10 September 2012 to 12 September 2012
Adelaide Convention Centre

The 2012 Population Health Congress on the 10th to 12th September at the Adelaide Convention Centre 2012 was organised and sponsored jointly by the Australian Health Promotion Association, the Public Health Association of Australia, the Australasian Epidemiological Association, and the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine.

10 April 2011 to 13 April 2011
Cairns Convention Centre

The 20th National AHPA Conference was held on 10-13 April 2011, bringing together people from many disciplines and sectors working in health promotion, population health and related sectors to examine the social determinants of health and solutions to strengthen action to address them.

The report - as well as photos, presentations and conference highlights - is available below.

"Walking the Talk Together:  Partnerships for Health Promotion"
Australian Health Promotion Association 19th National Conference

06 July 2008 to 09 July 2008

A Global World - Practical Action for Health and Well Being

The national Population Health Congress brings together Australia and New Zealand’s four leading professional population health organisations for a four yearly event. 

Health Promotion Dreaming - Shifting the Sands

23 to 26 April 2006, Alice Springs Convention Centre, Northern Territory

With the recent international conference in Bangkok and the launch of the Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalised World (WHO, 2005) there was clear emphasis on actions, commitments and pledges required to address the determinants of health. This will require not only strong political action, broad participation and sustained advocacy but a health promotion workforce that is able to translate these social determinants into meaningful action.

I am pleased that the 16th National Health Promotion Conference in Alice Springs will take us a little further on that journey. The central theme is Health Promotion Dreaming: Shifting the Sands. This conference will concentrate on indigenous health and social determinants as a central issue for practice. A broad cross section of indigenous and non indigenous keynote speakers will reflect on various aspects of these central issues, including the successes that we have achieved through innovative approaches; what we have learned (or should have learned) from both our failures and our successes; and what we need to do to apply our most recent developments in the field through a social determinants framework to practice. Speakers will also be challenging and confronting and suggest ways that we can move forward.

Conference Program and Registration Form