National

The 5th Australasian Compensation Health Research Forum (ACHRF) is hosted by the Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR) and New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC).

The International Social Marketing Conference (ISMC) aims to bring together social change agents from across Australia in a 2-day collaboration to share the latest tools & approaches to changing behaviours for societal wellbeing. Learn new insights from industry experts, grow your network & explore emerging technologies.

Australia’s Healthy Weight Week (13-19 February) is just around the corner!

The Congress serves as an international forum for the exchange of knowledge and experiences on key public health issues, contributing towards protecting and promoting public health at a national and global level.

Eating Disorders and Obesity in the real world – seeking practical solutions
The 2017 National Eating Disorders and Obesity Conference is being held at the Mantra on View Hotel, Gold Coast 7 – 8 August.

The conference focuses on the specific issues of eating disorders and obesity, the co-relationship within the context of mental health, the challenges surrounding public health in our current and future population and the role of physical health in maintaining our positive wellbeing.

13th Annual ADMA Conference & 21st Chronic Diseases Network NT Conference

Monday 11th of September – Tuesday 12th of September 2017
Darwin Convention Centre
Post-Conference Workshop: Wednesday 13th of September

Themes will include Aboriginal health, care coordination, child health, early childhood development, integrated care, maternal health, health care homes, health workforce, healthy adults & healthy nation, NDIS, palliative and end of life care, place-based initiatives, population health, primary health, digital and technology-assisted practice.

The Competition’s focus is to increase health literacy through the exciting medium of photography, where community members are given a topic Healthy Life | Healthy You to actively participate in creating visual images that represent the subject matter. The Competition has four categories – Primary and High School, Mobile, Open 18+ and is open to all Australian residents.

The NSW Branch of the Australian Health Promotion Association in collaboration with the Health Promotion Unit SLHD invite members, colleagues and friends to an exciting cutting edge presentation on creating healthier environments and places.

When: 27 February 2018 Time: 5.30 for 6pm to 7.30

Cost: free, but please RSVP for catering.

Venue: Ironbark Room at Strathfield Library 65-67 Rochester Street, Homebush.

The library venue is easy to get to by train, bus, walking or cycling. It is only a 6 minute walk from Homebush train station.

The event will also be broadcast as a webinar for those unable to attend in person.

Fulfilling the Promise to Revolutionise Disability Services

Call for Conference Contributions:

• Papers or Workshops
• Proposals for Reform of NDIS
• Campaign Ideas

You're invited to join the action

We're excited that Women’s Health Week is back for 2018. We invite you once more to take part in our national campaign and continue making your good health a priority.

Hosted by the NSW/ACT Branch of the Australian Health Promotion Association for all AHPA members.

TOPIC: Digital Health – potential to divert the social gradient of health (or not) Innovative approaches to support access to healthcare particularly for disadvantaged or rural/remote people, through the use of technology.

WHEN: Thursday 25 October 2018 12 noon – 1.30 pm (Sydney time).
COST: This is a FREE event.

LINK TO FLYER HERE

To register please click here.

PHAA's first ever online conference CAN DO PREVENTION: effective action in a volatile world starts on Wednesday 13 May. We have an exciting line up of key note speakers including James Muecke,  David Russell-Weisz, Nick Watts, Lisa Wood, Pat Turner and Jaithri Ananthapavan. Sessions continue over a two week period until Wednesday 27 May 2020.

We will be providing content in a variety of ways, such as live presentations and pre-recorded sessions from keynote speakers followed by live Q&A sessions and on demand content. For more information and to register please  click here. 

This free webinar will be presented by Tia Lockwood, Lucy Wickham and Andrew Jones-Roberts who are members of AHPA’s National Accreditation Organisation Management Committee. Participants will hear about:

• The status of the Health Promotion Practitioner Registration System in Australia.
• Work underway to advance the IUHPE Global Accreditation System
• Tips for preparing and submitting an application to become a Registered Health Promotion Practitioner.

Date: Thursday 21st May 2020
Time: 5PM - 6PM AEST
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUoceCtpjgpGdSl6CSf-cdS-jhD_xKhted5

The 2020 AHPA Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 12th June at 12 noon AEST.

The AGM will be via ZOOM. You can register here. AGM papers will be sent out prior to the meeting.

AGM Guest Lecture “Health promotion – After 30 years, where have we been, what have we learned, and where are we going?’ with Adjunct Professor Trevor Shilton

As part of our 30^th year, the AHPA Board is delighted to host a presentation at the Annual General Meeting by inaugural founding National AHPA President and Life Member, Trevor Shilton. Trevor will reflect on the past three decades of health promotion and consider what the future might hold for our profession and discipline.

The 2020 Forum will be held online on the 9-10 July. The event themes are Engagement, Inclusion and Environment. Subthemes include:
o Engaging with diversity
o Diversifying and enhancing engagement strategies
o Balancing quality with inclusivity
o Creating a diverse and competent workforce
o Teaching and learning in a degraded ecosystem
o Indigenous health and Indigenous ways of knowing

For an Early Bird rate for a member institution, registration is just $100 AUD. The updated registration form can be downloaded here. If you have questions about the changes to the Forum, please contact the CAPHIA Executive Director at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Applications for CAPHIA Awards are now open. Please go to caphia.com.au/caphia-awards/ for more details.

You've been told to get a Twitter account - but what on earth do you do with it? How do you avoid getting professionally cancelled? How do you make it worth the effort? 

When a crisis hits, it can create a reverberating sense of anxiety, disorder, and disconnect throughout affected communities. While disturbing society as a whole, these crises also disproportionately affect marginalised communities. To get through these extremely challenging times we rely on structures that bring us together and provide opportunities for recovery. Previous crises have demonstrated the value of governments working in partnership with communities to successfully tackle a crisis, together. This webinar will explore lessons learnt from previous crises – such as the HIV health crisis, the recent bush fires, and the current Victorian experience of COVID-19 – with a specific lens on how we can adapt and apply these key learnings in our ongoing pandemic.

Wednesday 16 September

8:00AM – 9:30AM AWST

AEA will host an online mini-symposium to discuss the role that epidemiologists have played in responding to the coronavirus pandemic in Australia and New Zealand. This event will be moderated by Prof. Joan Leach, Director of the Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science at the ANU. Presentations will be followed by a panel discussion, fielding questions from participants.

Wednesday 16 September

12:00PM-13:30PM AEST

The WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Impact Assessment at Curtin University, in conjunction with the HIA Network Asia Pacific and the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health, WHO, WPRO, would like to invite you to a webinar on ‘Charting the course of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in the Asia Pacific post-COVID-19’. COVID-19 has delivered a dramatic demonstration of the critical links between development and the health of the environment, the people and the economy.  As a consequence of the pandemic, we will see shifts in how public health challenges are viewed and managed for years to come.  Reflecting and responding to these shifts will be critical. This webinar will consider these issues in the context of the future of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in the region. The webinar will be organised as a series of short presentations and an open forum.

Tuesday 22 September

2PM to 3.30PM (AWST) 

Monday 9 November | 1:00-2:00PM AEDT 

Since the Uluru Statement from the Heart was issued in 2017, Thomas Mayor has travelled around the country to promote its vision of a better future for indigenous Australians. He's visited communities big and small, often with the Uluru Statement rolled up in a tube under his arm. His book about that journey - Finding the Heart of the Nation - weaves in the personal stories of Aboriginal community leaders, artists and many others, making clear what the Uluru Statement is and why it is important. Hear from Thomas at this webinar, and learn how you can join him, along with a growing movement of Australians, in the fight for substantive constitutional change. Register here.