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Engage, understand, listen and act: evaluation of Community Panels to privilege First Nations voices in pandemic planning and response in Australia

21/09/2022

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,

CAPHIA Competencies Review Curricula Implications

06/06/2022

Mapping competency frameworks: implications for public health curricula design

Coombe L, Severinsen C, Robinson P. Aust NZ J Public Health. 2022; Online; doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13253

We undertook a global analysis of public health competency sets (Coombe, et al. 2020), mapped against the Global Charter for the Public’s Health (Lomazzi, 2016) , which is endorsed by the WHO. The Global Charter is a key document which sets out the services and functions of public health.

CAPHIA releases the Foundation Competencies for Public Health Graduates in Australia, 2nd Ed.

27/11/2016

The second edition builds on the strengths of the first edition and provides an up-to-date and essential resource for universities teaching public health in Australia. Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the second edition, including the editors and all of the CAPHIA member universities offering an MPH at the time of the review.