Are you a Tassie school interested in joining the Program? We're heading your way with Program Delivery Training on 26/27 August in Hobart.
Now is the time to join, here's how:
29 July 2014
11 July 2014
SDOH Information Out & About
1. How to
create easy to read information for the community
In this practical workshop you will:
Work on reviewing or developing a resource (e.g.
flyer, pamphlet or brochure) that you bring to the workshop
Look at the things to consider when developing
resources- for example, layout, font size, language and readability
Learn about resources and support available.
*This workshop requires participants to do some before and after workshop
activity to support learning.
When: Friday 29 August 2014, 10am-3pm
Where: Level 5, 25 Argyle St, Hobart
What to bring: A paper copy and electronic copy of a resource you would
like to work on
Registrations are essential via https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HLAugust2014
before 18th July 2014. For more information please email jennie.gorringe@dhhs.tas.gov.au
or rebecca.essex@dhhs.tas.gov.au
*This session is delivered at no cost and in partnership with Population
Health DHHS, Health Promotion South THOS, and Health Promotion North THON.
2.
Disability in Australia 2014: the Potential, the Reality and the Journey
Leading disability and
health development advocate Rhonda Galbally, AO, will deliver the
2014 TasCOSS Dorothy Pearce Address on Thursday
17 July, 5pm-7pm, at the C3 Convention Centre, South Hobart. Dr
Galbally -- a board member of the National Disability Insurance Agency and
deputy chair of the NDIS Advisory Group -- will speak on the
theme Disability in Australia 2014: the Potential, the Reality and the
Journey.
We invite you to come along to hear this inspiring speaker talk about
an era of major change -- change that will affect many Tasmanians and many
service providers. There will be conversation over light food
and refreshments in the foyer afterwards.
Dr Galbally's many previous roles have included CEO of the Myer
Foundation, founder of the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, co-founder
and CEO of Our Community, chair of Philanthropy Australia, establishment CEO of
the Australian National Preventive Health Agency and chair of the National
People with Disability and Carers Council.
Cost: $20/$10 TasCOSS members and concession. This is a catered event so
please RSVP by Tuesday 15 July.
or phone
(03) 6231 0755 or email admin@tascoss.org.au
3.
Entries are invited for the 2nd annual Gavin Mooney Memorial Essay
Competition.
The topic
is: The social and cultural determinants of mental health: collective
responsibilities; individualism; austerity; entitlements.
More details are here:http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2014/07/05/entries-sought-for-essay-competition-focusing-on-mental-health/
And this link is to Prof Tony McMichael’s
review of the previous competition’s top essays on climate change and equity: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2014/07/06/book-review-commendable-reading-on-climate-change-and-equity/
4.
The latest edition of The Health Wrap
is a comprehensive update of national and global public health news: from
Frances Gilham at the Sax Institute.
5. Social security review leaves Australia’s carers
in limbo
Carers received
relatively little attention in the interim report of
the Review of Australia’s Welfare System. This was despite early media reports that
the Carer Payment would
be a target for reform.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/social-security-review-leaves-australias-carers-in-limbo-28660
6. GP co-payment
would increase emergency department wait times
The introduction of a GP co-payment could see
average emergency department visits increase by between six minutes and almost
three hours, new modelling shows, as more patients opt for free hospital care…
Read
more: http://theconversation.com/gp-co-payment-would-increase-emergency-department-wait-times-28658
7.
The Political Economy of Health Inequalities:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NCTYqAub8g
8. “Money makes you healthier”: Health and wealth in the City of Ottawa
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/health-and-wealth-in-the-city-of-ottawa
9. Ageing and Employment Policies: France 2014-
Working Better with Age
People today are living longer than ever before, while birth rates are dropping in the majority of OECD countries. In such demographics, public social expenditures require to be adequate and sustainable in the long term.
Read
the report here: http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/social-issues-migration-health/ageing-and-employment-policies-france-2014_9789264207523-en#page2
10. Person-in-Environment
This bibliography deals with the concept “person in environment” as a
practice orienting perspective for social work practice and education. This
perspective is based on the notion that an individual and his or her behavior
cannot be understood adequately without consideration of the various aspects of
that individual’s environment (social, political, familial, temporal,
spiritual, economic, and physical). A person-in-environment perspective is said
to provide a more adequate framework for assessing an individual and his or her
presenting problem and strengths than an approach that focuses solely on
changing an individual’s behavior or psyche, or one that focuses solely on
environmental conditions. This perspective is also thought to increase the
range of interventions available to the practitioner—with the options to
intervene directly with the individual or into aspects of the environment or
both...
