Best Centre for Injury Prevention Podcasts (2024)

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S3. Ep 3. Injury on Repeat: The role of trauma recovery services and community resources 36:33

17h ago36:33

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Send us a text In 2021, Sunnybrook opened the Jennifer Tory Trauma Recovery Clinic, aiming to provide coordinated, centralized follow-up care for all trauma patients up to one year after discharge. In this episode, host Shaelyn Fitzpatrick is joined by guest Lindsay Witiuk to discuss the impact of tertiary prevention efforts, including trauma recov…

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S3. Ep 2. Injury on Repeat: The link between human trafficking, IPV, and injury recidivism 39:39

1M ago39:39

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Send us a text This episode contains discussions about human trafficking and intimate partner violence, which may be sensitive for some listeners. Listener’s discretion is advised. Human trafficking in Canada is a serious human rights violation that can lead to emotional, physical, and psychological trauma. Between 2012 and 2022, nearly 4000 incide…

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S3. Ep 1. Injury on Repeat: The link between mental health & injury recidivism 32:23

2M ago32:23

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Send us a text In this first season 3 episode of "Injury is Not Equal," we explore the critical intersection between injury recidivism and mental health. Research has found that one of the greatest predictors of unintentional injury recidivism is Mental illness. One study that analyzed injury recidivism following orthopedic trauma, found that menta…

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Season 3 Trailer 3:08

4M ago3:08

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Send us a text Have you ever thought about traumatic injury as a chronic disease? We often perceive injury as a one-time event, but the reality is that the effects of traumatic injury can last a lifetime. In season 3 of Injury is NOT Equal, we delve into injury recidivism—when survivors of traumatic injuries return to the emergency department with …

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How health literacy can combat misinformation and improve health for all 35:01

6M ago35:01

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During COVID many of us struggled to understand those in charge of giving the latest health advice. Many of us worried about the best course of action to protect our health. How can those communicating health messages make them easier to understand? Can social media or other platforms help engage and reach our diverse communities? In this episode, …

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Measuring the cost of diets can help people make healthier food choices 29:30

8M ago29:30

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In this episode, Dr Meron Lewis discusses her Prevention Centre-sponsored PhD research project that measured the cost and affordability of diets in low socioeconomic households. A Research Fellow at the University of Queensland's School of Public Health, Dr Meron Lewis research focuses on food price and affordability monitoring tools, protocols and…

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Ten years of preventive health - what have we learned? 45:00

11M ago45:00

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The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre discuss our first decade in chronic disease prevention research. Join host ⁠⁠Gretchen Miller⁠⁠ as she chats with co-directors Professor Lucie Rychetnik and Professor Andrew Wilson and policy advisor Adjunct Associate Professor Jo Mitchell about the evolution of the ideas driving the Prevention Centre, in…

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Why funding for public health research needs a more strategic approach 45:05

1y ago45:05

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This episode discusses why now is the right time for taking a more strategic approach to chronic disease research investment, based on Australia's most significant problems in health. Join host ⁠Gretchen Miller⁠ as she chats with guests: Professor Helena Teede AO, Director of the Monash Centre for Health Research Implementation. Helena discusses th…

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Season 2 Recap 20:06

1y ago20:06

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Send us a text This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund. Throughout season two we heard from many experts and individuals with lived experience who discussed the intersecting determinants of health associated with traumatic brain injury. In this season finale, host Shaelyn F…

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A collaboration to prevent child injury in Walgett prevails through drought, fires, floods and food shortages 37:42

1y ago37:42

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This podcast discusses a community-led program to reduce childhood injury; a successful collaboration between the First Nations community at Walgett and researchers from the University of New South Wales. Join host Gretchen Miller as she chats with guests: Christine Corby AM, Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service (WAMS) Amy Townsend, Goonimoo Mobile C…

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S2. Ep. 8: TBI & Seniors (Part 2) 36:46

1y ago36:46

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Send us a text This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund. Traumatic brain injury is observed in all age groups across the lifespan, but some groups are more vulnerable than others for a number of factors. Seniors aged 65 years and older are at a significantly higher risk of s…

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S2. Ep. 7: TBI & Seniors (Part 1) 29:51

1+ y ago29:51

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Send us a text This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is observed in all age groups across the lifespan, but some groups are more vulnerable than others for a number of factors. Seniors aged 65 years and older are at a significantly higher ris…

