Public health
Alternative labels
Public health services
Population health
Public health interventions
Epidemiology
Global health
Public health policy
Strategy
WA Health digital strategy 2020–2030
This strategy document was developed in collaboration with an extensive group of stakeholders, including patients, carers and clinical and corporate Western Australian health system staff. It provides a phased plan for digital innovation, with the first two years of the strategy focussing on building technological capability across the health system.
Report
Action required: the urgency of addressing social determinants of health
This report lays out five steps for action that organisations can take to lead in a world in which social determinants assume a more prominent role. The research is backed by new results from a global survey conducted by PwC’s Health Research Institute, along with interviews with healthcare leaders and analysis of dozens of case...
Journal article
Public health over private wealth: rebalancing public and private interests in international trade and investment agreements
The growing number of pathways for market actors to exert undue infuence over national and international regulatory environments provided by free trade agreements has given many cause to be concerned. This article presents several avenues for public health scholars, advocates and practitioners to explore to rebalance public and private interests in these deals.
Journal article
Philip Morris International’s use of Facebook to undermine Australian tobacco control laws
The borderless nature of the internet, coupled with narrow defnitions of advertising and interference, means the tobacco industry still uses online and social media to sell and promote its products, highlight supposed corporate social responsibility practices, and challenge public health views and policies.
Journal article
Talking about a nanny nation: investigating the rhetoric framing public health debates in Australian news media
This study aims to analyse the use of ‘nanny state’ frames in Australian news media coverage; identify the stakeholders invoking this frame; determine which public health–related policies attract such framing; and investigate whether ‘nanny state’ framing is directly challenged in news coverage.