CAPHIA Board of Directors Election 2022: Voting now open
The Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA) received four (4) nominations for three (3) Board Directors to be elected by Members. We are now inviting Full CAPHIA Members to cast their votes.
Voting Rules.
This Is Public Health (TIPH) Grant Program
Applications Close 3:59 pm Saturday 10 December AEDT
This one-year grant program will provide twenty (20) awards of up to US $5,000 to academic public health institutions to develop TIPH Global campaigns that increase the visibility of public health in a region outside of the United States.
Academic public health institutions of the Global Network for Public Health are invited to submit applications the second cohort of the TIPH Global Grant Program.
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Background
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed gaps in “the size, training, structure and credentialing of the public health workforce”. It is essential that the Public Health workforce is skilled and qualified to perform current and future roles needed to protect the health of Australasian populations and communities.
CAPHIA advocated for further investment in the public health workforce pipeline via:
CAPHIA Board Vacancies – Elected Directors
The Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA) is seeking nominations for three (3) Board Directors to be elected by Members. We are inviting Full Members to nominate candidates for these roles.
Nominations for Elected Director candidates must:
Registration for the 2022 CAPHIA AGM and Heads of Schools Summit is now open
This year’s virtual (online) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Heads of School Summit will take place on November 15th, 2022 from 10am – 2:45pm AEDT. Find your local time.
Agenda items include:
Each member institution may elect to bring up to 3 staff to inform Strategic Planning for the upcoming period.
Engage, understand, listen and act: evaluation of Community Panels to privilege First Nations voices in pandemic planning and response in Australia
Crooks, K, Taylor, C, Law, H, Campbell, & Miller A. BMJ Global Health; Online: doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009114: https://gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/7/8/e009114.full.pdf
First Nations Peoples of Australia have not been included in the development nor prioritised in pre-2009 pandemic plans despite being a priority population in Australian health policy. Marginalised groups experience amplified barriers and systemic disadvantage in emergencies1,
Special Exhibitor rate for Universities + abstracts open
Theme: “A World in Turmoil: Opportunities to Focus on the Public’s Health“
Date: 2nd – 6th May 2023
Location: Ergife Palace Hotel in Rome, Italy
The World Federation of Public Health (WFPHA), SItI (Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health) and ASPHER (Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region) are delighted to announce that the 17th World Congress on Public Health will be held May 2nd – 6th 2023 in Rome,
Collecting the evidence & impact of your teaching seminar:
1pm – 3pm AEST September 6 2022
The Early Careers Academic Subcommittee (ECAPS) are proud to present the third of four professional development seminars. This webinar builds on the first two, and connects the dots between engagement, assessment and feedback strategies and how to demonstrate teaching impact.
Overview
Purpose: To showcase practical strategies used by more experienced educators to measure the impact of their teaching.
Impact of the use of the Red Lotus Critical Health Promotion Model as a pedagogical framework on health promotion graduates’ professional practice: A mixed methods study
O’Hara, L & Taylor, J. Health Promot J Austr. 2022; Online; doi:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hpja.642
Training health promotion graduates involves developing health promotion specific competencies, including knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for professional health promotion practice.1
The Red Lotus Critical Health Promotion Model (RLCHPM) is designed to support critical health promotion practice,
Prevalence and characteristics of advocacy curricula in Australian public health degrees
Bhatti AJ, Lin S, Post D, Baldock K, Dawes N. Health Promot J Austr. 2022; Online; doi: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hpja.634
Public health graduates are expected to have knowledge and skills in advocacy, with Australian and international competency frameworks indicating advocacy curriculum should be included in all degrees1-3. Despite this, knowledge of the extent to which students are taught public health advocacy is limited.