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S2. Ep. 6: TBI & the Justice System 27:10

1+ y ago27:10

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Send us a text This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can result in cognitive, emotional and behavioural symptoms such as memory impairment, poor judgement, issues with anger management, inappropriate emotional response, and engagement with hi…

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Why liveable cities are important for better health equity 19:16

1+ y ago19:16

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Dr Lucy Gunn discusses how the built environment can contribute to better health outcomes, and the importance of basing policies upon research evidence. A Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of Urban Research at RMIT University, Dr Lucy Gunn’s key interest is in understanding which urban environments are supportive of health and wellbeing outcomes…

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S2. Ep. 5: TBI & Mental Health 30:00

1+ y ago30:00

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Send us a text This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund. 1 in 5 Canadians experience mental illness, with young individuals the ages of 15-24 more likely than any other age group (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 2023). The pandemic has amplified the experience of equ…

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Examining the evidence on the health risks of vaping with Professor Emily Banks 39:34

1+ y ago39:34

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Professor Emily Banks AM is a trailblazer in tobacco and e-cigarette research. Her world-leading review of the global evidence on the health effects of e-cigarettes has sparked national and international discussion. The use of e-cigarettes, or vaping, in Australia poses serious public health risks, especially among young people. In this episode, Pr…

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S2. Ep. 4: TBI & Intimate Partner Violence (Part 2) 25:18

1+ y ago25:18

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Send us a text This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund. It is estimated that for every NHL player who suffers a brain injury, approximately 7000 Canadian women experience the same as the result of intimate partner violence. This equates to about 250,000 new cases of Intimat…

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How a wellbeing economy approach can promote health equality for future generations 56:15

1+ y ago56:15

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In this episode, Dr Katherine Trebeck takes listeners into a deep conversation asking why our economy is not serving enough people and takes a hard look at the way our economic system operates through a public health lens. Katherine is a political economist, founder of the Wellbeing Economic Alliance, and describes herself as a freelance advocate f…

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S2. Ep. 3: TBI & Intimate Partner Violence (Part 1) 29:00

1+ y ago29:00

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Send us a text This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund. It is estimated that for every NHL player who suffers a brain injury, approximately 7000 Canadian women experience the same as the result of intimate partner violence. This equates to about 250,000 new cases of Intimat…

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Pursuing health equity with Professor Sir Michael Marmot 24:58

1+ y ago24:58

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How do you define and measure health equity and equality? Renowned epidemiologist Sir Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology at University College London, discusses the inequities created by the COVID-19 response in the UK. Professor Sir Michael Marmot CH discusses his recent publication, Build Back Fairer: The COVID-19 Marmot Review, explains t…

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S2. Ep. 2: TBI & Specialized Services 30:17

1+ y ago30:17

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Send us a text This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund. Traumatic brain injuries can be life-long, irreversible, and often lead to complex cognitive, behavioral, and physical changes. These changes can have significant impact on activities of daily living, employability, an…

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S2. Ep. 1: TBI & Socioeconomics 31:49

2y ago31:49

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Send us a text This is season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) often leads to complex cognitive, behavioural and physical changes. These changes can have significant impact on cognition, executive functioning, interpersonal relationships, and employ…

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Season 2: Trailer 2:31

2y ago2:31

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Send us a text Injury is not experienced equally across all communities or individuals. In fact, some groups are impacted by injury more than others. Injury risk and outcome is influenced by the social determinants of health and intersecting marginalization’s. In this trailer, host Shaelyn Fitzpatrick introduces season 2 of “Injury is NOT Equal.” T…

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What is the role of law in the prevention of chronic disease? 43:51

2y ago43:51

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Join Dr Jenny Kaldor, lawyer, researcher, and policy analyst, and Maddie Heenan, Research Officer and PhD candidate, as they delve into how law, policy, and regulation affect public health, and what methods can help us better understand these relationships. Jenny took a brief advisory role in the development of the Prevention Centre's knowledge syn…

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Leveraging advocacy for action on tobacco and obesity issues 41:18

