National

Third Sector’s 5th National Housing and Homelessness Forum is Australia’s leading forum that tackles challenges in the sector with innovative housing and homelessness services and delivery models. This comprehensive 4-day forum will provide attendees with an opportunity to acquire practical strategies on how to implement prevention and early intervention approaches along with accelerating homelessness service delivery and accessibility to achieve successful pathways out of homelessness. Attendees will also learn how to develop innovative models to deliver affordable housing.

Join us for the Health + Democracy Forum, co-hosted by the Australian Health Promotion Association, Public Health Association of Australia, Foundation for Alcohol Research & Education, Australian Democracy Network and the Human Rights Law Centre.

To help build a more peaceful, prosperous, resilient, and sustainable future informed by science and evidence, the Nobel Foundation and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences are joining forces to present the second Nobel Prize Summit Truth, Trust and Hope which will be held online and in-person in Washington, D.C. from 24-26 May 2023.  The event will convene Nobel Prize laureates and other experts, information technology and business leaders, policymakers, journalists, educators, and youth from around the world to engage in constructive dialogue on actively combating the spread of mis- and disinformation, share evidence-based knowledge and global experiences, and help restore trust and confidence in science, institutions, and systems of society.

To learn more about the summit which will be held from 24-26 May 2023 and to register click here.

Join the AHPA Student and Early Careers Practitioner Committee for an opportunity to network with professionals in an area that interests you. 

This event will showcase the Australian health promotion registration system from a range of perspectives including:

• those who have been registered
• employers of health promotion practitioners
• universities with accredited courses.

Come along to find out more about their experiences and motivations, and the broader influence of registration on health promotion in Australia.

The International Congress on Evidence-based Parenting Support (I-CEPS) is a ground-breaking global initiative to advance research, policy, and practice in the field of parenting and family intervention. The theme of the 2023 I-CEPS is promoting well-being and health globally through effective parenting support. 

Lowitja Institute’s International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference is a biennial event attracting a global audience committed to sharing knowledge for the health and wellbeing of indigenous peoples and communities.

It is a space for sharing innovative ideas and transformational research grounded in our ways of knowing, being and doing. 

Public Health Association of Australia's Communicable Diseases & Immunisation Conference 2023 will explore how crucial the science of communicable diseases and immunisation is to the successful functioning of the world, and how quickly scientific and societal developments in the field change.

The Conference theme is “Adapting to a new landscape for infectious disease prevention and control”.

The 9th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium is brought to you by the Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN), the Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators (FRAME), the Lowitja Institute and the National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA).

It will bring together the rural and remote health research sector with policymakers and others in the government and non-government sectors to shape the future of rural and remote health research.

Australian Women's Health Network and Multicultural Centre for Women's Health are hosting a lunchtime webinar Tuesday 20 June for policy makers, health advocates, and people who play a role in shaping our health systems.  

This webinar will explore the importance of gender equity in our health workforce and share insights from the Health in My Language program.

This is an in-person event held at The University of Sydney Chau Chak Wing Museum, Camperdown on Thursday 22 June 2023. This workshop is ideal for those working in health and wellbeing-related roles in policy and practice settings and intended for those who are actively considering the use of citizen science approaches within their own work.

The Australian Alcohol and other Drugs Council (AADC) and Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) are hosting an online event on Tuesday 27 June 2023.

The topic of this event is 'Changes to the Opioid Dependence Treatment program: implications for access and transitional arrangements from 1 July 2023.' The resultant changes and transitional arrangements will be outlined and discussed at this event, with the online audience having an opportunity to ask any questions arising ahead of implementation.

Official notice is given that the Australian Health Promotion Association Ltd (AHPA®) will hold its Annual General Meeting for all members via Microsoft Teams on June 30, 2023 12:30pm AEST.

Please join us to hear about the work AHPA has been undertaking in 2022 and elect the 2023-2024 Board.

A Microsoft Teams link will be sent out the day prior.

ImpactInstitute are hosting an event 'The Social Impact Summit: Accelerating a fair, just and inclusive Australian society'. This event will be held on 3 - 4 July 2023 at the University of Techology in Sydney.

The purpose of this event is to develop a range of actionable solutions that help change society in measurable and meaningful ways. An executive report will be prepared following the Social Impact Summit and shared with all attendees, government and industry stakeholders to drive change.

At this webinar the results of the first National Workforce Survey for Parent, Family and Child Mental Health will be shared. 

Public Health Association of Australia's Screening Symposium 2023 will take place in Melbourne on Tuesday 1st August 2023 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC). 

The Navigating Health Globally panel discussion: Compassion, Care, Complexity & Culture will be held online on Tuesday 1 August 2023, 8 - 9:30pm AEST.

Access to health systems can be difficult for patients and managing healthcare needs is often fragmented. Achieving patient-centred care at a systems and population level can be challenging.

Join us for the August 2023 meeting of the Health Promotion Learning and Teaching Community of Practice: Case scenario‐based teaching: Student transition and critical thinking.

Critical thinking is essential to health promotion to overcome increasingly complex health issues. International students are often disadvantaged when required to demonstrate critical thinking, mainly because of their previous training in memorisation. A/Prof Hosseinzadeh will present a study which addresses this need by showcasing the effect of case scenario-based teaching on transition from memorisation to critical thinking among international students in an Australian university.

The Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA) in collaboration with the Centre for Health in All Policies Research Translation (CHiAPRT) invites you to the launch of the Special Issue of The Health Promotion Journal of Australia: The Well-being Economy and Health in All Policies- Fostering Action.

To celebrate AHPA and the Centre for Health in All Policies Research Translation based with University of Adelaide and SAHMRI is organising a launch. We invite AHPA Members join the launch of the HPJA Special Issue, which will be held in person in Adelaide on the 8 August 2023.