Positioning health promotion as a policy priority in Australia

Facilitating an early career transition pathway to community nursing: A Delphi Policy Study

“…Having a capable nursing workforce able to deliver proper and appropriate care in these settings is important (Smith & Herriot, ). A competent community nursing workforce is realized by employing new graduate nurses and by inspiriting experienced and proficient nurses to transfer from employment in acute care to community practice.…”

Ten years on from the World Health Organization Commission of Social Determinants of Health: Progress or procrastination?

“…Despite the success of the South Australian HiAP model, it has not been adopted readily in other states and territories across Australia. Recent public health policy scholars have emphasised the importance of HiAP approaches, adaptive policies, intersectoral action and systems thinking to achieve action on SDH, but also questioned the extent to which current Australian approaches have been able to address structural health inequities . An over emphasis on individually focused, risk factor driven initiatives, has not helped in this regard .…”

A National Men’s Health Strategy in Australia: Tips for Implementation

“…[28][29][30] In addition, contemporary national and global public health scholarship has consistently advocated for greater investment in health promotion and illness prevention, with calls to integrate health promotion more readily into public policy contexts. [30][31][32] As such, it seems logical that a focus on health promotion has been reinforced through preliminary consultation processes. However, this needs to occur at a sufficient scale to positively influence health, social and economic outcomes among Australian boys and men.…”