Prevention Centre blog
Reflections on returning to the Prevention Centre: 2013–2019
Professor Lucie Rychetnik | Deputy Director
11 December 2019
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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The path of systems realisation for public health
Dr Melanie Pescud | Senior Research Fellow
An exploration of the use and impact of systems thinking and approaches to addressing chronic disease prevention.
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Director’s update
Professor Andrew Wilson | Director
09 October 2019
If we are to look upstream to social determinants in preventing chronic disease, we will increasingly need to look outside our conventional parameters.
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Building the case for prevention. What can political science add?
Elly Howse | Senior Research Fellow
05 October 2019
Public opinion and attitude research can help us understand and measure what the public think and value in relation to preventive health policies, and what they believe governments should do. But how might this research be useful for public health, especially in chronic disease prevention?
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Time to invest in health, not just health care
Professor Sandro Galea | Dean, School of Public Health, Boston University
30 September 2019
A fundamental problem facing health in the developed world is that we have become so focused on treating disease that we’ve forgotten to look at what’s causing people to fall ill in the first place – the factors that determine whether or not people enjoy good health.
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Director’s update
Professor Andrew Wilson | Director
05 August 2019
The Prevention Centre has a large and distributed group of researchers and practitioners who participate in our work. And communication has been a core element of the Prevention Centre capacity.
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You’ve heard of clinician scientists. We’re applying the same model to public health
Associate Professor Luke Wolfenden | Investigator
30 June 2019
A third of those working in the Hunter New England population health unit are university researchers. Prevention Centre investigator Luke Wolfenden explains how this sophisticated knowledge mobilisation model is benefiting researchers, health services and the community.
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Director’s update
Professor Andrew Wilson | Director
11 June 2019
It is important that prevention science does not stand still – we are part of a broader research community where new ideas are emerging that may have relevance for better prevention.
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Breaking the silos – how systems tools can bring us together
Kate Garvey | Manager Partnership Development, Tasmanian Department of Health
We hear a lot about the need for policy makers to engage with research evidence – but what about better engagement with each other?
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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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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.