Fake news on everything from whales to wind farms: Australia is flooded with climate misinformation

Disinformation is everywhere: AI-based material was even used to generate some of false claims in submissions to the inquiry into misinformation.

We echo others who call for multisectoral action and policy responses from governments, as well as social media and other Big Tech companies. Platforms should be required to be fully transparent regarding marketing exposure metrics and remove content that is in breach of the law. We also call for tighter regulation of influencer marketing to protect minors and for penalties to be enforced when influencers fail to disclose promotion of harmful commodities.

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Evading regulation: young people’s exposure to harmful commodity marketing in the social media feeds of their favourite influencers
 
✍️ Antonia C Lyons, Ian Goodwin, Jessica Young, Cassandra Burton-Wood
 
OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daag037

War and the Climate Knitting Nannas march for peace and not only because we want the killing and destruction of homes and infrastructure to stop.

Armed conflicts release hundreds of millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, fuelling climate change. knittingnannas.org/2026/03/17/w...

Understanding how a range of stakeholder types use youth washing and for what purpose will help build a more comprehensive framework. This will also help youth, as well as educators, youth workers, and policymakers to identify and critically examine youth-focused corporate social responsibility tactics and to distinguish these from any genuine forms of youth engagement and support.

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Youth washing as a corporate social responsibility tactic of health-harming industries
 
✍️ Sally Witchalls, Hannah Pitt, Simone McCarthy, Becky Freeman, Samantha Thomas
 
OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daag018

“Mental health for Hispanic adolescents is shaped by culture, context, and sociopolitical forces. The adolescents’ priorities—safe spaces, creative outlets, and open dialogue—provide a clear roadmap for action. We conclude that culturally responsive and multisystemic interventions involving family, school, and community settings are essential to validate lived experiences, dismantle stigma, and advance mental health equity for this population.”

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See me and hear me: a Photovoice study of Hispanic adolescents’ mental health conceptualization and priorities in the USA
 
✍️ Carolina Vélez-Grau, Meghan Romanelli, Krystel Francis, Adriana Rios, Peter Lopez, Mswati Hanks, María Pineros-Leano
 
OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daag032

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The social nature of parks: associations between social interactions and park visitation and physical activity among children and adolescents
 
✍️ Elise Rivera, Benedicte Deforche, Venurs H Y Loh, Anna Timperio, Jenny Veitch
 
OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daag027

“The self-evident truths of public health remind us… of the basics; that ill health and inequity in health, are, via poverty, deprivation, or low-income, structurally determined, and that this is where our efforts must aim, ultimately”

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Ultra-processed food narratives in social media forum posts: a content analysis of Reddit threads
 
✍️ Emily Denniss, Patricia Ribeiro de Melo, Katherine Sievert, Cherie Russell, Priscila P Machado
 
OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daag007

Health Promotion International | Oxford Academic Publishes papers on major themes and innovations in the health promotion field. The journal publishes contributions from sectors beyond health, and seeks to promote theoretical, methodological, and ac...

Oxford University Press has lifted the paywall on the entire 40 year archive of @healthpromint.bsky.social as part of our flip to fully open access!

Check out the amazing work of our authors - free to read - here:

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“Help young women to survive”: the cost-of-living crisis and the well-being of younger Australian women Abstract. The increased pressures associated with the cost-of-living crisis (CoLC) have been demonstrated to impact population health. Research has shown t

We asked more than 500 women about how the cost of living crisis has affected them. Our findings should be a wakeup call to policymakers, with women reporting they’re struggling to afford basic essentials, food, rent, medication and doctor appointments.

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Did Australian policy prepare for a harmful algal bloom with significant human health impacts? Analysis and lessons from South Australia

✍️ Frances Baum, Matthew Fisher, Diana Bogueva, Amanda Hayes, Helen Miller, Dora Marinova

OPEN ACCESS 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf240

NEW 🔔 Trust is a verb: how to reimagine confidence in health systems

✍️ Tina D Purnat, Elisabeth Wilhelm, Gloria Lihemo, David Scales

OPEN ACCESS 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf235

NEW 🔔 The role of information and communication technology on the well-being of residents in rural nursing homes

✍️ Xiaoli Li, Craig McPherson, Manasa Battu, Thomas Shaw

🔗 OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf210

NEW 🔔 An exploration of cultural grounding in Indigenous health promotion: perspectives from First Nations communities in Canada

✍️ Brittany McBeath, Martine C Lévesque, Lucie Lévesque, Sonia Périllat-Amédée, Revathi Sahajpal, Marie-Claude Tremblay, Treena Delormier

