Prevention Centre blog
Thought experiments with ‘fake’ research abstracts help policy makers visualise actions to be taken on evidence
Professor Penny Hawe | Lead Investigator
25 September 2020
Our university-policy maker partnership produces ‘fake’ abstracts of articles we’ve not written yet (on results we frankly don’t even know we’ve got) to loosen up thinking. It helps the team visualise pathways for policy action.
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Leadership and the prevention of chronic disease
Professor Andrew Wilson | Co-Director
23 September 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has put a strain of the publc health system and has emphasised the differences in state and national approaches in prevention strategy.
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Our public health workforce in times of pandemic
Professor Andrew Wilson | Co-Director
10 July 2020
The Prevention Centre's Co-Director, Professor Andrew Wilson, salutes our public health workforce during the COVID-19 and talks of the 'quieter' epidemic of NCDs.
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Sticking points and systems thinking
Dr Michelle Irving |
05 July 2020
The Prevention Centre’s Knowledge Mobilisation Lead, Dr Michelle Irving, explores systems thinking and its benefits for prevention research.
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From the Co-Directors
Professor Lucie Rychetnik and Professor Andrew Wilson | Co-Directors
06 May 2020
Our community during the Coronaviruis pandemic
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Connection and science communication
Ainsley Burgess | Communications Manager
Learning to listen to communicate the science, relate and connect to our audience are powerful tools, for us as individuals, and for public health more generally.
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From the Director
Professor Andrew Wilson | Director
13 February 2020
Professor Wilson reflects on Australia's summer of bushfires, heat and drought, and the importance of a shared sense of community.
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Blurred lines: Food marketing and digital content
Dr Yandisa Ngqangashe | Blurred lines: Food marketing and digital content
12 February 2020
When does digital content become an advertisement for food? With media undergoing significant transformation, policymakers are facing a new challenge in fighting childhood obesity.
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From the director
Professor Andrew Wilson | Director
11 December 2019
Professor Wilson was attending the French Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) symposium in Paris, when he noticed a worrying trend amongst France’s youth.
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Reflections on returning to the Prevention Centre: 2013–2019
Professor Lucie Rychetnik | Deputy Director
A reflection on the work of the Prevention Centre since its inception in 2013 examining its development from Lucie's fresh perspective of having returned in 2019 after spending three years in Geneva.
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Welcome to the Prevention Centre’s blog, which features comment about key issues in the prevention of chronic disease as well as systems thinking for prevention. We welcome your comments on the blog (please read our comments policy here). If you would like to write an article for the blog, please contact the Prevention Centre’s Communications Manager Ainsley Burgess.