PHAA ANNUAL REPORT 2013 – 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 2013 – 2014 of the Public Health Association of Australia Incorporated The Annual Report of the Public Health Association of Australia including: 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 • Reports of the Executive • Report of the CEO • Progress Against Strategic Plan • Branch Reports • Special Interest Group Reports • PHERT and PHRAG Reports • Audited Financial Statements 20 Napier Close Deakin ACT Australia, 2600 – PO Box 319 Curtin ACT Australia 2605 T (02) 6285 2373 F (02) 6282 5438 E [email protected] W www.phaa.net.au 1 PHAA ANNUAL REPORT 2013 – 2014 Contents Contents .............................................................................................................................................................. 2 The Public Health Association of Australia .......................................................................................................... 5 The Board ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 Board as at July 2014 ........................................................................................................................................ 6 President’s Report ............................................................................................................................................... 8 Vice-President (Development) Report .............................................................................................................. 10 Vice-President (Policy) Report ........................................................................................................................... 11 Vice President (Finance) Report ........................................................................................................................ 12 Overview of Financial Performance 2013-2014 .............................................................................................12 Audit Report ...................................................................................................................................................12 Operating Result .............................................................................................................................................13 Balance Sheet .................................................................................................................................................13 Vice President (Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander) Report ................................................................................. 14 Vision for a healthy population ......................................................................................................................16 PHAA’s Mission ...............................................................................................................................................16 Aims ................................................................................................................................................................16 Support and build current advocacy, policy and communication activities ..................................................... 17 Population Health Congress Partnership .......................................................................................................17 Social determinants of health and addressing inequities ..............................................................................18 Social Determinants of Health Alliance ..........................................................................................................19 The Public Forum on Racism and Culture as Social Determinants, 20 February 2014 ............................. 19 Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Inquiry ..........................................................................20 Loss of public health workforce and community based services ...................................................................20 Global health, climate change and economics ...............................................................................................21 Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) ............................................................................................ 21 Climate and Health Alliance ...........................................................................................................................21 Food and Nutrition .........................................................................................................................................21 Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australia (CAPHIA) ...............................................................23 The National Complex Needs Alliance ...........................................................................................................25 The inaugural meeting of the National Complex Needs Alliance, 5 December 2013 ............................... 25 The second meeting of the National Complex Needs Alliance, 27 June 2014 .......................................... 26 Population Health Congress Partnership .......................................................................................................... 26 Commitment to sector capacity building .......................................................................................................... 27 20 Napier Close Deakin ACT Australia, 2600 – PO Box 319 Curtin ACT Australia 2605 T (02) 6285 2373 F (02) 6282 5438 E [email protected] W www.phaa.net.au 2 PHAA ANNUAL REPORT 2013 – 2014 National Social Inclusion and Complex Needs Conference 2013 ...................................................................27 PHAA 42nd Annual Conference 2013 .............................................................................................................28 Australasian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Conference 2013 .....................................................29 Immunisation Conference 2014 .....................................................................................................................29 Developing Quality Research............................................................................................................................. 31 2013 Policy Process ........................................................................................................................................31 2014 Policy Process ........................................................................................................................................32 Stakeholder engagement & consultation activities across the public health network ..................................... 33 Engagement and consultation with stakeholders – a snapshot ....................................................................33 June 2014 (an illustrative example) ........................................................................................................... 34 Submissions to Government ..........................................................................................................................35 MEDIA ................................................................................................................................................................ 38 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (ANZJPH) ...................................................................... 39 Membership ...................................................................................................................................................... 42 Branch Reports .................................................................................................................................................. 43 Australian Capital Territory Branch ................................................................................................................43 New South Wales Branch ...............................................................................................................................44 Northern Territory Branch..............................................................................................................................45 Queensland Branch ........................................................................................................................................46 South Australian Branch .................................................................................................................................47 Tasmanian Branch ..........................................................................................................................................49 Victorian Branch .............................................................................................................................................50 Western Australian Branch ............................................................................................................................51 Special Interest Group Reports ......................................................................................................................... 55 Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health .....................................................................................................55 Alcohol ............................................................................................................................................................55 Child Health 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