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To support health promotion practitioners and organisations throughout Australia to engage with and develop ethical practice competence, the Australian Health Promotion Association is hosting a professional development workshop focusing on writing ethics applications. During this one hour workshop, Professor Sharyn Burns will provide tips and tricks for writing applications to a human research ethics committee for ethical approval and oversight.

The event is free for AHPA members and $25 for non-members.

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This webinar will unpack the challenges presented by climate change and explore solutions to improve human health and create more resilient healthcare systems.

Registration and list of confirmed speakers will be available shortly.

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Date for your diary: Just Write It! Session – that’s right, your health promotion registration application!

NOW is the perfect time to work on your application - join over 100 others in becoming a Registered Health Promotion Practitioner – we can help you get started, get around a road block or get it done. Come along to our free online session and have your questions answered.

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This year, the Food Governance Node at the Charles Perkins Centre (University of Sydney) and the George Institute for Global Health have partnered with the Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments (Georgetown University Law Center) to organize the Global Food Governance Conference. This conference will bring together lawyers, policymakers, nutritionists, and health scientists to explore how law, policy, and regulation can help address food system challenges at the local, national, regional, and global levels.

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10th Global Conference on Health Promotion for Well-being, Equity, and Sustainable Development

This event is organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) with the support of Finland and the United Arab Emirates, United Nations agencies and partners. It is taking place at a critical moment in our progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and building forward better in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Australian Health Promotion Association are pleased to celebrate the launch of the National Preventive Health Strategy 2021-2030.

The National Preventive Health Strategy.2021-2030 (the Strategy) will officially launch on Monday 13 December 2021, 11:30am - 12:30pm AEDT. The launch will take place at an online open webinar hosted by the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) and the Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP will attend to officially launch the Strategy. The webinar will also include two guest speakers from the Strategy’s Expert Steering Committee, Prof Andrew Wilson and Prof Emily Banks.

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Dr Eberhard Wenzel Oration 

Health literacy and equity – why it matters and what to do about it (in the midst of a global pandemic)

Presented by Professor Don Nutbeam, Executive Director, Sydney Health Partners and Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney.

A number of national AHPA awards will be presented at this event including the inagural National Health Promotion Learning and Teaching Award, the Ray James Memorial Award and the Chris Rissel Reviewer Award.

3PM AEST, Microsoft Teams (a link will be sent one business day prior)

This webinar will provide a comprehensive analysis of gun violence trends in Australia based on recent data analysis from NSW. It will also provide an insight into the challenges facing our strong gun safety framework in Australia

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The theme to the conference is reflecting, refocusing and reimagining for a sustainable future. As we continue to navigate a pandemic, this conference seeks to push the boundaries of social marketing: looking back, refocusing and setting the agenda for behaviour change to achieve a sustainable future for all

For more information: https://www.socialmarketingconference.com.au/

A/Prof Jane Taylor will share how she has approached the design of the curriculum to embed a critical health promotion approach at subject/unit and program/degree levels.  The presentation will include examples of learning activities, assessment types, useful resources, and a Q&A session.

The event is free for AHPA members and $25 for non-members. Registrations for this event are now closed.

Following the successful Writing for Publication webinar in November 2021, the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA®) is thrilled to have Alison Bell return to deliver the second installment in this series: Publishing for Early Career Researchers.

The event is free for AHPA members and $25 for non-members.

For more information click here.

Registrations for this event are now closed.

Health Promotion Practitioner Registration

Applying for Registration - Everything you need to know!

Join our team on Tuesday, 1 March 2022 for this informative online session.

The event is free for AHPA members and non-members.

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FECCA 2022: Advancing Multicultural Australia is the premier conference on multiculturalism, diversity & inclusion, and migration. The conference will host multicultural communities, policy makers, service providers, academics and many more, over two big days of interesting presentations, speakers and topics.

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Food Futures Conference 2022: Transforming food systems for the planetary and public good

The Food Futures Conference is a national conference series held by the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA).

 This conference brings together community organisations, students, researchers, government officials, public health and other relevant professionals and key stakeholders to advocate for a comprehensive, intersectoral, whole-of-government approach to Australian food and nutrition policy in Australia.

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AHPA is hosting an online careers night for students and early career practitioners. Hear from speakers Dr Stefania Velardo and Lily Bourke about their experiences and join in the discussion in a breakout room session.

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The different facets of our health are intrinsically linked to each other. Our physical health can have profound effects on our mental health and vice versa.

In this session we explore:

• The purpose of good nutrition and nutrition principles
• The effects of alcohol
• Sleep and our mental health
• The benefits of exercise
• Overcoming barriers to activity and the stages of change

For more information: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/physical-health-for-mental-health-tickets-292211260747 

The Academy of Child and Adolescent Health (ACAH) promotes the health and wellbeing of every newborn, child and young person in order that they may meet their maximum potential. ACAH2022: a conference for health professionals, trainees and students working in child and adolescent health. 

For morning information click here. 

This year the World Health Organisation are focusing on 'our planet, our health' for World Health Day.

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Dr Stephen Carbone and Dr Luke MartinIt will be discussing the recent inclusion of “Promoting and protecting mental health” as a priority in the new National Preventive Health Strategy. This workshop will introduce health promotion practitioners to the specialist field of mental health promotion, and will explore the unique issues and evidence base of this key branch of health promotion practice.

The event is free for AHPA members and $25 for non-members (members will need to sign in first before the registration fee is removed)

For more information click here.