Policy Statements

PHAA recognises the Ottawa Charter, Earth Charter and subsequent Global Conferences on Health Promotion as guides in its Policy Development

Ottawa Charter (PDF)

Earth Charter (PDF)

2nd Global Conference on Health Promotion: Adelaide, 1988
3rd Global Conference on Health Promotion: Sundsvall, 1991
4th Global Conference on Health Promotion: Jakarta, 1997
5th Global Conference on Health Promotion: Mexico, 2000
6th Global Conference on Health Promotion: Bangkok, 2005

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Public Health Association of Australia - Policy Statements

Policy Statements Category Index

*Please select a category to quickly and easily view the corresponding Policy Statements

	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health		Child Health
	Health Promotion		Drugs and Alcohol
	Environmental Health		Food an Health
	Health Services Development		Immunisation
	Infectious and Transmissible Disease		Injury
	International Health and International Trade		Mental Health
	Obesity		Oral Health
	Political Economy of Health		Primary Health Care
	Prisoner's Health
	Research		Weapons and War
	Women's Health		Workforce Training and Development

Policy Index - Policy Revision 2009

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Substance Use
• Indigenous Health: The Continuing Consequences of Colonisation
• Prevention of Violence and Sexual Abuse in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities Position Statement
• Research involving Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities
• Incarceration of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People (see also Prisoner's Health)

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Child Health

• Improving the Health of School-age Children and Young People
• Periconceptional Folate and the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects
• Marketing of Food & Beverages to Children
• Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

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Health Promotion

• Skin Cancer Prevention
• Bangkok Charter

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Drugs and Alcohol

• Illicit & Pharmaceutical Drug Misuse
• Alcohol
• Tobacco Control
• Passive Smoking

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Environmental Health

• Ecologically Sustainable Development
• Environmental Health Justice
• Climate Change
• Nanotechnology
• Uranium Munitions
• Nuclear Energy as a response to Global Warming
• Sustainable Population for Australia



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Food and Health

• Food and Nutrition Monitoring and Surveillance in Australia
• Food Security for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
• Health Claims on Food
• Food, Nutrition and Health
• GM Foods

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Health Services Development

• Primary Health Care
• Trade Agreements in Health (see also International Health)
• Prison Health:Minimum National Health Standards for Correctional Services and Juvenile detention (see also Prisoner's Health)

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Immunisation

• This policy archived 2006

Infectious and Transmissible Diseases

• Hepatitis C: Prevention and Control
• HIV/AIDS
• Smallpox: The Destruction of the Smallpox Virus(see also International Health)
• Hepatitis B Vaccination

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Injury

• Firearms Injuries
• Fall Injury Prevention in Older People
• Hot Water Temperature and Scald Burns
• Preventing Drowning in Rural and Remote - contact phaa@phaa.net.au
• Smoke Detectors in Residential Housing

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International Health and International Trade

• Refugee Health
• Trade Agreements in Health (see also Health Services Development)
• Women's Health and Overseas Aid Programs
• Landmines
• Smallpox: The Destruction of the Smallpox Virus (see also Infectious Diseases)

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Mental Health

• Promoting Mental Health

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Obesity

• Promoting Healthy Weight:The Prevention & Management of overweight and obesity In Australia
• Physical Activity

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Oral Health

• Oral Health

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Political Economy of Health

• Health Inequities

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Primary Health Care

• Primary Health Care (see also Health Services Development)
• Gambling and Health

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