Wellbeing Think Tank: Towards a New Wellbeing Policy Approach
PHAA and FWI members recently explored the need for a national PHAA wellbeing policy, highlighting challenges in definitions, evidence, and system-level prevention approaches.
To be involved, email: director@fwi.ac.nz
Trans Rights are Human Rights. Trans Day of Visibility March 31st 2026
🏳️⚧️ Trans Rights and Human Rights
Trans Day of Visibility is an annual international celebration of trans pride and awareness, recognising transgender, gender diverse and non-binary experiences and achievements!
For more information and to sign a pledge, go to: www.tdov.org.au
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month.
💠Affects 1 in 7 Australians Assigned Female At Birth, with 6–8-year diagnosis delays
💠Not “just period pain”
💠Listen, support early care, and enable flexibility
💠Start conversations
-Shared by HPSIG member Huma Abdi
Islamophobia and Discrimination!
Islamophobia or discrimination, although unacceptable in Australia, is faced by healthcare professionals like doctors and nurses.
It's everyone's responsibility to combat against it.
🔗Read more: tinyurl.com/hwnue6sf
-Shared by @drazizrahman.bsky.social
Profile graphic announcing Prof Aziz Rahman as the continuing Convenor of the PHAA Health Promotion Special Interest Group.
@drazizrahman.bsky.social brings 20+ years of expertise across tobacco control, NCDs, Indigenous health, and health promotion for multicultural & disadvantaged communities. We're delighted to announce his continuing role as Convenor of the PHAA HPSIG!
Learn more about HP SIG: tinyurl.com/2hssx7eh
World Kidney Day!
On 12 March, we recognised World Kidney Day. World Kidney Day 2026 is a reminder of the importance of awareness, prevention, and the interface between kidney health and environmental factors.
🔗Read more: www.worldkidneyday.org
Shared by HPSIG member Adeline Pascale
Front cover of the WHO publication: "Unlocking funding for well‑being, equity and healthy societies"
Prevention helps society and economies thrive & there is growing recognition in Australia & around the world that we need bold new financing reforms to deliver prevention at scale & sustainably.
🔗 Read more:
For Australia: tinyurl.com/38upshbd
Around the world: tinyurl.com/2karjwz6
AI-assisted data extraction in systematic reviews shows promising gains:
💠91% vs 89% accuracy
💠~41 minutes saved per study
💠Major error rates are similar, but not eliminated
AI works best within structured verification, not full automation.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr6sxbtz
- Share by Adelaide Chiang
The mid-point review of the Australian Water Safety Strategy 2030 identifies we're not on track to meet our target of halving drownings by 2030. Work needs to improve access, local action & policy.
🔗Read more: tinyurl.com/374sj3w9
- Shared by our HPSIG member Hannah Graefe
Profile graphic announcing Dr Hannah Calverley as the continuing PHAA Health Promotion Special Interest Group committee member (2024–2026).
Welcome, Dr Hannah Graefe, to the PHAA Health Promotion SIG Committee! As Manager for Research and Evaluation at Life Saving Victoria, she brings expertise in injury prevention and water safety research.
Learn more about our HP SIG and how to get involved: tinyurl.com/2hssx7eh
📢 PHAA HP SIG Awards & Travel Scholarship 2026 – Applications Open!
🏆 Awards for excellence in health promotion research & practice
✈️ Travel scholarship to attend the PHAA Preventive Health Conference (May 2026)
⏰ Closes: 15 March 2026
🔗Apply now: tinyurl.com/5xxv464e
📩 HPSIG@phaa.net.au
Global nutrition crisis: intervention needed!
Childhood obesity has overtaken underweight for the first time. 1 in 5 children now live with being overweight, driven by ultra‑processed diets and junk‑food marketing.
Stronger policies are needed to protect kids’ health.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4zahyj5j
Spanish researchers have identified a potential PDAC breakthrough by using an inhibitor to block metabolic pathways that fuel metastasis in nutrient-poor environments, significantly reducing secondary tumours.
🔗 tinyurl.com/56xvuedf
- Shared by @shariqalikhan.bsky.social
Join us in welcoming Adelaide Chiang to the Health Promotion Special Interest Group (HP SIG) Committee of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA).
