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Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) WA Branch provides a forum for exchanging ideas, knowledge, and information on public health in Western Australia. https://phaa.net.au/Web/Web/About/Branches/WA-Branch.aspx

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21.11.2025 00:41 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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📢PHAA WA Branch AGM
Wed 12 Nov 2025, 5-6:30pm

Online attendance is also available

We are honoured to be joined by guest speaker:
Carina Tan-Van Baren
Executive Director, Healthway

This is a presentation you won’t want to miss!

Register: phaa.eventsair.com/wa-agm/regis...

16.10.2025 08:53 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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👻Here's a chilling warning this #Halloween: WA #PublicHealth advocates sound the alarm on haunting #vaping effects.🕷️Young people who vape are 5 times more likely to begin smoking. Don’t let this public health fright go unchecked. Read the joint statement: shorturl.at/yp3Tq

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31.10.2025 01:34 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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ANZOS 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting

Prof Louise Baur spoke on the Lancet Commission on the Definition and Diagnosis Clinical Obesity and implications for practice, noting all people with obesity (clinical or pre-clinical) should have equitable access to care
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21.10.2025 08:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📢PHAA WA Branch AGM
Wed 12 Nov 2025, 5-6:30pm

Online attendance is also available

We are honoured to be joined by guest speaker:
Carina Tan-Van Baren
Executive Director, Healthway

This is a presentation you won’t want to miss!

Register: phaa.eventsair.com/wa-agm/regis...

16.10.2025 08:53 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Public consultation open on Australia’s FIRST National Sexual and Reproductive Health Dataset by the AIHW. Please contribute and share with all your networks. Closing date 2 November 2025. www.aihw.gov.au/reports-data...

17.09.2025 03:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hon Mark Butler opens the #ASRH2025 in Tarndanya/Adelaide,
reflecting on several advances in sexual and reproductive health in Australia over the last 30 years, whilst showing his concerns over emerging issues such as the influence of social media on contraceptive choices. What a start!

16.09.2025 00:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Not sure what health career path is right for you?
Our WA Branch @phaa-wa.bsky.social and the Australian Health Promotion Association will hold a #CareerNight on 3 September at 5.30 – 8 pm AWST in Bentley. Hear from professionals and be inspired. Register: phaa.eventsair.com/wa-student-c...

06.08.2025 04:46 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

📢 Calling all students!📢

Mark your calendars.

Our Student Careers Night is happening on Wednesday 3rd September at 6pm.

More details to follow.

11.07.2025 04:49 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Background image is of a hand holding a cup full of sugar cubes with a straw - text reads "What about 100% juice and non-sugar sweeteners? A national study of support for taxes, labelling and marketing bans applied to sugary drinks, non-sugar sweetened beverages and 100% juice in Australia"

Background image is of a hand holding a cup full of sugar cubes with a straw - text reads "What about 100% juice and non-sugar sweeteners? A national study of support for taxes, labelling and marketing bans applied to sugary drinks, non-sugar sweetened beverages and 100% juice in Australia"

📢 NEW ARTICLE

National survey finds strong public support for action on sugary drinks:

✅ 83% support improved labelling
✅ 73% support restricting marketing to children
✅ 56% support a health levy

Also support for better labelling of non-sugar sweetened drinks & juice.

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

28.05.2025 04:52 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1