Read more: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195389678/obo-9780195389678-0092.xml
11. 2013 Attitudes and Beliefs about the Social Determinants of Health
Report
This report highlights the attitudes and
beliefs about the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) of Halton adults aged 18
and over using self-reported data collected from the Rapid Risk Factor
Surveillance System (RRFSS) in 2013. The SDoH influence the environments where
we live, learn, work, play and age. These environments are important because
they shape our opportunities to be healthy, and strongly influence the health
outcomes of Canadians. Addressing the SDoH can be a challenge as the public’s
perception of factors related to our health tend to not include things related
to socioeconomic status such as income, education, and employment. This report
provides us with information that can be used to better frame and target
communication messages about the SDoH.
Read the report here: http://www.halton.ca/common/pages/UserFile.aspx?fileId=120854
02 June 2014
Don't forget - Medicare Forum in Hobart Next Week
Medicare Forum in Hobart
Feeling Sick: Medicare Co-Payments and our Health
TasCOSS and The Medicare Action Group would like to invite you to a freeLunchtime Policy Forum, for a public discussion about the impacts of co-payments for Medicare services.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott recently told local radio listeners in Hobart that there is nothing wrong with contributing a modest co-payment when we visit health services. But just how will a “modest” co-payment affect Tasmanians, our already strained health system, and our community in general?
Come and hear an expert panel, including health policy analysts Jennifer Doggett and Martyn Goddard, present their ideas. Then join us for what promises to be a robust audience and panel discussion.
Details:
Baha’i Centre
Tuesday 10 June 2014, 12 noon – 2 pm.
Bring along your lunch; tea and coffee will be provided.
Register here:
Please register by Thursday 5 June.
Any queries, please contact Pauline@tascoss.org.au or phone on 6231 0755.
29 May 2014
E-book: Rise of the Empowered Citizen
The web means the opportunity for ordinary Australians to make a difference has never been greater.
As change.org hits two million Australian users, one in every ten with internet access, new survey data is putting a lie to the popularised notion that citizens are "disengaged" or "apathetic".
Australians are going online to have their say on issues that matter to them – and winning change every week.
This booklet takes the pulse of this new digital form of politics. Exploring the rise of the empowered citizen, trends in online campaigning and what's in store for the future – and it lays down the challenge for our politicians, CEOs and other decision makers to get on board.
Download or read on right now: https://www.change.org/en-AU/about/e-book
On political engagement: "The truth is that the idea of the “disengaged citizen” is a myth.
Trust in old-school party politics may be at all-time lows, but the public’s interest in the issues that affect their daily lives has never been greater."
Medicare Forum in Hobart
Feeling Sick: Medicare Co-Payments and our Health
TasCOSS
and The Medicare Action Group would like to invite you to a free Lunchtime Policy Forum, for a public
discussion about the impacts of co-payments for Medicare services.
Prime
Minister Tony Abbott recently told local radio listeners in Hobart that there
is nothing wrong with contributing a modest co-payment when we visit health
services. But just how will a “modest” co-payment affect Tasmanians, our
already strained health system, and our community in general?
Come
and hear an expert panel, including health policy analysts Jennifer Doggett and
Martyn Goddard, present their ideas. Then join us for what promises to be a
robust audience and panel discussion.
Details:
Baha’i
Centre
Tuesday
10 June 2014, 12 noon – 2 pm.
Bring
along your lunch; tea and coffee will be provided.
Register here:
Please
register by Thursday 5 June.
Any
queries, please contact Pauline@tascoss.org.au
or phone on 6231 0755.
22 May 2014
PETITION ‘NO GP TAX IN OUR NAME'
Fund health and medical research through universal,
fair & progressive taxation
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The ‘No GP Tax in our name’ Campaign asks Australian health
and medical researchers and all concerned citizens to take a stand against
the Australian Government’s decision to fund medical research through the new
GP Tax.
It is unethical to fund medical research with a GP Tax which
will discourage people from visiting their GP and detracts from the universal
free-at-the point of use nature of Medicare. This new Tax will fall hardest
on the most disadvantaged, and those with low incomes or a chronic condition.
It will increase demand on over-stretched emergency departments and public
hospitals.
We don’t need a hastily thought out scheme that links a GP tax
to research income.
We can afford to be a compassionate country which cares for
all its citizens and funds universal free-at the point of use health
services.
We are calling on the Australian Government to fund health and
medical research through universal, fair and progressive taxation and to
delink the funding from the GP tax.
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To join us and say ‘No GP Tax in our name,’ sign our
petition, or use #noGPtax on Twitter
Click below to join petition
-----------------------------Life just gets harder for marginalised Australians: Salvos research shows the real face of Australian poverty
A nationwide survey of around 2,500 Salvation Army welfare clients reveals a harrowing snapshot of the realities of daily life for those living on the margins - vulnerable, difficult lives which The Salvation Army believes are about to get even harder in light of the recent Federal budget.
Read more here: http://salvos.org.au/about-us/latest-news/media-newsroom/20140521-tsa-rsa-esis-report/
To download the full Economic and Social Impact Survey report, please click here.
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