Croakey Health MediaA massive week @[email protected] on climate with #HEAL2022 and #HealthyCOP27 stories, #VicVotesHealth2022, #TwitterResistance and more.
In case you missed them, following is a thread of articles from this week's bulletin...
This week's quotable comes from the ICYMI column compiled by @[email protected]
"You know there is a rural medical crisis when you ring another rural hospital to transfer a patient, and they refuse the patient but offer you a job" – a rural GP on Twitter
"Despite these concerns & interest in alternative platforms such as Mastodon, many participants were resolved to stay with Twitter as long as possible, to ensure public health voices remain active on the platform" – @[email protected]
https://www.croakey.org/twitter-meltdown-is-a-threat-to-health-in-many-ways-so-what-to-do/
"The media plays a major role in shaping public views about policy issues & this campaign has continued the mainstream media’s concentration on hospitals & doctors when reporting on health" – @[email protected]
https://www.croakey.org/as-victorians-head-to-the-polls-what-are-the-health-issues-at-stake/
"At the top of the pack: a historic first at #COP27, we now have a #LossAndDamageFund" – @[email protected]
https://www.croakey.org/in-the-spirit-of-stubborn-optimism-what-does-cop27-mean-for-our-health/
"The number of people who died due to #COVID19 was over three times higher among those living in the most disadvantaged areas when compared to those living in the least disadvantaged areas" – @[email protected]
"It’s not all about building new hospitals and adding more beds, it’s about access, prevention, equity and smart spending" – @[email protected]
"This is a complex area, where the right balance is needed, to encourage adult alcohol substitution with zero-alcohol beverages, whilst protecting young people from as much alcohol marketing as possible" – @[email protected]
"With many disruptions to social connections over the past few years, loneliness has gained recognition as a big problem in our current society" – @[email protected]
#PHAAThinkTank @[email protected]
https://www.croakey.org/reducing-loneliness-it-takes-federal-willingness/
"Lifting people out of poverty & improving health through policies that generate net savings for society while reducing costs to governments should be prioritised" – Spencer Fowler Steen
"Heal Our Way is focusing on changing up the language we use to better support people and providing the tools for people to be able to listen & create a safe space for people to share their worries" – Shannay Holmes
https://www.croakey.org/creating-safe-spaces-for-conversations-to-prevent-suicide/
"These enormous costs are driven in part by a massive missed opportunity. As the old saying goes, it is better to build a fence at the top of the cliff than park an ambulance at the bottom" – @[email protected] @[email protected]
"Government must realise that traditional Island wisdom, knowledge & understanding is the most valuable tool for climate change adaptation" – Sereako Stephen (Jr), Melissa Haswell, Francis Nona & David Shearman
"Locking young people up during their crucial years of development has long-term impacts including poor emotional development, education outcomes & worse mental health in adulthood"– @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
https://www.croakey.org/locking-up-kids-harms-their-mental-health-and-doesnt-stop-reoffending/
"It is a tragic & escalating story still unfolding along major river systems across eastern Australia that underscores the urgency & scale of issues to be raised at this week’s #HEAL2022 conference" – @[email protected]
The latest Health Wrap by @[email protected]: sounding the alarm on unsafe drinking water, latest on #COVID19, community pharmacy trial, health literacy – and a puzzle
"The health system is bursting at the seams in multiple places simultaneously. It’s like we had an old pair of shorts, COVID came along & is causing holes in multiple places where things were already worn" – @[email protected], first in @[email protected]
https://www.croakey.org/why-our-health-system-is-like-an-old-pair-of-shorts/
https://www.croakey.org/why-our-health-system-is-like-an-old-pair-of-shorts/
"Use inclusive language. Better yet, don’t use excluding language. In what you say at home, at work, in the community… include. Don’t tack us on as an afterthought" – @[email protected]
https://www.croakey.org/this-trans-awareness-week-some-advice/