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katinadonise
3 days ago
Epidemiology: moving from anecdotes to averages
Have you heard the story about the one person who beat cancer with positive thinking? Or that Winston Churchill smoked cigars and drank...
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katinadonise
Jan 21
Welcome!
A warm welcome to you. Here I write about a range of public health topics, focusing on the questions I have been asked over the years....
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katinadonise
Dec 2, 2024
What do policy people need to know about research translation?
I am sure many of us have had the experience of being approached by university researchers who have a project in mind that they think you...
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katinadonise
Sep 27, 2024
Fact sheet: Termination of Pregnancy (Terminations and Live Births) Amendment Bill
Professor Katina D'Onise AM, 27 September 2024 The Bill, introduced to parliament this week, calls for a ban on abortion after 27 weeks...
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katinadonise
Sep 10, 2024
A public health approach to racism.
The way people perceive racism is clearly divisive. There are heated parliamentary debates, frequent discussion in traditional and social...
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katinadonise
Aug 1, 2024
Public health leadership series: Data as an enabler
It is well accepted that data should form a basis for decision making in public health. Data can identify the root cause of risk or...
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katinadonise
Jun 27, 2024
Public health leadership series: Perseverance
There is a well-known gap in time between when there is sufficient evidence to take public health action, and when public health action...
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katinadonise
May 20, 2024
Public health leadership: Engaging with different perspectives
It is readily apparent that our societies are truly diverse and that we see clashes of world views daily. Why is this important to...
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katinadonise
Mar 5, 2024
Education only approaches, are they effective and are they fair?
In public health there are examples of education campaigns that are run in the absence of corresponding substantial, multi-level...
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katinadonise
Feb 9, 2024
An adaptive approach to influencing complex systems
There are many and varied complex problems in society. Government health and social service systems are often overwhelmed and there are a...
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katinadonise
Jan 10, 2024
Social isolation and loneliness; how can thinking about social exclusion help?
There has been a growing focus on the effects of social isolation and loneliness because of the significant impact they have on mental...
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Katina D'Onise
Dec 2, 2023
What is a public health approach?
What is a public health approach? Taking a “public health approach” is a phrase being more commonly used in health and social services....
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Katina D'Onise
Dec 1, 2023
Racism.
Racism is pervasive in Australia. There are numerous and repeated surveys of the Australian population that identify that around 40-50%...
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Katina D'Onise
Nov 28, 2023
What is data governance and why is it important?
There are varying definitions of data governance, but I think of it as a set of transparent rules that govern the quality of the data...
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