Public health physician, global citizen, ex-WHO and mother/daughter/sister. Beneficiary of unfair systems. Views are my own or others’.
Auckland, New Zealand
Joined June 2009
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You can’t achieve equity without devolving power and resources. “Pro-equity” approaches within mainstream system can only, at best, reduce inequity and bias. In 2022, may the mainstream system spend more energy scrutinising their own performance than they do “others”. Trust!
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As a woman, I find this photograph of world leaders attending #cop27egypt *deeply* unsettling in 2022.
#COP27
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@MagdaSzubanski “If we can stiffen the spine of the politicians…we can give them the political will to fight back against the food industry so we can take back control of what we’re eating” #nationalhealthcheck
#kidsaresweetenough
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Very proud to be part of the team that published the first review of the ways in which commercial industry activities contribute to health and well-being outcomes of Indigenous populations #CDoH @IHT_Deakin @GLOBE_Deakin gh.bmj.com/content/7/11/e010…
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Pakeha getting all bothered about ram raiding what about when your ancestors ram raided the of this whole fucken country for your fucken colony.
Crime and violence paved the way for colonisers and their descendants
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Stats written about us by non-Indigenous people is seen through a blurred lens. This is not our story. Our stories come from some 60000 years ago. We have been nuturing social, emotions and physical wellbeing for millenia @DrCChamberlain #bstl2022
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👊👊👊 quote from @DrNgaree- 'we don't want to be on your [diversity] committee. We want to be where the DECISIONS are being made'.
The burden of additional cultural labour isn't recognised. Diversity means respecting people time enough to give maximal impact to their time. 2/5
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#CDoH: “To reduce the burden of #UnhealthyDiets, there is a clear need for government-led action to disrupt the balance of power that currently favours #CommercialInterests over #PublicHealth.”
@chung_alexandra @lewest @janemartinopc @SharonFrielOz
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The Greens are also calling on Labor to fully implement the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, the Bringing Them Home report and raising the age of legal responsibility to 14. This is long overdue and as urgent as ever.
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It's almost like the socioeconomic determinants of health matter in the prevention of chronic inflammatory diseases 🤔
Researchers who study Type 2 diabetes have reached a stark conclusion: There is no device or drug powerful enough to counter the effects of poverty, pollution, stress, a broken food system, cities that aren't walkable, and inequitable access to healthcare. nyti.ms/3SRkKZS
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Increase inequalities, then do nothing about them and refuse to take ‘action’ to reduce demand on your struggling health service. Quite a strategy.
EXCL: Thérèse Coffey is ditching the government’s long-promised white paper on health inequalities despite the 19-year gap in life expectancy between rich and poor - another top scoop from @denis_campbell theguardian.com/politics/202…
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If we as a society truly cared about children, we would help their parents in every way. From a livable wage to affordable housing to childcare, investing in our future is more than saying "children are the future". The conditions we are born, grow, live, work and age matter.
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There are numerous ways in which the Covid 19 response failed Māori. In this post I use Ministry of Health figures for Covid 19 deaths to explain why inequities for Māori are obscured in the publicly available data. link.medium.com/XOuTB30prtb
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"A policy of malign neglect of population health seems to be in place. The public is being taken out of public health, and individual freedom of choice is promoted with no concern for the context in which those choices have to be made" @GabrielScally bmj.com/content/378/bmj.o221…
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A true national treasure and icon, the legendary actor, musician and activist Aboriginal Elder Uncle Jack Charles has died at age 79.
NOTE: This story uses Uncle Jack Charles's name and image with the permission of his family.
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Government spends money “treating” poverty because it is more publicly acceptable than spending money to reduce poverty. Lift benefits! Mental health services can’t solve a mental health crisis - expert blog by Dr Ruth Cunningham blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
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“Keeping citizens healthy from preventable NCDs is not about a government’s choice to invest in health, it is an investment in a country’s economic stability and security."
@ncdalliance | @katiedain1 | #ActOnNCDs | Global Week for Action starts tomorrow
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Most evaluations in #globalhealth do not evaluate impact
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Great work from @otago Division of Health Sciences who have introduced Travel Grants-in-aid for Caregivers, to reduce the inequities faced in academia for single parents/women
