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Victorian Branch
Committee Details
President: Professor Helen Keleher [ email ] [ info ]
Secretary/Treasurer: Miss Penny Robinson [ email ] [ info ]
General Committee Member: Dr Angela Taft [ email ] [ info ]
General Committee Member: Mr Tony McBride [ email ] [ info ]
General Committee Member: Dr Rhonda Small [ email ] [ info ]
General Committee Member: Dr Liz Hanna [ email ] [ info ]
General Committee Member: Robert Hall
General Committee Member: Melissa Graham
General Committee Member: Cathy Mead
PHAA Vic Branch
C/- Penny Robinson
44 Service St
Hampton Vic 3188
Mission:
The Victorian Branch of the PHAA is committed to working collaboratively with other health and welfare organisations, the National executive, and the Special Interest Groups to promote public health and support the Victorian members of the PHAA through seminars, professional development and advocacy.
UPCOMING DATES FOR THE DIARY
Minutes & Meetings:
Meetings are held monthly (usually first Wednesday of the month) at Mother's Child Health and Research (MCHR).
Members are welcome but please contact Penny Robinson, penrob347@yahoo.com.au to find out the MCHR address and to confirm time of meeting in case of changed arrangements.
Newsletter & email list:
The Victorian Branch does not produce a hard copy newsletter, however regular notices, issues and items of concern are listed on this webpage and are circulated to Victorian members via the Victorian Branch email list at pha@vicnet.net.au. New Victorian members are added to the list automatically on becoming a PHAA member. For other queries on the email list, please contact the list moderator at penrob347@yahoo.com.au
Committee Representation:
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Victorian Public Health Training Scheme (VPHTS) Advisory Committee
The Victorian Branch of PHAA is represented on the Victorian Public Health Training Scheme Advisory Committee. The VPHTS is a two to three year public health training program which is coordinated by the Public Health Division of the Department of Human Services and is accredited by La Trobe University. The VPHTS aims to build the capacity and expertise of the public health workforce by providing training for health professionals from a variety of backgrounds in the practice of public health.
The committee provides advice on the functions, objectives and overall conduct of the VPHTS. The committee will meet four times a year. Members with specific issues related to the training scheme may contact Cathy Mead.
For more information on the VPHTS go to http://www.mh.org.au/VPHTS/
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Victorian Public Health Research and Education Council (VPHREC)
VPHREC was formed in 1999, and developed a broad based membership that spanned university based, non-government and independent research institutions. The VPHREC office closed at the end of June 2007, but the directors continue to meet regularly. VicHealth are now running the news and events calendar - see the VicHealth website (http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/vphrec) for more information.
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Human Rights Capacity Building Program
VicHealth provided funding for the Human Rights and Bioethics Unit of the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash University to undertake human rights capacity building programmes with the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA). The project involved conducting a human rights based review of seven PHAA policy statements with a view to providing a guide by which the PHAA can take a rights-based approach to the revision of current policy statements and the formulation of new ones. The Human Rights and Bioethics Unit devised a process by which the PHAA can include human rights in its discourse and applied that process to the seven policy statements.
A Human Rights Based Approach to the Public Health Association of Australia's Policy Statements (PDF)
- Brad Crammond, Bebe Loff
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Branch Forums
The VIC Branch Forum provides an area for VIC 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
AHPA / PHAA Mentoring Program
The Victorian Branch of the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA) and the Public Health Association of Australia (Victorian Branch) (PHAA) are conducting a Mentoring Program for members of the associations. The program provides an opportunity for the associations to contribute to building the capacity of the health promotion and public health workforce in Victoria.
The aim of the Mentoring Program is to establish planned mentoring relationships that will assist in the personal and professional development of people interested in improving their practice and/or expanding their interest in health promotion and public health.
The objectives for the Mentoring Program are to:
- Develop and implement a mentoring model that will enhance the health promotion and public health knowledge skills and expertise of participants.
- Provide a training program for up to 40 participants wishing to be mentors or mentees.
- Provide up to 20 members of AHPA and PHAA wishing to develop or improve their practice in health promotion or public health access to appropriate mentors.
- Provide a framework for negotiated agreements between mentors and mentees.
The program is advertised each year via email to Victorian members of PHAA and AHPA
Advocacy Projects
- Capacity building in Human Rights, Ethics and Public Health
- Health Inequalities
- Committee Training Scheme
- Aboriginal Health
Events
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PHAA and AEA (VIC Branch) joint workshop showcasing public health student research in epidemiology and public health
For more details please - click here
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The Asia Pacific EcoHealth Conference: Ecology and Health: People & Places in a Changing World...
30th November - 3rd December 2007
Conference Flyer (PDF)
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Seminars
The Victorian Branch of the Public Health Association presents a series of seminars on current topics in public health. The seminars feature guest speakers followed by open discussion on each topic. The seminars address broad areas of concern in public health, and no prior knowledge of these areas is necessary in attending
All seminars will be held at
VicHealth
15-30 Pelham Street
Carlton 3053
Refreshments will be provided after each forum.
Links
You will need Adobe Reader to open PDF format files. Adobe Reader is available free from the Adobe website.
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