The Chronicle newsletter

The Chronicle is a bi-monthly newsletter about the Prevention Centre’s people and projects. It features resources and events related to systems thinking and the prevention of chronic disease.

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Recent editions

Edition 78 | August 2024

Our August edition of The Chronicle newsletter shares news on a food affordability tool looking for partners outside academia and details a new research project with Deakin University that the Prevention Centre is contributing to in-kind through systems thinking and science communication.  And much more…

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Edition 77 | June 2024

Our June Chronicle newsletter features our fourth knowledge synthesis which looks at the implications of the health economics evidence generated by the Prevention Centre over the last 10 years, and an upcoming webinar with the lead author. The Collaboration for Enhanced Research Impact (CERI) welcomes its twelfth member, the CRE for Strengthening Health Systems in Remote Australia (CRESTRA) and highlight a stronger association with the Sax Institute. And much more…

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Cover of The Chronicle, News from the Prevention Centre, Edition 77: June 2024. The lead headline is ‘Economics of prevention’.

Edition 76 | May 2024

Our May Chronicle newsletter wraps up all the excitement of the PHAA Preventive Health Conference with a big focus on physical activity and falls prevention, and our popular workshop on equity and implementation. We share the latest episode in our Prevention Works podcast with guests from the Sydney Health Literacy Lab sharing their insights on health literacy, social media and how young people are keen to be involved in co-designing health communication. And much more…

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Cover of The Chronicle, News from the Prevention Centre, Edition 75: May 2024. The lead headline is ‘Trust in healthy literacy and co-designed communication’.

Edition 75 | April 2024

Our April Chronicle newsletter introduces the members of our new Scientific Advisory Committee who will provide strategic advice for the next generation of the Prevention Centre. We share news of the RE-FRESH: Next Generation CRE and the next Qualitative Research Community of Practice webinar on ethnography innovations as well as a prevention postcard on using systems thinking to drive community changes for better health in Tasmania.  Our Science Communication User Guide has been updated with a new chapter on podcasting and we are looking forward to the upcoming Preventive Health Conference in Darwin. And much more…

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Cover of The Chronicle, News from the Prevention Centre, Edition 75: April 2024. The lead headline is ‘Introducing our Scientific Advisory Committee’

Edition 74 | March 2024

The March Chronicle features the Prevention Centre sponsored PhD research of Dr Meron Lewis on assessing the cost of healthy diets in low socio-economic groups in Australia, the first of its kind of study in Australia. She discusses her findings and shares the story of her mid-career switch from patent attorney to nutrition and dietetics in our latest Prevention Works podcast. We are also celebrating six years of recording our Prevention Works podcast with an amazing 37 episodes and 49 guests to date. This issue of the newsletter also looks at health communications for women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD) and much more…

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Cover of The Chronicle, News from the Prevention Centre, Edition 74: March 2024. The lead headline is "Measuring food security, access and affordabiltiy’

Edition 73 | February 2024

In our first Chronicle for 2024 we launch a new knowledge synthesis from the Prevention Centre and the Collaboration for Enhanced Research Impact (CERI) looking at implementing policies and programs in chronic disease prevention. We provide evidence and tools for policy makers and practitioners to support successful implementation, the best ways of delivery to realise the true potential of policies and programs, and how to sustain interventions long-term. We also highlight two upcoming webinars for our Emerging Leaders Network on the implementation knowledge synthesis, and the Public Health Law Community of Practice on model food environment laws and sugary drink taxes. And much more…

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Cover of The Chronicle, News from the Prevention Centre, Edition 74: February 2024. The lead headline is "Synthesising our knowledge on implementation’

Edition 72 | December 2023

The December Chronicle wraps up an amazing decade of The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre. Our final newsletter for 2023 reflects on many achievements over the past 10 years with a retrospective documenting our collaborations and our support for emerging leaders in prevention. We also celebrate the many award-winning people in our network recognised for their work this year and share a new Prevention Works podcast episode on what we have learned over this decade. We pay tribute to the wonderful leadership of our outgoing Co-Directors Professor Lucie Rychetnik and Professor Andrew Wilson AO and welcome plans for the next generation of the Prevention Centre.

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Cover of The Chronicle, News from the Prevention Centre, Edition 72: December 2023. The lead headline is "A decade of strengthening Australia’s prevention system’