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf211

NEW 🔔 Putting ethics at the centre of health promotion practice: lessons from Australia

✍️ Krysten Blackford, Sharyn Burns, Jane Taylor, Francene Leaversuch, Tara Gamble, Gemma Crawford

🔗 OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf205

NEW 🔔 A call for a shared future vision for Planetary and One Health Literacy
 
✍️ Carmen Jochem, Gerardine Doyle, Kristine Sørensen, Ilona Kickbusch, Simon Rüegg, Saskia Maria De Gani
 
🔗 OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf200

Teens seek urgent high court injunction to block Australian government’s social media ban Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, both 15, are supported by a digital rights group led by NSW Libertarian MP John Ruddick * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Two teens and a digital rights group led by a New South Wales state politician are seeking an urgent high court injunction to block Australia’s under-16s social media ban, just two weeks before the ban is due to commence. The two young people, 15-year-olds Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, are supported by the Digital Freedom Project – an initiative led by NSW Libertarian MP John Ruddick. Continue reading...

Teens seek urgent high court injunction to block Australian government’s social media ban

NEW 🔔 Adverse commercial determinants of health in low- and middle-income countries: a public health challenge

✍️ M Mofizul Islam, Cassandra De Lacy-Vawdon, Deborah Gleeson

OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf193

The contest continues - who can think of the most creative ways to market nicotine products to young people?

Women’s views about the use of gendered Corporate Social Responsibility strategies by harmful industries - Globalization and Health Background Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives are part of a suite of marketing and promotional strategies used by industries whose products and/or practices may be harmful to health and...

Women’s views about the use of gendered Corporate Social Responsibility strategies by harmful industries.

Our new paper with @simonemccarthy.bsky.social Monique Murray, @hannahpitt.bsky.social @gracearnot.bsky.social

globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

📣 Let's talk about menopause and the midlife collision. 📣

Our new qualitative paper in Social Science and Medicine investigates how menopause intersects with a range of pressures and challenges that women experience during midlife.

Free to read here ▶️

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NEW 🔔 ‘They build roads, not cycle paths’: a qualitative study of Pacific children's physical activity barriers

✍️ Sarah T Ryan, Melanie Randle, Gade Waqa, Rebecca M Stanley, Anu Bissoonauth-Bedford, Anthony D Okely

OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf169

Towards a digital planetary health perspective: generative AI and the digital determinants of health Abstract. The digital determinants of health have recently attracted attention in the medical and public health literature, but the environmental aspects o

My new article looks at the impacts of #GenAI on planetary health, calling for going beyond a human-centric focus on digital health to looking at impacts on ecosystems of data centre expansion and e-waste

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NEW 🔔 Continuing the vision: engaging the Ottawa Charter for future ‘healthy public policy’

✍️ Belinda Lunnay, Frances Baum, Candace Angelo, Gemma Crawford

OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf178

The next contribution to the @healthpromint.bsky.social @ottawacharter40.bsky.social series from Belinda Lunnay, Fran Baum, Gemma Crawford and Candace Angelo is now online!

Editorial: academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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NEW 🔔 “It’s all about the money.” Australian women’s perspectives about menopause and the commercial determinants of health

✍️ Katrina Wood, Simone McCarthy, Hannah Pitt, Melanie Randle, Grace Arnot, Samantha Thomas

OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf168

Child famine has reached the highest level in Gaza, with tens of thousands of kids affected – new study By August,15.8% of children aged under five were suffering from acute malnutrition.

"More than 54,000 children aged under five in Gaza are suffering acute malnutrition, including more than 12,800 who are severely malnourished, according to a study published in The Lancet on Wednesday."
theconversation.com/child-famine...

Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry Exclusive: Earlier that day, four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry

Sportsbet was invited to a Labor party fundraising dinner with an Albanese government minister earlier this week, despite bipartisan calls for the party to ignore lobbying from the wagering industry and introduce tougher regulation.

@henrybelot.bsky.social

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NEW 🔔 A critical interrogation of the legitimacy of commercial actors in food policy partnerships

✍️ Cécile Knai, Yanaina Chavez-Ugalde, Elizabeth Eastmure, Matt Egan, Harry Rutter, Laurence Blanchard, Mark Petticrew

OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf171

“It’s all about the money.” Australian women’s perspectives about menopause and the commercial determinants of health Abstract. With increased public attention on menopause, researchers have started to investigate the surge of commercial products and services which claim t

There is a surge of products, services, and events promising to support women during the menopause transition.

Our new study in @healthpromint.bsky.social explores how women think that commercial actors shape menopause-related narratives, products, and practices.
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