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Just living close to a gaming venue increases the likelihood that you will gamble, face an increased risk of bankruptcy and experience poor mental health.
The sector-wide approach (SWAp) has been a prominent way to operationalise principles for aid effectiveness. A health SWAp is a formal agreement between an aid-recipient government and its donors.
The most detailed picture yet of those most affected by economic downturns shows young women suffer the greatest increase in psychological distress.
Loneliness has an economic cost. As a new study reveals its link with mental health in Australia, what can be done?
Less than half of all young adults facing mental health issues access professional help. Instead, they turn to friends and family for help with personal and emotional problems. Why?
Changes to patient blood management guidelines have lowered health risks for patients and reduced costs with fewer blood transfusions and less time spent in the hospital.
Heavier primary school children are given less favourable academic assessments by their teachers.
Women in their early-20's and mid-40's are more affected by local economic downturns than men.
'She'll be right mate' is Australia's version of Britain's 'Keep calm and carry on'. But what determines our ability to bounce back when life deals a heavy blow?
COVID-19 has made women reluctant to attend routine breast cancer screening, but there is a compelling reason not to put it off: cost.
Financial hardship from the COVID-19 lockdown will broaden the gap between rich and poor, with children faring worst.
Our governments spend less than $400 a year per person on mental health services. That has to change. But what's the best approach?
Unemployment-related stress leads to an increase in prescription opioid deaths; so does economic uncertainty.
Mental health issues can have little-understood but long-reaching consequences for individuals, families, neighbourhoods. Developing a mental health policy that best utilises our economic resources is crucial for all Australians.
The 'Americanisation' of our health system; pharmaceutical protectionism; a regulator for health – Professor Jeff Richardson has been at the coalface of these policy debates for more than 30 years.
As the Federal Government's inquiry into the obesity epidemic gets underway, new research shows the overall cost of childhood obesity may be much higher than previously thought.
Just how long does it take a community to get back on its feet following a natural disaster? And how much do we really know about the long-term effects on people's living standards, job prospects, educational outcomes and health?
Obesity is a global epidemic. The number of obese adults has more than doubled to 600 million worldwide since 1980, according to the World Health Organization.