2y ago41:18

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In this episode, we discuss with guest Jane Martin, Executive Manager of the Obesity Policy Coalition (OPC) and Alcohol and Obesity Policy at Cancer Council Victoria, the tipping points on tobacco and obesity in Australia and how we can leverage advocacy for action. Jane has worked in tobacco control for 20 years, commencing with Action on Smoking …

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Collaborating for healthier food retail 45:50

2y ago45:50

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An unhealthy diet is Australia’s key modifiable risk factor, resulting in more than 500,000 years of life lost to death and disability each year so it’s important that healthcare service providers provide a good role model. Together, Professor Anna Peeters and Dr Miranda Blake, and colleagues, have produced large quantities of evidence that show …

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How can we improve health messaging to reach all Australians? 22:47

2y ago22:47

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It’s no surprise that half our population searches online to inform themselves, but how does that work for you when English is not your first language? Culturally and linguistically diverse people in Australia are neglected in most academic research, and health is not exempt. In this episode, we discuss with guest, Dr Mridula Bandyopadhyay, how Aus…

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How does housing affect our health? 40:53

2y ago40:53

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There are numerous ways in which population health could benefit if housing was improved in Australia. Join host Gretchen Miller and guest Professor Rebecca Bentley as they discuss the many aspects of this social determinant of health including how poor housing quality can exacerbate chronic disease and mental health, housing security, and how to a…

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The first 2000 days: Giving our kids the best start for a healthier life 36:17

2+ y ago36:17

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In this episode, host Gretchen Miller interviews guests Professor Helen Skouteris and Dr Alexandra Chung on the early days of our life's journey and how influential they are in preventing future health issues. Our guests, both from Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, conducted a knowledge synthesis that examined the f…

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How can we prevent older Australians from fall-related injuries? 31:04

2+ y ago31:04

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Join podcast host Gretchen Miller and Professor Cathie Sherrington, Chief Investigator of the Centre of Research Excellence in the Prevention of Fall-related Injuries, as they discuss the rise in fall-related injuries, the various risk factors involved, and what can be done to improve those figures. Is it about physical activity, strength or balanc…

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The value of partnership research to reduce harm from alcohol use 36:36

2+ y ago36:36

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Alcohol use contributes significantly to Australia's health burden (burden of disease) as well as contributing billions of dollars each year in Australia in terms of healthcare and non-healthcare economic costs. The Prevention Centre together with New South Wales Health and Cancer Institute NSW recently produced an Evidence Review on the value of p…

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Is it time to call the endgame for tobacco in Australia? 32:34

2+ y ago32:34

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International expert in tobacco control policy Associate Professor Coral Gartner explores an exciting concept and hopefully eminent reality, the beginning of the end for tobacco in Australia. Associate Professor Gartner is Director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame and Head of the Nicotine and Tobacco Regul…

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How can we better understand the risk factors for dementia? 24:47

3+ y ago24:47

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Did you know, Australia is looking at doubling our current figures to a projected 1 million people with dementia by 2056? While our lifestyles have been shown to impact the chances of getting dementia, there is no national prevention plan because we don't yet know enough about the disease to fully advise. Our guests for this episode, Professor Henr…

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'Soft power' for prevention comes from engaging the public with prevention as a science 32:23

4y ago32:23

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Professor Penny Hawe, Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney and a member of the Prevention Centre's Leadership Executive, is a champion for prevention and finding creative ways to get the preventive health message to cut through with the public. "I just want to make prevention science interesting. I want the public to think that populati…

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Systems thinking in the community: Nothing about us, without us: 37:34

4y ago37:34

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In this episode, Professor Steve Allender, Professor of Public Health and Founding Director, The Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE), Deakin University, discusses how systems thinking can help solve complex problems at the community level. This approach values community-led research that builds capacity, and where power is equally shared between research…

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Systems thinking across disciplines: Working, moving and living within systems 33:58

4y ago33:58

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Join Prevention Centre Senior Research Fellow, Dr Melanie Pescud and Senior Systems Engineer, Matthew Vella as they go back to basics to discuss the fundamentals of systems thinking across their respective disciplines of public health and engineering. They reveal similarities and differences in perspectives and share lessons learnt and next steps f…

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The past, present and future of chronic disease prevention research 37:42

4+ y ago37:42

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The Prevention Centre's Co-Director Professor Andrew Wilson chats about his years of experience in public health, the current health crisis, and what the future holds for the prevention of chronic disease in Australia.By The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

