Prevention Centre blog
Director’s update
Professor Andrew Wilson | Director
10 April 2019
As the election approaches, it's critical that we argue for the protection and continuity of existing prevention programs.
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Supporting prevention’s future leaders
Professor Lucie Rychetnik | Deputy Director – Research
09 April 2019
It is essential that we continue to build and evolve the capacity of prevention research, policy and practice to meet the massive challenges facing us in the prevention of chronic disease.
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Director’s update
Professor Andrew Wilson | Director
14 February 2019
I will be attending the National Obesity Summit this Friday, emphasising once more the enormous burden that is associated directly and indirectly with obesity and to present the evidence of what works.
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We’re in the midst of a Global Syndemic – and here’s what you can do about it
Professor Sharon Friel |
13 February 2019
The three greatest threats to the planet are obesity, undernutrition and climate change – and they are inextricably linked, according to the Lancet Commission on Obesity.
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Director’s update
Professor Andrew Wilson | Director
13 December 2018
We have now finalised the first phase of the Prevention Centre and started to roll out the second. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the team, and our investigators and funding partners for their support this year.
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How can citizens contribute to the science and practice of public health?
Dr Samantha Rowbotham |
05 November 2018
Our new project hopes to demonstrate the feasibility of using citizen science for public health. We believe engaging the power of citizens will have a whole range of benefits.
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Director’s update
Professor Andrew Wilson | Director
09 October 2018
We have been fortunate at the Prevention Centre to have had five years of funding, supportive funding partners, and now funding for a further five years
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What would you do with $100 million for prevention? Tackling our greatest challenge
Rohan Greenland | General Manager, Advocacy, National Heart Foundation of Australia
09 August 2018
If we had more money for prevention, we should invest our dollars to tackle the big risk factors – tobacco, diet, high body mass, alcohol use, physical inactivity and high blood pressure – not just because they have an immense impact on health, but also because they cause so many different chronic conditions.
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Director’s update
Professor Andrew Wilson | Director
Following our refunding, we're working on a new work plan comprising a range of exciting new projects on the prevention of chronic disease.
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What would you do with $100 million a year for prevention? A UK perspective
Professor Brian Ferguson | Chief Economist, Public Health England
25 July 2018
To complement our special issue of the Health Promotion Journal of Australia, guest authors describe the best buys for prevention spending in Australia
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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 Helen Signy.