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The trial of the cashless welfare card, to control unhealthy spending in Indigenous communities, is being expanded partly due to emotive well-funded campaigns. Meanwhile, evidence is being ignored.
Shape-shifting bodies. Cracking voices. Hairs sprouting in new places. Why do some children enter puberty early?
Tobacco tax increases in Australia that will see a packet of cigarettes costing A$40 may discourage smoking, but will end up having unintended consequences for poorer smokers, new research shows.
The controversial Centrelink debt recovery system is bad news for the mental health of the disadvantaged and vulnerable people it targets.
A new way of looking at what’s behind chronic disease takes into account social, environmental and other factors, rather than blaming individuals.
Leaving school early more than doubles your risk of heart attack, according to a new Australian study.
The long term financial consequences of the pay gap are clear; but could there also been impacts on health?
AIDS and HIV are still major health threats, fueled by poverty and discrimination as much as by the virus responsible for the infection.
A new report recognises that no two Indigenous suicides are identical, then skilfully identifies common themes for informing responses that have the potential to save lives.
The effects of unaffordable housing cascade into other areas of life, in particular, affecting mental health.
Childhood obesity is increasing and is most common for children living in disadvantage. But it’s preventable if we begin from the start of life.
Nearly all Indigenous Australian children have some form of otitis media, a middle ear infection that often leads to hearing loss.
The good and bad things that happen in early childhood set the stage for health and well-being throughout a person’s life.
There are several lessons that the world can learn from Brazil about how to rapidly reduce child stunting in 10 years.
Professor Sir Michael Marmot explains how the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, determine their risk of poor health.
How do inequities of wealth and income manifest in Australia? And what are the implications for the nation’s health?
We all like to think we are free agents and have huge degrees of agency. But, in reality, our health reflects the environments we live in.
Around 20% of Aboriginal births in Western Australia between 1996 and 2012 weren’t registered, new research shows. This has many social and health ramifications for their future.
Understanding genetics isn’t enough to solve our health problems – we need to look at where people live, too.
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) and Professor of Health Equity, ANU, Australian National University
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Full Professor and Associate Vice-President, Research, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Emeritus Professor, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University
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Professor of Health Equity, The Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Disability and Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Perinatal and pediatric epidemiologist; distinguished professorial fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
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Brett Montgomery is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Purple House Medical Advisor. Honorary ANU., Australian National University
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Honorary Professor, Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Macquarie University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
