by Katina D'Onise | Mar 7, 2025 | Post
The way people perceive racism is clearly divisive. There are heated parliamentary debates, frequent discussion in traditional and social media and substantial debate regarding the anti-racism movement internationally. There are differing views of what racism is,...
by Katina D'Onise | Mar 7, 2025 | Post
In public health there are examples of education campaigns that are run in the absence of corresponding substantial, multi-level interventions. Why do we do this? Education is an approach that can be implemented relatively easily and in a cost-effective way. Much of...
by Katina D'Onise | Mar 7, 2025 | Post
There has been a growing focus on the effects of social isolation and loneliness because of the significant impact they have on mental health and wellbeing, and from a physical health perspective, social isolation increases the odds of death by 29% and loneliness by...
by Katina D'Onise | Mar 7, 2025 | Post
Racism is pervasive in Australia. There are numerous and repeated surveys of the Australian population that identify that around 40-50% of Aboriginal people have experienced racism and for the broader community, that is around 30%. Our societies have long used a...
by Katina D'Onise | Mar 7, 2025 | Post
There is a well-known gap in time between when there is sufficient evidence to take public health action, and when public health action is implemented. In the biomedical world this gap in time is 17 years. In public health the time can be in multiple decades. Given...
