AHPA Updates

On Tuesday 6 June, NSW Health's Regional Health Division presented an overview of the new Regional Health Plan, with a particular emphasis on actions to be taken within the strategic priority of 'Keep people healthy and well through prevention, early intervention and education'.

On Tuesday 30th May 2023, AHPA hosted an event to showcase the Australian health promotion registration system. 

Are you interested in joining the AHPA® National Board of Directors for 2023-2024? Nominations are now open.

On Wednesday 24 May 2023, the Vic/Tas committee hosted a Lunch & Learn session for AHPA members to meet and connect. Speaker Jenn Lacy-Nichols discussed the Commercial Determinants of Health and participants were able to gain knowledge on debates, issues and challenges.

On 16 May 2023, AHPA together with Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE), the Australian Democracy Network and the Human Rights Law Centre hosted a Health + Democracy Forum.

On Thursday 27 April 2023, AHPA together with the Public Health Association Australia (PHAA) members Stephen Bendle, presented an update on firearm safety efforts in Australia: National Gun Control Update: why we need to remain vigilant and what action you can take.

On Monday 3 April during Global Public Health Week 2023, AHPA together with the Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australia (CAPHIA) and Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) hosted an event, Preparing Public Health Professionals & Associations for New Challenges: An Australasian Perspective.

We thank Doctors for Nutrition for providing AHPA with a complimentary pass for the recent Nutrition in Healthcare Conference 2023 in Melbourne and were pleased that Melissa Morris, AHPA Vic-Tas Branch Committee member, was able to attend.

Call for Expressions of Interest (EOI): Editor-in-Chief, Health Promotion Journal of Australia (HPJA)

The Health Promotion Journal of Australia and the Australian Journal of Rural Health are partnering on an exciting project with SMS4Dads to explore the unique experience and needs of marginalised fathers. Both journals will publish special themed sections on marginalised fathers in parallel commencing in the lead up to Father’s Day, 3rd September 2023. The collection of themed sections will then be compiled into a future Virtual Issue to feature on the Wiley Online Library homepage for each journal.

The QLD branch has recently launched the call for professional development (PD) bursaries open to members who reside and/or study in the state of Queensland. Applications close at 5pm AEST on 17th March 2023.

AHPA NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAM 

The AHPA® mentoring program is for people interested in or working in the field of health promotion. It is one of the strategies to build the professional capacity of our members.

Our 2023 mentoring program is now open.  Please download the attached flyer for more information.

To register for the 2023 program as a mentor or a mentee, please complete the application form and submit by COB MONDAY 13th March 2023.  Apply here.

Congratulations to Krushnadevsinh Ravalji, or Kano, for winning the 2022 VicHealth Future Changemaker Award.

VicHealth's new and exciting Future Changemaker Award was supported by the AHPA Vic-Tas Branch.

Kano is an independent youth advocate, working closely with young people from diverse backgrounds to promote inclusion, physical activity and physical health. A true changemaker!

We are pleased to announce that Natalie Flew was selected for the AHPA NT Branch’s prize for The Most Outstanding Student in Health Promotion and has received a complimentary 1-year AHPA student membership and $95 cash prize. Congratulations Natalie.

AHPA's Student and Early Career Practitioner Committee hosted an informational session: Volunteering - Assist Others, Assist Yourself on Tuesday 6 December 2022.

The event explored volunteering and how it can build transferrable skills for health promotion.

AHPA hosted our end-of-year event on Wednesday 14 December 2022 where distinguished speaker, Professor Evelyne De Leeuw delivered the Eberhard Wenzel Oration and we presented a number of awards.

Click here to download Professor Evelyne de Leeuw’s slides. 

AHPA’s Health Promotion Ethics Project (HPEP) aims to advance critical practice and build the evidence base for health promotion in Australia. We’re seeking a small number of organisations to participate in a pilot project to evaluate the process required to provide ethical advice to health promotion organisations and practitioners across Australia. We’re ultimately aiming to develop a mechanism for providing organisations with ethical oversight for their projects, where access to a Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) is usually difficult.

We are pleased to announce that nominations for the AHPA SA Branch Student Awards 2022 opened on the 17th of November 2022. Eligible students who have completed their degree in the calendar year 2022 are invited to self-nominate under the new guidelines, with a referee from their university.

We are pleased to share the report of AHPA’s Suzanne Gleeson Professional Development Scholarship Recipient, Emma Heard. The scholarship provided Emma with the opportunity to attend the Australian Association of Adolescent Health's 2022 Youth Health Conference in Melbourne.

AHPA are looking for volunteers to coordinate the National Job Bulletin in 2023.

If you’d like to be involved in delivering the service, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

AHPA VIC/TAS Branch and PHAA recently hosted the Election Advocacy Campaign Launch on 13 October 2022.

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We are pleased to share the reports of AHPA’s Population Health Congress Bursary Recipients. This year, four members were granted bursaries to attend the congress in Adelaide.
Read their reports below.

The National Health Promotion Learning and Teaching Award was established in 2021 to recognise individual achievement within the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA), contributing to its purpose of “Leadership, advocacy and workforce development for health promotion practice, research, evaluation and policy”. The Award provides an opportunity to recognise the valuable contribution and commitment of learning and teaching academics to workforce development in Australia.

