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Health Promotion Special Interest Group

Committee Details

Prof. Peter Howat Co-Convenors:
Peter Howat

Phone: (08) 9266 1719
p.howat@curtin.edu.au

Sansnee Jirojwong
s.jirojwong@uws.edu.au

Minute Secretary:  Helen Nikolas - allegro.health@ozemail.com.au

Committee Member: Helen Ashwell (Qld)
Committee Member: Mary Tehan (Vic)
Committee Member: Phillippa Farrell (WA)
Committee Member: Julie Edwards
Committee Member: Maiy Azize
Link between Injury Prevention SIG and HP SIGs: Richard Franklin - rfranklin@rlssa.org.au

About

Annual Report 2009-2010 August 2010
Annual Report 2008-2009 October 2009
Annual Report 2007-2008
October 2008
Annual Report 2006-2007 (PDF) October 2007
Annual Report 2004-2005 (PDF) September 2005

Scholarships

HP SIG Travel Scholarships to attend the PHAA National Conference 2010 


Events

Combined Injury Prevention and and Health Promotion SIG Workshop 2010

Staying Active, Staying Safe
New Ways Forward for Injury Prevention in the 21st Century
A satellite meeting of the PHAA 40th Annual Conference 2010

Thursday 30 September 2010 - 9 am to 5 pm
InterContinental Hotel, Adelaide


Click on the link below to download the flyer for more information
http://www.phaa.net.au/productimages/StayingActiveSafeFlyer.pdf

Click here for registration form

HP SIG and FANSIG Joint Workshop - Sunday 27th September 2009
1.30 pm to 4.30 pm
Venue:  ANU, Copeland Building Room: G030
FOOD-RELATED INTERVENTIONS FOR OBESITY

Click this link for Program

 

Items of Interest

 Howat/Stoneham Article June 2010 - Sustainable Population  
Super size me: is a big Australia good for our health? - Article by Deborah Pelser, MJA Vol 192 Nbr 9 - 3 May 2010
Why does Australia need to develop a sustainable population policy (27 January 2010)
PHAA Media Release -  *18 November 2009
Time for leadership on Australia's population growth

Response from Kelvin Thomson MP, Labor Member for Wills
 Article - Birth Control could head off Climate Crunch
 Lt Gen John Sanderson's lecture  on Indigenous  Health - September 2009

 

Meeting Minutes

Health Promotion SIG Meeting Minutes 4 May 2010
Health Promotion SIG Meeting Minutes 23 February 2010
Health Promotion SIG Annual General Meeting 2009 19 November 2009
Health Promotion SIG Meeting Minutes  October 2007

SIG Forums

The Health Promotion SIG Forum provides an area for Health Promotion SIG members to post information, respond to and discuss various articles of interest and to interact with fellow members.

Link to Forums (you will be required to login to access this area)

Announcing the Australian Physical Activity Network

Click here to view the suporting anouncment letter from Bianca McGougan

 

Click here to view the Australian Physical Activity Network e-newsletter

 

Overweight and Obesity Prevention Framework? A Health Promotion approach

Click here to view the Updated version of the - Overweight and Obesity Prevention Framework? A Health Promotion approach document

 

Advocacy

Core Health Promotion Competencies for Australia 2007 (PDF) May 2007
Health Promotion Competencies for Australia - FINAL Report - 2005 2001 HPC Practitioners and 2005 Results (PDF) January 2007

Awards

Links

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