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  • Seminar: A role for CMOs in supporting healthier lifestyles for people with mental health conditions

    Webinar discussing a project aimed to develop a feasible, cost-effective model for the provision of preventive health care for people with mental illness who receive treatment through community-managed organisations (CMOs).
  • Benchmarking, monitoring, modelling and valuing the healthy liveable city

    A woman and two children watch the sunset over Kakadu NT, Australia. Photo by Tim Davies on Unsplash
    Moving beyond the ‘why’ we should transition to healthy cities to ‘how’ we design policy and interventions for healthy, liveable cities.
  • CRE HiPP Showcase webinar 2021

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    The Centre of Research Excellence in Health in Preconception and Pregnancy (CRE HiPP) is a member of the Collaboration for Enhanced Research Impact (CERI). Presentation begins at 3:33.
  • Global impact to local action – top 5 lessons from driving systems change

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    This #PreventionWorksLIVE masterclass features one of Australia’s leading change-makers in chronic disease prevention, Dr Sandro Demaio, CEO of VicHealth, on his insights and top lessons on what it takes to create real and lasting systems change for public health.
  • How can we better understand the risk factors for dementia?

    Did you know, Australia is looking at doubling our current figures to a projected 1 million people with dementia by 2056?
  • How we can create healthier, liveable cities

    This #PreventionWorksLIVE masterclass features Distinguished Professor Billie Giles-Corti on how we can create healthier, liveable cities.
  • Tackling chronic disease risk factors in people with mental health conditions

    In 2018, our project team based at the University of Newcastle conducted an online statewide survey to understand what preventive care community managed organisations (CMOs) currently provide and identify factors that may support the delivery of such care.
  • How mental illness puts you at risk of chronic disease

    People with a mental health condition are among the most vulnerable to the risk factors for chronic disease. Professor Jenny Bowman’s research is finding ways of protecting both people’s physical as well as mental health.
  • The power of planning to improve health in entire communities

    With Australia’s population set to double by 2050, understanding the public health implications of urban planning is now more important than ever.
  • What works for reducing the incidence of dementia in Australia’s ageing population?

    This review aimed to identify interventions that may be effective in preventing, or delaying the onset, of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, and research gaps to inform future research investment.

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The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.

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The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre is funded by the NHMRC, Australian Government Department of Health, ACT Health, Cancer Council Australia, NSW Ministry of Health, Wellbeing SA, Tasmanian Department of Health, and VicHealth. The Australian Government also contributed through the Medical Research Future Fund. Queensland Health became a financial contributor in 2022. The Prevention Centre is administered by the Sax Institute.

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