Some news items shared among network members

1. Sustainable Development Goals: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015 by all Member States of the United Nations. Health and well-being for all at all ages is a goal in itself (Goal 3), but it also affects and contributes to other SDGs. In addition, progress towards other SDGs can directly and indirectly benefit health and well-being. Health 2020, the policy framework for the WHO European Region, incorporates approaches and priorities common to the 2030 Agenda and provides a stepping stone towards achieving the SDGs in the Region.

2. Pokies cause harm: Get poker machines out of pubs and clubs – sign the letter: http://sarc.good.do/getthepokiesoutoftasmaniaspubsandclubs/letter/

3. Having a bad job may be worse for your health than having no job at all: https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/having-a-bad-job-may-be-worse-for-your-health-than-having-no-job-at-all?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=rgShare&utm_campaign=shareBlogPost

4. Infographic – what makes us healthy? http://www.health.org.uk/blog/infographic-what-makes-us-healthy

5. Biology is partly to blame for high rates of mental illness in women – the rest is social: http://theconversation.com/biology-is-partly-to-blame-for-high-rates-of-mental-illness-in-women-the-rest-is-social-75700?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=facebookbutton

6. How prejudice pushes low-income people onto an unhealthy diet - https://theconversation.com/how-prejudice-pushes-low-income-people-onto-an-unhealthy-diet-81936?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=facebookbutton

7. Children from poorer families have hardened arteries as young as 11: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/children-from-poorer-families-have-hardened-arteries-as-young-as-11/news-story/74115fcdef0bbff2a1f2ed37b47e0629

8. “Personal Responsibility” Is A Meaningless Term: https://medium.com/@gidmk/personal-responsibility-is-a-meaningless-term-8c1f7732993b

9. Vanishing Australian backyards leave us vulnerable to the stresses of city life: https://theconversation.com/vanishing-australian-backyards-leave-us-vulnerable-to-the-stresses-of-city-life-81479?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=facebookbutton

10. Teenagers from remote NT Aboriginal community make hip hop clip about mental illness: http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/indigenous-teens-make-hip-hop-clip-about-mental-illness/8833206

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