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Edition 84: August 2025
RESEARCH | The massive costs to Australia of inaction on alcohol consumption
New modelling by Griffith University researchers, funded by the Prevention Centre, highlights that inaction on alcohol harm could cost Australia a staggering $55 billion over the next 25 years, with projections of 25.9 million alcohol-related cases and 5.1 million years of healthy life lost. The Alcohol Policy Model is the first model to estimate the avoidable burden for alcohol use in Australia and allows policy makers to understand the true scale of the future health and economic burden of alcohol consumption in Australia. Read more
RESEARCH | Improving self-regulation in young children
BLOOM is a new digital program supporting parents and early childhood educators to build young children’s self-regulation skills. By fostering social and emotional learning alongside healthy eating and physical activity, BLOOM aims to strengthen mental health and wellbeing during the formative years. BLOOM is developed through a formal co-design process funded by the Institute of Health Transformation at Deakin University. Read more
IN PRACTICE | Case studies in translating research for prevention
The second instalment of our Pathways to Impact series explores two powerful examples of knowledge translation in action, this time in early childhood and school settings. Learn how researchers from the National Centre of Implementation Science and EPOCH Translate are partnering with health services and government to embed evidence-based programs into everyday practice. Read more
POLICY | WHO must lead on prevention. It’s no time to step back
As the World Health Organization faces difficult decisions in response to a global funding shortfall, Adjunct Associate Professor Nadia Mastersson explains why she supported a joint editorial urging WHO to retain its Department of Health Promotion and why strong global leadership still matters for Australia’s prevention system. Read more
RESEARCH | Keeping vaping evidence up to date
As vaping among young people continues to rise, living systematic reviews provide a mechanism for maintaining up-to-date evidence to inform policy decisions. In INSPIRE Magazine, researchers from NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence discuss how this dynamic review model facilitates the provision of timely, high-quality evidence during rapidly evolving public health crises. Read more
RESEARCH | The 2025 Research Action Awards: applications now open!
Early to mid-career researchers who have significantly influenced health policy or services are invited to apply for the Sax Institute’s Research Action Awards 2025. These awards, which honour impactful research, offer winners a $5000 prize and certificate. Submissions close 19 September 2025 5:00pm AEST. Read more
PROFILE I Prevention Insider: Professor Anna Peeters
VicHealth’s CEO on prevention, equity and what gives her hope. In our first Prevention Insider profile, we speak with Professor Anna Peeters AM, PhD about the opportunities and challenges facing prevention today. From food systems to digital media, and from systems leadership to simple joys (like a coffee in the sun), Anna shares what drives her work and her optimism. Read more
OPPORTUNITY | PhD with The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre
We are offering an exciting PhD opportunity in collaboration with the University of Queensland and Deakin University to address the complex task of evaluating changes in the chronic disease prevention system. This project aims to develop innovative, fit-for-purpose evaluation approaches to effectively monitor significant changes within the chronic disease prevention system by applying system science principles and methods. Applications close 25 August 2025. Read more
The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre
Phone: 02 9188 9500 I Email: preventioncentre@saxinstitute.org.au
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