Monthly Archives: August 2009

McCaughey Centre 21-Aug-09: Visit from Professor Angie Hart

August 21, 2009 – 9:36am

The McCaughey Centre hosted a visit by Professor Angie Hart, Academic Director of the University of Brighton’s award winning Community University Partnership Program (CUPP), from the 29-30th July 2009. Angie visited a number of universities and community organizations across Australia to explore partnership and engagement strategies and initiatives.

By Amy | Posted in Knowledge Transfer, McCaughey Centre, Melbourne School of Population Health | Comments Off

CHS Publication (Aug 17th, 2009): Talkin Strong newsletter edition 23

August 17, 2009 – 10:41am

Onemda’s Talkin’ Strong newsletter edition 23 is now available at www.onemda.unimelb.edu.au or contact us on 03 83440813 for a hard copy.

By Nicole W | Posted in Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control, Centre for Health & Society, Melbourne School of Population Health, Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, Publications | Comments Off

CHS Publication (Aug 17th, 2009): An Overview of Statutory and Administrative Datasets: Describing the Health of Victorias Aboriginal Infants, Children and Young People

August 17, 2009 – 10:35am

This report is the first arising from the Victorian Aboriginal Child Mortality Study, 1988-2008. The first of its kind in Victoria, this report investigates population-based administrative and statutory datasets that collect information describing the health of Victoria’s Aboriginal (and non-Aboriginal) infants, children and young people.
The report is available from the ‘Resource Centre’ of the study’s [...]

By Nicole W | Posted in Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control, Centre for Health & Society, Melbourne School of Population Health, Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, Publications | Comments Off

McCaughey Centre media release 31-Jul-09: Local networks can play a critical role in water security

August 11, 2009 – 3:26pm

A renewed focus on localised and networked water systems could increase water supply capacity and improve the resilience of critical water delivery systems, a new briefing paper has suggested.
The paper Distributed Water Systems: A networked and localised approach for sustainable water services describes how, instead of just relying on water services from large centralised, energy [...]

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Media Release: Dr Lisa Amir on bringing evidence-base to breastfeeding – World Breastfeeding Week (August 1st to 8th, 2009)

August 10, 2009 – 1:28pm

Nipple and breast pain, mastitis, low milk supply, medical problems and the baby being tongue-tied can all create problems with breastfeeding. “It’s not uncommon to get sore nipples when you start breastfeeding,” says Dr Lisa Amir, lecturer and researcher at the Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society (KCWHS). “It’s a big shock to the [...]

By Fulya Torun | Posted in Key Centre for Women's Health in Society, Media Release, News | Comments Off