Equity Fair

The Equity Fair was a showcase of tools and current good practice in equity action. This two day training was a collaboration between SACHRU, Department of Public Health and the Australian Health Promotion Association (SA branch). Approximately 60 people attended each day; mainly primary health care practitioners and tertiary students. The fair included presentations from: Professor Fran Baum, Public Health Information Development Unit, University of Adelaide, Playford council, Noarlunga Health Services, and more. Below are links to the presentations made.

Presentation Links:

Fran Baum - Re-orienting Health Care Systems
Gwyn Jolley - Equity Fair
Miranda Roe - Social Determinants of Health & Wellbeing
Miranda Roe - Options for action
Angela Lawless - Towards Health Equity
Angela Lawless - Connecting Upstream and Downstream
Angela Lawless - Ten Tips for Better Health
Angela Lawless - Program Logic
Kirsty Hammet & Karen James - Health Inequity
Patricia Lamb - Survey Monkey

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Fulbright Symposium

The 2008 Fulbright Symposium – Healthy People, Prosperous Country – hosted by Flinders University and the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health was held at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide over two days (10-11 July) with a third day (12 July) dedicated for a group of Emerging Leaders.

The Symposium posed the question: In a rapidly changing world, how can we make a difference?

The Symposium brought together people across all sectors, who were interested in bringing about change to ensure that 21st century living promotes health, wellbeing and prosperity and expressed an interest in promoting health and well-being through taking action on the social determinants of health. Around 220 participants – academics, community members, professionals and policy makers from a range of sectors (economic, planning, housing, employment, environment, health, education, urban planning) attended the two-days.

Further information is available at: www.flinders.edu.au/fulbright-symposium

Other links:

Listen to a distinguished group of keynote speakers at the Fulbright Symposium discussing Health, Hope and Happiness: Creating Prosperous Societies on ABC Radio National's The National Interest program ( http://www.abc.net.au/rn/nationalinterest/)

Fulbright Symposium on the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health website: http://www.crcah.org.au/communication/Enews/Gwalwa-Gai15/gwalwagai15.html

Strengthening Comprehensive Primary Health Care short course

In February, SACHRU organised a 5 day short course entitled "Comprehensive primary health care research and evaluation 2008". This short course is contributing to the international Teasdale Corti project 'Revitalizing Health for All: Learning from Comprehensive Primary Health Care Experiences' that recognises the need for an increased evidence base for comprehensive PHC in order to strengthen and support the provision of effective, efficient, equitable and sustainable PHC services.

The course was conducted by an eminent panel of international experts in the field of comprehensive PHC comprising of (i) Professor Fran Baum, Head: Department of Public Health and Director: SA Community Health Research Unit (SACHRU), Flinders University, (ii) Professor Ron Labonte, Canada Research Chair, Globalization/Health Equity Institute of Population Health (iii) Associate Professor David Legge, La Trobe University and (iv) Professor David Sanders, Director Public Health Program, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. The other presenters were from SACHRU, Flinders University and Country Health SA. The aim of this short course was to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to design and implement a comprehensive primary health care research/evaluation project.

The first part of the course included an overview of comprehensive PHC, global learning and case studies, programme logic, theory of change, research methods with focus on participatory research, issues in analysis and research ethics. The final two days were spent in developing proposals for presentation and critique. The overall format of the course was participatory in order to generate discussions, interaction, sharing and reviewing in the form of group work, panel discussions, case studies etc. The course participants also benefited from the concomitant lunch time seminars given by the panel members. The presentations encompassed social determinants of health, globalization, health sector reform and their impact on health and development.

The course attracted 36 senior and mid-level managers from a range of professional fields with a good mix from health and allied sectors serving urban and rural areas, and mainstream and special population groups. SACHRU hopes to keep in touch with participants to hear about their ongoing research proposals and successful funding applications.