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How challenging climate change will have profound benefits for public health 29:00

4+ y ago29:00

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Our guest for this episode is Dr Nick Watts, a population health and public policy expert in health and climate change. This conversation is one of the many we need, to raise public consciousness. We are in a climate and a health emergency and the Prevention Centre needs to be at the forefront of evidence-based solutions around chronic disease and …

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Understanding hate through a public health lens 34:14

5y ago34:14

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What is hate? Is there an antidote? Join us for a critically reflective conversation about hate and how to redress it with Professor Sandro Galea - considered one of the most important and innovative voices in American health and medicine.By The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

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Why complex is not the same as complicated and what this means for how we approach complex problems 31:19

5+ y ago31:19

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Traditionally science is based on the idea that if you work out the causes of a problem, you know how to solve it. But this reductionist view won't work for complex problems. Professor Diane Finegood discusses why we need a more integrative approach to produce the kind of evidence we need.By The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

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Bringing research into the real world: the challenges of scaling up 39:48

5+ y ago39:48

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This episode we're talking about scaling up. That's where you take a program that's worked and bring it to larger populations - a challenge for policy makers all over the world. Why do we struggle with scaling up? Why isn't it consistently handled, why do so many promising projects that could be scaled up die on the vine, and, of course, what can w…

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Addressing chronic pain - one of our biggest health problems in Australia 29:10

5+ y ago29:10

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Prevention Works visits Concord Repatriation General Hospital in Sydney to meet with Professor Fiona Blyth, who is leading a study into the prevention of chronic pain for the Prevention Centre. Listen to Fiona explain the difference between acute and chronic pain, the massive scale of the problem in Australia, and why primary care is key.…

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How does preventing chronic disease help reduce cancer deaths? 26:17

5+ y ago26:17

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The Cancer Council is the only cancer charity that works across all cancer types and in several ways, from prevention to research, from support to advocacy. Now they're bringing that expertise to bear at the Prevention Centre, partnering with us to reduce the number of deaths from cancer in Australia. In this episode, host Gretchen Miller chats to …

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Tackling the pandemic of diabetes in pregnancy 32:30

6y ago32:30

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Dr Chris Nolan used to see all his pregnant mothers with diabetes in a morning. Now, he's swamped. He joins Louise Freebairn to discuss why so many pregnant women are presenting with this dangerous condition, and how dynamic simulation modelling is providing some answers on how to intervene in the ACT.…

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How mental illness puts you at risk of chronic disease 26:24

6y ago26:24

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People with a mental health condition are among the most vulnerable to the risk factors for chronic disease, like smoking, drinking too much and poor nutrition. Professor Jenny Bowman's research is finding ways of protecting both people's physical as well as mental health.By The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

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A passion to address maternal and child obesity 37:57

6y ago37:57

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Professors Helena Teede and Louise Baur have spent their careers addressing child obesity from very different perspectives. They chat to host Gretchen Miller about what needs to be done.By The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

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Why prevention policy is better than cure 33:02

6y ago33:02

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ACT Chief Health Officer Dr Paul Kelly discusses the realities of making the case for prevention in this wide-ranging discussion on issues from obesity to pill testing to the nanny state.By The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

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The power of planning to improve health in entire communities 30:48

6+ y ago30:48

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With Australia's population set to double by 2050, understanding the public health implications of urban planning is now more important than ever. Gretchen Miller sits down with Australia's leading expert in liveability, Professor Billie Giles-Corti, to talk about how urban planning profoundly influences population health, her ground-breaking Natio…

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Improving access to healthy food in urban Aboriginal communities 22:53

6+ y ago22:53

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One-fifth of Aboriginal people living in urban areas are food insecure, meaning they don't always know where the next meal is coming from. In this episode of Prevention Works, Gretchen Miller sits down with three experts in the field: Dr Sumithra Muthayya, Study Director of SEARCH (Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health); Da…

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How do we make the easiest food choice the healthiest? 27:35

6+ y ago27:35

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Poor diet is the number one preventable cause of ill health globally. So what can researchers and policy makers do to make the easiest food choice the healthiest? Gretchen Miller talks to Professor Amanda Lee, Senior Adviser with The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre, about the work she has done over the last 35 years in nutrition, obesity, …

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