Dr Christina Pollard
@christinapolla8
A/Prof Public Health Priorities @CurtinUni Director @phaiwa & @ActBelongCommit | Life Member @_PHAA_ @foodbankwa Board | Fellow @WCRFI | pro equity&nutrition
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24-06-2012 10:13:25
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Really great to listen to Łódź Deputy Mayor #adamwieczorek who studied public health, say that everything in local government is connected to public health- people, place & participation Łódź - CityLodz IUHPE - UIPES ALGA HealthyCities Public Health Advocacy Institute IUHPE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC REGION Melissa Sweet
The Public Health Advocacy Institute staff members presented at the IUHPE - UIPES European Health Promotion Conference in #lodz Poland today. Melissa Stoneham presented on the Ending Trachoma project & Dr Christina Pollard presented on the ActBelongCommit program Curtin University
Almost half of the adult population grapple with understanding health information. In a time of polycrisis we need the important life skill of health literacy says Saskia Maria De Gani, Careum Center for Health Literacy-Switzerland @iuhpe @phaiwa mark Careum UMED Lodz (Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi)
Looking forward to a new ActBelongCommit collaboration
I agree World Public Health Nutrition Association the WPHN CONGRESS 2024 was an ethical Congress that walked the talk. Courageous, compassionate, and challenging conversation’s inspired public health nutritionists. They got it right. , Inspiring.. strong leadership renewed my optimism in the future. 👏👏
The latest Advocacy in the Spotlight is out & includes advocacy examples from sugar tax, climate change, food security & vaping- plus details about the 4 day advocacy short course we are running in December. Didn’t receive it? Email [email protected] Public Health Australia Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA) EHA, Ltd.
The argument that we need to protect sports gambling ads to look after the interests of giant media brands has little merit. We have done it with tobacco- we can do it again theconversation.com/does-free-to-a… Andrew Hughes Dr Jonathan Hallett Charles Livingstone Alliance for Gambling Reform Dr Olivia Doll DCS
A solid, evidence based argument from Andrew Hughes The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand debunking broadcast industry claims of impending doom, should gambling ads disappear. As usual, the sky won't fall.
Call for Public Health Nutritionists: Research on Food as a Weapon of War School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster is seeking public health nutritionists to contribute to an important research study examining the impact of food as a weapon of war on the right to food and the UN Sustainable Development.
Australians are the world’s biggest per capita gamblers, losing about $25 billion a yr. It’s a no brainer to ban it but the gambling industry has adopted the tobacco deflection playbook theconversation.com/big-alcohol-an… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Charles Livingstone Prof Ross Gordon Croakey News Public Health Australia
Serious about addressing food insecurity in remote Wesrtern Australian communities? Watch this space. Dietitians Australia Amanda Lee Meron Lewis Public Health Australia PHAA WA Branch Lynne Millar Curtin Media
Carol Bellamy former ED UNICEF tells the GFN that know we are going to get disasters, much more attention should be placed on preparing and long term sustainability of the food system. #GFNSummit2024 Foodbank Australia