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South Australian Branch

Committee Details

President: Dr John Coveney [ email ]
Phone: (08) 8204 5862
Fax:       (08) 8204 5693

Vice President: Christine Morris [ email ]
Secretary: Tessa Hillgrove [ email ]
Treasurer: Adrian Heard [ email ]

General Committee Member: Teresa Burgess
General Committee Member: Natasha Howard
General Committee Member: Cathy Chittleborough
General Committee Member: Gwyn Jolley
General Committee Member: Victoria Shtangey
General Committee Member: Helen Bradley
General Committee Member: Monika Nitschke

Student Committee Member: Katy Osborne (Flinders University)
Student Committee Member: Michael Baldock (UniSA)
Student Committee Member: Siobahn Reed (University of Adelaide)

About

Mission

The South Australian Branch of the PHAA is committed to advancing public health in South Australia. This is achieved by member's involvement on public health, primary health care and environmental health committees and groups, by conducting a seminar program, assisting in professional development and advocacy.

SA Branch Update - President's Welcome (PDF) April 2007
New Member Welcome Note (PDF) April 2007

Newsletter

The branch produces four newsletters per year which are posted or emailed to all branch members. Past newsletters are available below.

SA Branch Newsletter (PDF) June 2006
SA Branch Newsletter (PDF) May 2005

Current Initiatives

South Australian Childhood Obesity Workshop.

  • Representation on the Primary Health Care Policy Committee.
  • Representation on the Health Reform Network which promotes health reform through the SA Generational Health Review.
  • Cooperative work with the South Australian Refugee Health Network.

Details of Meetings

Executive Meetings are held each month and at least four public seminars are held each year.

Branch Forums

The SA Branch Forum provides an area for SA PHAA 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)

Advocacy

Public Health Advocacy:politics and practice"  Saturday 20 September
Keynote Speaker Senator Nick Zenophon

September 2008
Mentoring Program 2008 Information Pack
Mentee Expression of Interest
Mentor Expression of Interest Form
April 2008
Flyer for the Launch of the PHAA/AHPA Mentorship program (PDF) June 2005
Public Health Association's response to the SA Dept of Healths Research Transfer Discussion Paper (PDF)

2007-2008 Diary

SA Population Health Conference
Public Health Research for the Real World

Call for Abstracts
Program & Registration Form (PDF)
18th October 2008
Population Health Congress
Brisbane
7th to 9th July
2008
Child Abuse Seminar 27th February 2008
SA Population Health Conference

Links to Keynote Speakers:
Wendy Rogers (bio)
Ilona Kickbush (bio)

Conference Program(PDF)
Saturday 20th October 2007
"Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll"
Harm minimisation in Public Health

Program & Registration Form (PDF)

Wed 29th August 2007
Ethics of research and refugees (3:30 -8pm)

The Ethics of Research with Refugees (PDF)

 

Thursday 12th July 2007
Breakfast Seminar (7:30- 8:45am)
"Food Advertising and Children - Policy battles in Europe"

Friday 4th May 2007

Past Events

Climate Change & Public Health Seminar
Wednesday 21st March
From 5pm for a 6pm start
Enterprise House Room 1A
136 Greenhill Rd, Unley

Program & Registration Form  (PDF)

March 2007

3rd Public Health - Health Promotion Annual Conference
Enterprise House
Saturday October 21st 2006

Report (PDF)

October 2006

2007 Awards

Basil Hetzel Leadership in Public Health Award: EOI for Application (PDF) May 2007

Kerry Kirke

May 2007

Student Scholarship (PDF)

May 2007
Primary Health Care Practitioner Award May 2007

2006 Awardees

  • Basil Hetzel Award: Richard Hicks
  • Primary Health Care Practitioner Award: Michelle Kuerschner (Port Augusta)
  • Kerry Kirke Award: Emma Miller (University of Adelaide)