Learn more about the HP SIG: www.phaa.net.au/Web/Web/Abou...
Join us in welcoming Susan Stevenson to the Health Promotion Special Interest Group (HP SIG) Committee of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA).
Learn more about the HP SIG: www.phaa.net.au/Web/Web/Abou...
Last month, we marked World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day, a moment to celebrate Australia’s progress.
With HPV vaccination coverage >80% among adolescents and a strong National Cervical Screening Program, Australia is on track to eliminate cervical cancer.
- Shared by HPSIG member Huma Abdi
Join us in welcoming Adeline Pascale to the Health Promotion Special Interest Group (HP SIG) Committee of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA).
Learn more about the HP SIG: www.phaa.net.au/Web/Web/Abou...
Universal Health Coverage Day - 12 December
Universal Health Coverage Day 2025 shines a spotlight on the devastating human impact of unaffordable health costs.
- Shared by HPSIG member Adeline Pascale
#UniversalHealthCoverage #UniversalHealthCoverageDay #PublicHealth #HealthPromotion
Join us in welcoming Anushka Gupta to the Health Promotion Special Interest Group (HP SIG) Committee of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA).
Learn more about HPSIG: www.phaa.net.au/Web/Web/Abou...
It’s never too early or too late to act on brain health.
Up to 45% of dementia cases are preventable. Join the free Preventing Dementia MOOC to learn how.
🔗 mooc.utas.edu.au/i/pdmooc
Air pollution is one of the greatest environmental risks to child health. In Australia, bushfire smoke and seasonal haze are growing threats. Stronger air-quality standards and cleaner transport and energy systems can save lives.
🔗 www.who.int/news-room/fa...
Join us in welcoming Amy Coates to the Health Promotion Special Interest Group (HP SIG) Committee of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA).
Learn more about the HP SIG: www.phaa.net.au/Web/Web/Abou...
PHAA calls for smarter, sustained investment & bold policy to protect health, not industry profits.
This includes stronger food industry regulation that contributes to diabetes!
🔗 www.phaa.net.au/Web/Web/News...
#WorldDiabetesDay #DiabetesLife #PHAA
Today is #Worlddiabetesday!
Did you know that 215 million adults are living with diabetes in our Western Pacific region? That's more than any other region.
Join the regional group of experts tackling this issue next Aug 2026
🔗 www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/news/registr...
This Movember, let's change men's health
Stats:
2.4M prostate cancer cases expected by 2040
Testicular cancer diagnoses doubled since 1990
Men are 2x more likely to die by suicide
This November:
Grow a moustache
Move 60km for the 60 men lost to suicide every hour
Join events:au.movember.com/events
Join us in welcoming Dr Myat Myat Thein to the Health Promotion Special Interest Group (HP SIG) Committee of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA).
Learn more about PHAA’s HPSIG: phaa.net.au/Web/Web/Abou...
#PublicHealth #HealthPromotion #PHAA #PublicHealthAustralia
Protect your skin:
🧴 Apply broad-spectrum sunscreen at least 20 minutes before going outside
👒 Wear a hat or use an umbrella
👕 Choose long-sleeved clothing
🕶️ Wear sunglasses
🌳 Stay in the shade
🔗 www.cancercouncil.com.au/wp-content/u...
🔗 www.canceraustralia.gov.au/cancer-types...
☀️Summer is Coming
Exposure to UV radiation causes over 95% of skin cancers. In Australia, 2 in 3 people will be diagnosed with some form of skin cancer before age 70.
In 2024, there were 18,964 new melanoma cases diagnosed and 1,340 deaths in Australia.
Shared by Myat Myat Thein
Conference Achievements
-Launch of the Primordial Prevention Universal Wellbeing Charter
-Release of the new mini book Universal Wellbeing In a Nutshell.
-Public access to selected presentations and resources
🔗 freedom-ihe.ac.nz/2025-univers...
- shared by Susan Stevenson
The Prevention Imperative: New Zealand Universal Wellbeing Conference 2025
Sep 2025 | Auckland
Over 2 days, leaders from NZ engaged with evidence based frameworks, strategic tools, and innovative applications of the Universal Wellbeing Model & Universal Wellbeing Evaluation Tool