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 Update Issue 2, 2007
Strategic Directions
Spotlight
Latest News
Latest Events
Contact Us
We hope you enjoy this second issue of the AIHPS update and that you would pass this onto interested colleagues. We would also appreciate your comments, feedback and ideas via email
Strategic Directions
Each month we will update all subscribers about the latest in the AIHPS work and research program.
Roundtable & Seminar program
The first of the AIHPS Roundtable program for 2007 was held on the 13th April 2007 at PriceWaterhouse Coopers in Sydney. The topic for discussion was Leadership for Health: Issues and Challenges.
The presenters for this event were:
Professor Richard Southby - George Washington University Medical Center
Mr Philip Davies - Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Professor David Hill - The Cancer Council (Victoria)
Ms Philippa Smith - Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia
Professor Andrew Wilson - Queensland Health
The program flyer and the presentations are now available for download from the AIHPS website. The summary of outcomes from the event will be available in the coming weeks.
The next AIHPS Roundtable/Seminar event will be advertised by June 2007.
Consumer Engagement Project
The Interview Outcomes report is now available.
This paper discusses the themes emerging from a series of qualitative interviews exploring the use of consumer engagement in policy development. The interviews were part of a research project conducted by the Australian Institute of Health Policy Studies (AIHPS) to examine consumer engagement in Australian health policy.
The Project Framework and Literature Review are also available for download.
AIHPS Website
Over the coming months, the AIHPS website will be going under re-construction to assist in the dissemination of all AIHPS information and resources. We would welcome your feedback and comments as the site is upgraded.
The first section of the site, the Roundtable pages and related documents, has now been completed.
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AIHPS Spotlight
Each month we get an insight of our AIHPS members - this month's "Spotlight" is on Robyn McDermott...
What is your current position?
Pro Vice Chancellor and Vice President, Division of Health Sciences,
University of South Australia.
What is your role in AIHPS?
I represent the University of SA as an academic partner in the AIHPS.
What motivated you to work in the health sector/chosen field?
I studied medicine in Sydney in the 1970's as a way of running away from home (Canberra) then found working as a rural doctor gave opportunities for using emergency and procedural skills, and also adventure. I have lived and worked in Antarctica, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Phillipines, China, Samoa, the USA, Mongolia as well as remote parts of the NT and north Queensland. Working with Indigenous people converted me to public health and looking at the obvious and not-so-obvious social determinants of health.
What do you hope to achieve in your position?
To find effective ways of closing the evidence-policy loop in health, including the links between investing in early development and better health in disadvantaged populations.
 Latest News
National News
April
Health's costly data system
Billions wasted in hospital system
Indigenous life on the up
March
Cervical cancer vaccinations begin
Climate change for bad health
Delegates call for quick fix to government reform package
International News
April
Health gap "widest at retirement" (UK)
Mixed news on NHS staff numbers (UK)
Fears over care information gap (UK)
March
Cancer burden expected to soar, overwhelm doctors (US)
Diabetes: a growing problem in newly-rich Asia (Hong Kong)
UK 'needs urban health strategy' (UK)
More News
 Latest Events
May
PCHRIS Research Conference - Working Together
ACHSE State Conference (Queensland)
June
IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education (Canada)
More Events
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