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Edition 82: May 2025
NEWS I Preventive Health Conference 2025
Prevention is political. So what now?
In this reflection from the 2025 PHAA Preventive Health Conference, Prevention Centre Head, Adjunct Associate Professor Nadia Mastersson, shares five powerful take-outs on power, politics and progress. If you're working to shift the system or influence decision-makers, this is essential reading. Read more
NEWS I Ambition, allies and the art of prevention leadership
How are Australia’s preventive health leaders driving change? This panel recap from the 2025 PHAA Preventive Health Conference explores leadership insights from four state agencies, highlighting ambition, collaboration and adaptive strategies shaping the future of prevention across jurisdictions. Read more
NEWS I Tasmania plans 20-year preventive health strategy
In collaboration with the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre, the Tasmanian Government is developing a comprehensive 20-year Preventive Health Strategy aimed at addressing key barriers that prevent Tasmanians from achieving optimal health and wellbeing. Read more
NEWS I Shaping the future of disease prevention
What if we could move from short-term fixes to long-term change? This article explores how systems thinking is transforming chronic disease prevention. Learn how The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre is leading a national shift by building tools, skills and partnerships to improve health outcomes. With insights from Dr Mishel Shahid and Nadia Mastersson. Read more
NEWS I AI in public health: six areas to watch
Professor Don Nutbeam, editor-in-chief of PHRP and a professor of public health at the University of Sydney, along with Professor Andrew Milat, also a professor of public health, identify six promising areas where AI can be applied to public health. However, they caution that current applications "may exacerbate existing inequities in health." Read more
PROFILE I Prevention people
Professor Luke Wolfenden is an NHMRC Fellow at the University of Newcastle, Co-Director of the Cochrane People, Health Systems and Public Health Thematic Group, and Director of the National Centre for Implementation Science (NCOIS). Luke collaborates with the Prevention Centre through the Scientific Advisory Committee and the Collaboration for Enhanced Research Impact (CERI). Luke was recently appointed as Senior Advisor at the Sax Institute, where he will offer his expertise in implementation science and evidence synthesis for chronic disease prevention. Read more
PUBLICATIONS I Prevention Centre funded research
Regan C, Bartlem K, Hollis J, Dray J, Fehily C, Campbell E, Leask S, Leigh L, Orr M, Govindasamy S, Bowman J. Evaluation of co-developed strategies to support staff of a mental health community managed organisation implement preventive care: a pilot controlled trial. Health Promotion Journal of Australia
Hill B, Hailu H, Jenkinson B, Rakic S, Nagpal T, Boyle J, Sheehan P, Skouteris H. Co-design and clinician evaluation of resources to address weight stigma in antenatal care. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Doherty E, Dilworth S, Wiggers J, Wolfenden L, Wilson A, Leane C, Schranz N, Parish J, Reardon M, Tully B, Hollis J, Daly J, Kingsland M. Preventive health risks in pregnancy: Cross-sectional prevalence survey in three regions of New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Worthington J, He E, Carney G, Grogan P, Varlow M, Canfell K, Feletto E. The potential for primary and secondary prevention of liver cancer death in Australians with alcohol-related liver disease or metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease: A modelling study. Public Health
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