AHPA NSW/ACT, and QLD branch recently co-hosted the webinar, Climate Change Advocacy: From Global to Local, on Monday 31 October 2022.

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Please note this resource is for AHPA members only.

AHPA VIC/TAS branch recently held the online event, AHPA VIC/TAS in dialogue with Tasmania health promotion: What does health promotion mean for me?, on 13 October 2022.

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Please note this resource is for AHPA members only.

Save the date! AHPA NSW/ACT, and QLD branches are co-hosting a webinar for local action to stop climate change on Monday 31 October 2022, 5PM (AEDST).

As part of the Population Health Congress 2022, AHPA hosted an online event on 20 September, First Nations Workshop: Building Knowledge Exchange Skills, with presenters Dr. Kalinda Griffiths, Dr. Tess Ryan and Dr. Melissa Sweet, with a Welcome to Country by Tiahna Silvy, a proud Kaurna woman and member of Kuma Kaaru Cultural Services.

AHPA's Student and Early Career Practitioners Committee recently hosted an online event: Networking - why is it important, how to do it well, and how it can help your career, with guest speaker AHPA Executive Officer Rebecca Zosel.

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Please note this resource is for AHPA members only.

South Australian Preventative Health Award

The nomination process for the South Australian Preventative Health Award closes 5pm, Friday 16th of September 2022.

The purpose of this award is to recognise outstanding contributions to health promotion and public health in South Australia. Together, our organisations emphasise the importance of investing in disease prevention and health promotion, developing healthy public policies, and ensuring that a wide range of social, behavioural, and environmental preventative services and programs are accessible to those who need them most.

The School of Population Health at Curtin University is offering several equity bursaries to assist Australian delegates to attend the Population Health Congress. 

AHPA are proud to be supporting the 'Future Changemaker' award! 

AHPA recently hosted an online event, How to put equity and the social determinants of health at the heart of prevention, with Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Fran Baum AO, Kate Ditchburn, Dr. Kalinda Griffiths and Edwina McDonald on Tuesday 19^th July 2022.

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Please note this resource is for AHPA members only.

Application deadline extended until Monday 15 August 2022.

As part of AHPA’s Health Peak and Advisory Bodies Program funding, we are pleased to offer several bursaries to assist members to attend the 2022 National Population Health Congress being held in Adelaide, 21 - 23 September 2022. The bursaries are for an AHPA early bird full registration fee (full individual, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander member). All other expenses in attending the Congress must be met by recipients. Applications close on 15 August 2022.

• Up to seven bursaries are available to AHPA members.

• Bursaries cover the cost of either virtual or face-to-face registration. All other expenses in attending the Congress must be met by recipients.

• Bursaries can be used to purchase a new Congress registration or to reimburse an AHPA member for a Congress registration that has already been purchased.

We encourage AHPA members to apply today.

AHPA Student & Early Career Practitioner Committee recently hosted an online event for students and early career practitioners to understand how they can get a job in health promotion.   

We are pleased to announce that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artist and AHPA member Rachel Radcliffe has been commissioned to create an original artwork to be used for resources related to AHPA’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

We hope to see many of our members at AHPA's National AGM. Click here for more information about the event. 

From 9th to 30th June 2022, AHPA is running an End of Financial Year (EOFY) sale. New members will receive 30% discount when joining AHPA.

Access the slides from the Health Promotion Learning and Teaching Community of Practice webinar on 18 May 2022 

AHPA recently hosted 'Applying for registration' event discussing Health Promotion Practitioner Registration and registration benefits. 

AHPA are thrilled to have a partnership with Deakin University and the University of Sydney who both fund a limited number of AHPA student memberships for specific student cohorts.

AHPA is pleased to be a member of the organising committee for the Preventive Health Conference 2022, convened by the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA). The conference will be held as a hybrid conference, combining face to face and virtual components, from Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 May 2022 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland.

Save the date more information coming soon.

We are thrilled to host a special virtual event  in July exploring how to put equity and the social determinants of health at the heart of prevention.

Join our team on Tuesday, 7 June 2022 for this informative online session.

A number of resources exist to support effective communication, including guides with a specific focus on health issues, behaviours and population groups. Listed below are some evidence-based communication guides to support your health promotion practice. 

Refer a friend to become an AHPA member in 2022 and you'll both receive 10% off.

Join the NSW/ACT Branch Annual General Meeting on 24th March 1pm for an exciting panel discussion followed by branch updates and annual meeting procedures. 

For more information click here.

The AHPA Mentoring Program is progressing well. We are pleased to have found a mentor for every mentee applicant this year, giving us 43 professionals confirmed in the program for 2022.

Simone will provide ‘Reflections on developing the National Obesity Prevention Strategy 2022-2032’. These reflections will be of interest for those seeking to obtain insight into this high level strategy development. 

Hear from guest speakers Dr Stefania Velardo (Senior Lecturer in Health Education) and Lily Bourke (Community Educator and Venue Support Worker) about their professional experiences in health promotion research and practice. 

AHPA recently hosted an online event An introduction to mental health promotion, with presenters Dr Stephen Carbone and Dr Luke Martin, Prevention United.

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