SA Public Health & Health Promotion Conference 2007 - Presentations

Healthy Mothers Healthy Families Survey (PDF) Penny Bezar
Research Coordinator
Healthy Mothers Healthy Families Survey (SA)
Murdoch Research Children's Institute
Paternal Postnatal Depression in First -Time Fathers (PDF) Karina Bria
PhD candidate
The Discipline of General Practice
The University of Adelaide

Impact of Alexithymia on Asthma Patient Self Self-Management and Communication with Health Care Providers (PDF)

Kelly Chugg
Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide

Quality of Life Following Prostate Seed Brachytherapy Versus External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT) for Localised Carcinoma of the Prostate (PDF)

Lisa Condo
Bachelor of Medical Radiation (Radiation Therapy)
University of South Australia

Discursive Constructions of Maternal Responsibility (PDF)

Toni Delany
Ph.DCandidate
CandidateDisciplines of Gender, Work & Social Inquiry and Public Health
The University of Adelaide
Understanding Gay Men?s Experiences of Prostate Cancer:Making Visible the Concerns of an Invisible Population in Health Services Research (PDF) Shaun M. Filiault
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Health Promotion Unit
University of South Australia, Div. of Health Sciences
University of Adelaide
Flinders University, Dept. Paramedic & Social Care
Rural women?s views of their pregnancy, birthing and postnatal care (PDF) Mandy Guest
Georgie Stamp
The University of Adelaide
university of South Australia
Modifiable Metabolic Exposures Differentially Predict Serum Testosterone Fractions in Florey Adelaide Male Ageing Study (FAMAS) Men (PDF) Matthew T. Haren Spencer Gulf Rural Health School
Sean A. Martin University of Adelaide
Graeme Tucker - SA Department of Health
Anne W. Taylor - SA Department of Health
Janet E. Hiller - University of Adelaide
Peter O?Loughlin - University of Adelaide
Wayne D. Tilley - University of Adelaide
Gary A. Wittert - University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Multi Multi-slice computed tomography or conventional coronary angiography ? how can a systematic review of safety and effectiveness inform decision making? (PDF) Mihaela IvanMihaela Ivan
The University of Adelaide
Safe Drinking Water:do we all speak the same language? (PDF) Daniel I Jalba, MD, MScMD, MSc
Nancy J Cromar, PhD
Steve E Hrudey, PhD, Dsc(Eng)
Simon J T Pollard, PhD
Flinders University
Adelaide, South Australia
21st Century Health (PDF) Professor Dr. IlonaKickbusch
Thinkerin Residence
?The mental health of adolescents in rural South Australia: Perspectives of human service providers providers? (PDF) Marijeta Kurtin
PhD Candidate
Discipline of General Practice

The University of Adelaide

How can policy deal with Australia?s Obesity Epidemic?Identifying the policy implementation gap in Australia (PDF)

Andrew Larner
Supervisor: Christian Gericke

The University of Adelaide

Symbolic Capital and Drinking Experience Among Young Australian Women (PDF) Belinda Lunnay
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA)
School of Medicine, Flinders University
Prevalence of psychological disorders and the levels of quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease....... (PDF) Antonina Mikocka Mikocka-Walus
Prof. Deborah Turnbull
Dr Nicole Moulding
Prof. Ian Wilson
Dr Jane Andrews,
Prof. Gerald Holtmann
Discipline of General Practice and School of Psychology University of Adelaide
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and General Internal Medicine Royal Adelaide Hospital
Hospitalisation Outcomes in New Users of NSAIDs: An Analysis using an Australian Claims Database (PDF) Nicole Pratt
Elizabeth Roughead
Philip Ryan
Robert Peck
Andrew Gilbert
Discipline of Public Health, University of Adelaide
Sansom Institute, University of South Australia
Department of Veterans Affairs
Public Health Research Ethics (PDF)

Wendy Rogers
Flinders University

Safe Transport of Children in Motor Vehicles: How could South Australia expand restraint fitting and advice services? (PDF) Anje Scarfe
University of Adelaide
Assessing health literacy: A new competency competency-based approach (PDF)

Bastian Seidel

Discipline of General Practice, The University of Adelaide
Jen Wang

 

Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland

 

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