Best Iht Deakin Podcasts (2024)

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Decarbonising our healthcare, a prescription for action 35:41

2y ago35:41

35:41

Images of single-use face masks have become synonymous with the COVID-19 pandemic, sparking conversations about the sustainability of our healthcare systems. In this episode, host Dr Renee Beale is joined by Dr Rebecca Patrick and Dr Mike Forrester from the Institute for Health Transformation (IHT) to explore just how sustainable our current health…

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Putting wealth before health: junk food advertising and the internet 24:18

2y ago24:18

24:18

In this episode, host Dr Renee Beale is joined by Associate Professor Kathryn Backholer and Ruby Brooks from the Institute for Health Transformation’s Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE) to delve into Kathryn and Ruby’s research on junk food advertising. A recent study led by Kathryn and Ruby demonstrated how junk food compani…

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Unmasking healthcare workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic 31:36

2y ago31:36

31:36

In this episode, host Dr Renee Beale is joined by Professor Linda Sweet and Dr Sara Holton from the Institute for Health Transformation’s Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research. Together, they discuss findings from their research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australia’s healthcare workers and students, the expansion of this wor…

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Bridging science and community during the COVID-19 pandemic 42:14

2y ago42:14

42:14

In this episode, recorded on 16 August 2022, host Dr Renee Beale is joined by Alfred Deakin Professor Catherine Bennett and Associate Professor Hassan Vally from the Institute for Health Transformation’s Determinants of Health team. Together, they unpack Australia’s recent Omicron wave, reflect on their experiences as science communicators during t…

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Talking all things COVID with Professor Catherine Bennett 49:33

3y ago49:33

49:33

Join renowned epidemiologist Professor Catherine Bennett in a conversation about what the COVID-19 pandemic revealed about our health systems – the good, the bad and the untold.By IHT Deakin

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How do we improve care for older people? 29:30

4y ago29:30

29:30

Recorded pre-COVID-19 and the shocking toll the pandemic has taken on our elderly, this conversation with one of Australia’s leading nursing professors examines how partnership-centred care could help overcome some systemic issues in aged care.By IHT Deakin

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How can food companies prevent obesity? 39:35

4y ago39:35

39:35

Unhealthy diets are creating a public health crisis in Australia, with our rising rates of obesity costing us billions of dollars in healthcare for preventable diseases. What role do our food companies play in this crisis and how seriously are they taking the problem?By IHT Deakin

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The philosophy of health economics 40:10

4y ago40:10

40:10

Delivering healthcare and prevention interventions is an expensive business. How do we help decision-makers with limited budgets decide whether they’re doing the best they can with the resources they have? How do we decide what ‘doing the best you can’ looks like? And just what does philosophy have to do with economics?…

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How do we make hospitals safer places for patients? 49:18

4+ y ago49:18

49:18

One in every ten of the 11 million Australians admitted to hospital each year suffers some kind of harm – from falls to infection – that’s unrelated to their reason for being in hospital in the first place. What’s behind these incidents and how can they be prevented?By IHT Deakin

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How patient participation can enhance recovery 28:16

4+ y ago28:16

28:16

How do we get patients back on their feet more quickly after surgery? It’s an important question, because patient participation in their own recovery is an essential element of high quality care. It’s just trickier to achieve in acute care settings, but fortunately there’s an app for that.By IHT Deakin

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Is there such a thing as 'too much medicine'? 45:52

4+ y ago45:52

45:52

The OECD estimates around 20% of all health care activity and expenditure in high-income countries is wasted and of little or no value. Much of this waste is driven by over-diagnosis and over-treatment – when patients receive services that could never really have helped them.By IHT Deakin

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Reducing childhood obesity - for the community, by the community 40:49

4+ y ago40:49

40:49

One third of Australian primary school children are now overweight or obese. Global expert in obesity prevention Professor Steve Allender explores the complex drivers behind the statistics and shares good news about successful community-led obesity prevention programs that really make a difference.By IHT Deakin

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How changing our food systems can change population health 37:27

4+ y ago37:27

37:27

Unhealthy diets are the biggest contributor to burden of disease in Australia and internationally, but the ability to eat a healthy diet is not just about personal food choices. Internationally renowned public health researcher Professor Anna Peeters puts the case for why food environments need to change in order to make healthy options readily ava…

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Welcome to Healing Health 0:55

4+ y ago0:55

0:55

Imagine our health systems were people. Right now, they’d probably be feeling sick, overwhelmed and stressed. It’s time to start a conversation about the health of our healthcare systems. Presented by Deakin University’s Institute for Health Transformation, ‘Healing Health’ explores some of the biggest issues facing our health systems and the best …

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Healing Health

IHT Deakin

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Decarbonising our healthcare, a prescription for action 35:41

1
Putting wealth before health: junk food advertising and the internet 24:18

1
Unmasking healthcare workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic 31:36

1
Bridging science and community during the COVID-19 pandemic 42:14

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Talking all things COVID with Professor Catherine Bennett 49:33

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How do we improve care for older people? 29:30

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How can food companies prevent obesity? 39:35

1
The philosophy of health economics 40:10

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How do we make hospitals safer places for patients? 49:18

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How patient participation can enhance recovery 28:16

1
Is there such a thing as 'too much medicine'? 45:52

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Reducing childhood obesity - for the community, by the community 40:49

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How changing our food systems can change population health 37:27

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Welcome to Healing Health 0:55

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