This workshop provided PHNs and their commissioned providers of face-to-face consumer pain programs an
opportunity to learn from two examples of how programs have been adapted to alternative formats
during the COVID-19 restrictions.
At this deliberative dialogue, representatives from 16 PHNs participated and all states and territories in Australia, apart from Tasmania, were represented.
Professor Fiona Blyth explains the difference between acute and chronic pain, the massive scale of the problem in Australia, and why primary care is key.
The review explores whole-of-population prevention interventions that are most effective in slowing the growth in obesity and preventing significant modifiable risk factors for chronic disease.
This evidence review and evidence brief focus on preventing or delaying type 2 diabetes: both in terms of large-scaled prevention programs and system level change (evidence review) and summarising the evidence regarding lifestyle interventions and the potential for scalability (evidence brief).
In this video, Prevention Centre Director Professor Andrew Wilson explains how the Prevention Centre aims to provide the evidence and tools for a comprehensive systemic approach to preventing chronic health problems.