Dr Jan Shanthosh

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Dr Shanthosh is a public health law researcher. With a background in children’s law and human rights, she is most passionate about using the law to shape healthy, more equitable environments, especially for vulnerable populations.

She completed her PhD at the University of Sydney, supported by the Prevention Centre and The George Institute for Global Health. In June 2012, she represented Australia at the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Review of Australia.

Born in Zimbabwe, Jan has spent much of her life in various parts of Australia and the world. She says her upbringing has inspired her to be a proactive and assertive public health advocate.

Dr Jan Shanthosh's projects

Dr Jan Shanthosh's news and media

Dr Jan Shanthosh's resources

Toolkit for co‑producing public health law and policy

Resource category: Reports

Date 26 Oct 2023
Into the next generation: Future ways of working together in prevention

Resource category: Videos

Date 06 Sep 2023
Policy Development Handbook

Resource category: Reports

Date 22 Dec 2022
How can we use the law to prevent chronic disease?

Resource category: Findings Brief

Date 30 May 2019
How can we use the law to help improve our health?

Resource category: Podcasts

Date 04 Jun 2018

Dr Jan Shanthosh

Dr Jan Shanthosh's projects

Public health law: making it work for the prevention of chronic disease

Unlocking the potential of law to prevent chronic disease

Economic analysis of prevention: Evaluating the ripple effect

Dr Jan Shanthosh's news and media

Tools for public health law and policy co‑production

New horizons for emerging leaders in prevention

Supporting emerging leaders in blue sky thinking

How multinationals are using the law to damage our health

Bottleshops affect people’s health, so our laws need to reflect that

Alcohol planning laws favour industry, not communities’ health

Communities losing ground in war against liquor giants: experts

Pro-competition legislation gives alcohol industry the upper hand: study

Meet Dr Jan Shanthosh

Dr Jan Shanthosh's resources

Toolkit for co‑producing public health law and policy

Into the next generation: Future ways of working together in prevention

Policy Development Handbook

How can we use the law to prevent chronic disease?

How can we use the law to help improve our health?

Dr Jan Shanthosh's publications

Why public health acts could be our best chance to stem the tide of non-communicable diseases

Legal and regulatory instruments for NCD prevention: a scoping review and descriptive analysis of evaluations in OECD countries

Priority setting for non-communicable disease prevention – co-producing a regulatory agenda informing novel codes of practice in Australia

Influencing and implementing mandatory alcohol pregnancy warning labels in Australia and New Zealand

A political economy analysis protocol: Case study implementing nutrition and sustainability policy into government food procurement

Effectiveness of child restraint legislation to reduce motor vehicle related serious injuries and fatalities: A national interrupted time series analysis

Generating sustainable collective action: Models of community control and governance of alcohol supply in Indigenous minority populations

Australia’s appointment to the UN Human Rights Council means it must deliver on Indigenous engagement in alcohol control

Exploring the use of economic evidence to inform investment in disease prevention – a qualitative study

Judicial intervention in alcohol regulation: an empirical legal analysis

UN-led Universal Periodic Review highly critical of Australia’s record on human rights and health for Indigenous Australians

Global systematic review of Indigenous community-led legal interventions to control alcohol

Making guidelines for economic evaluations relevant to public health in Australia

Examining the use of process evaluations of randomised controlled trials of complex interventions addressing chronic disease in primary health care-a systematic review protocol

The health-related quality of life of Indigenous populations: a global systematic review

Driving in stroke survivors aged 18-65 years: The Psychosocial Outcomes In StrokE (POISE) Cohort Study

Neglecting preventive health threatens child rights in Australia