My colleague Margaret Simons wrote an interesting article recently asking whether online games could be a useful tool for public interest journalism. She noted that the sales figures for onl... Read more
This is the abstract of a study that University of Illinois researchers published recently in the journal Travel Policy. Vehicle travel and obesity rates in the United States have surged in... Read more
This column, the reflections of a GP in north Queensland, was first published in Australian Rural Doctor magazine, and deserves to be widely read. Amongst other things, it raises the questio... Read more
Victorians now know where their first four Medicare Locals will be located (although I haven’t yet tracked down any details on what they have promised to do, as was outlined for the first 15... Read more
Croakey has often been grateful for the work done by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in the US. The IOM, established in 1970 as the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, aims to pr... Read more
Some recent snippets related to primary health care that may be of interest, particularly given the recent announcement of the first Medicare Locals. *** Universal themes A major new report... Read more
More than three million Australians are at risk of being left on the wrong side of the digital divide, with profound consequences for public health and economic wellbeing, according to Don P... Read more
Does a medical model or a social health framework provide the most equitable and effective approach for improving the health of children (and thus of future adults and communities), particul... Read more
Health economist Professor Gavin Mooney writes: There have been many comments on Crikey, Croakey and elsewhere on the budget. Here I want to endorse Martin Laverty’s call on Croakey for a Se... Read more
Finally, perhaps some of the rhetoric about the importance of “whole-of-government” approaches in health is going to be put into action. The recent budget announcements on mental... Read more
