health for exceptional contributions to the science, literature or practice of public health. Her colleague Prof Alan Shiell, from Latrobe University, was similarly honoured. The Faculty awards a maximum of six Honorary Fellowships each year. This year two Australians are being honoured in the UK, mostly for work they did in Canada. The story starts in 1999 when Penny and Alan were working at the University of Sydney’s School of Public Health. The School held a competition to focus the School’s research priorities. Their proposal to investigate context or place level understandings of health came second place and missed being funded. First place went to Prof Les Irwig and his team researching diagnostic test screening. Penny and Alan were subsequently recruited by the University of Calgary in Canada.
(Left to right) Alan Shiell and Professor Penny Hawe
10-year, multi-agency initiative, stewarded by CIHR, that advanced the science of intervention research and the use of evidence in policy making. PHIRIC oversaw the development of training schemes, research, collaborations and capacity-building representing more than $120 million of strategic investment and created a new cohort of investigators focused on identifying population-level solutions to health problems, such as structural and policy changes in sectors like housing, urban planning and schools. The spearhead agencies are the CIHR and the Medical Research Council in the UK, working with key champions in the US.
They arrived in Canada at a time when the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – CIHR, the equivalent to the NHMRC- were calling for applications for research centres on social and physical environments and health. The failed idea at the University of Sydney quickly became a winning idea in Canada. The Centre led by Penny and Alan was unique in its focus on intervention research. Their driving interest was complexity science and the theory, methods, ethics and economics of complex interventions. Key papers from the Centre set out to “rewrite the text books”, on, for example, new ways to standardise or maintain intervention fidelity across sites in randomised trials; on ways to measure properties of contexts; and the importance of multiple and multiplied effects in economic evaluations. Postdocs were drawn into the program from fields as diverse as physics, philosophy, anthropology, kinesiology and mathematics.
Penny and Alan travel to the UK later this month to receive their Awards. “I’m glad we took the risk we did”, said Alan. “It really challenged us. Of course it had to be good if it was to keep us away from most of the Sydney Swans games for 10 years.” “Les Irwig was my Master’s thesis supervisor,” said Penny. “He was superb. By beating us he ended up helping in ways I could not have imagined!”
Their ideas helped to kick-start the field of population health intervention research internationally. Penny became the co-founder of the Population Health Intervention Research Initiative for Canada (PHIRIC), a
Ideas from Penny and Alan is foundational work are now being carried into elements of the research program of the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre. See www. prevention centre.org.au
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15th World Congress on Public Health 3-7 April 2017 Melbourne Australia
call for abstracts Abstract submissions for the 15th World Congress on Public Health 2017 open Monday 11 April 2016 The Scientific Committee for the World Congress on Public Health 2017 invites authors to submit abstracts for presentation at WCPH2017. Submissions are sought for: • Orals
• Panel Discussions
• Posters
• Storytelling
• Workshops
Dates and Deadlines Call for Abstracts opens
11 April 2016
Call for Abstracts closes
26 August 2016
Authors notified of results
October 2016
Presenter registration deadline
7 December 2016
To submit an abstract and for full details, visit the Congress website at www.wcph2017.com www.wcph2017.com
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Office Bearers The Board
SIG Convenors
President Heather Yeatman: hyeatman@uow.edu.au Vice President - (Policy) Marion Carey: mariongc@bigpond.com Vice President - (Development) David Templeman: davidtempleman1@live.com Vice President - (Finance) Richard Franklin: richard.franklin@jcu.edu.au Vice President - (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health) Carmen Parter: carmen.parter@sydney.edu.au SIG Convenors’ representatives Yvonne Luxford: yvonne.luxford@gmail.com Peter Tait: aspetert@bigpond.com Branch Presidents’ representatives Gillian Mangan: gillian.mangan@heartfoundation.org.au Paul Gardiner: p.gardiner@sph.ug.edu.au
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Co-convenors Summer Finlay: summermayfinlay@gmail.com Yvonne Luxford: yvonne.luxford@gmail.com Alcohol Mike Daube: M.Daube@curtin.edu.au Julia Stafford: J.Stafford@curtin.edu.au Child Health Co-convenors Colin Macdougall: colin.macdougall@flinders.edu.au Ecology and Environment Peter Tait: aspetert@bigpond.com Evidence, Research & Policy in Complementary Medicine Jon Adams: jon.adams@uts.edu.au Food & Nutrition Co-convenors Julie Woods: j.woods@deakin.edu.au Helen Vidgen: h.vidgen@qut.edu.au Health Promotion Carmel Williams: Carmel.Williams@health.sa.gov.au Immunisation Co-convenors Angela Newbound: Angela.Newbound@yahoo.com Michelle Wills: michjwills@gmail.com Injury Prevention Co-convenors Richard Franklin: richard.franklin@jcu.edu.au Lyndal Bugeja: lyndal.c.bugeja@coronerscourt.vic.gov.au International Health Jaya Earnest: j.earnest@curtin.edu.au Brahm Marjadi: B.Marjadi@uws.edu.au Justice Health Co-convenors Tony Butler: tbutler@nchecr.unsw.edu.au Stuart Kinner: s.kinner@unimelb.edu.au Mental Health Co-convenors Michael Smith: mikejohnsmith@hotmail.com Kristy Sanderson: Kristy.Sanderson@utas.edu.au One Health (Zoonoses) Simon Reid: simon.reid@uq.edu.au Oral Health Bruce Simmons: simmonsbruce@hotmail.com Political Economy of Health Deborah Gleeson: d.gleeson@latrobe.edu.au Primary Health Care Co-convenors Jacqui Allen: jacqui.allen@deakin.edu.au Gwyn Jolley: gwyn.jolley@flinders.edu.au Women’s Health Co-convenors Catherine Mackenzie: catherine.mackenzie@flinders.edu.au Tinashe Dune: T.Dune@uws.edu.au
ANZJPH Editors Editor in Chief John Lowe: jlowe@usc.edu.au Editors Priscilla Robinson: priscilla.robinson@latrobe.edu.au Anna Ziersch: anna.ziersch@flinders.edu.au Melissa Stoneham: M.Stoneham@curtin.edu.au Bridget Kool:b.kool@auckland.ac.nz Roxanne Bainbridge: roxanne.bainbridge@jcu.edu.au Luke Wolfenden: Luke.Wolfenden@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au Branch Presidents ACT Russell McGowan: lazaruss@bigpond.com NSW Jude Page: judepage1@gmail.com NT Rosalie Schultz: rosalieschultz20a@gmail.com QLD Paul Gardiner: p.gardiner@sph.uq.edu.au SA (Acting) Rebecca Tooher: rebecca.tooher@adelaide. edu.au TAS Gillian Mangan: gillian.mangan@heartfoundation.org.au VIC Brian Vandenberg: Brian.Vandenberg@monash.edu WA (Acting) Jillian Abraham: Jillian.Abraham@health.wa.gov.au Chief Executive Officer Michael Moore: ph (02) 6285 2373 mmoore@phaa.net.au
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