While people living in rural and remote parts of Australia have higher rates of heart disease, hospitalisations and poorer access to primary health care services than those in metropolitan a... Read more
Over the past five weeks or so, Croakey’s rotated, curated Twitter account, @WePublicHealth, has been shared among participants, viewers and organisers of VicHealth’s #HealthReImagined serie... Read more
With COVID-19 devastating lives and livelihoods around the globe, health experts are looking for lessons for a better, more equitable tomorrow, where food and job security, people-focused ur... Read more
The spread of COVID-19 around the world has shone a light on overcrowded prisons and, in Australia, the high and growing incarceration rates for First Nations people. In the second of two #C... Read more
Around the world, the novel coronavirus has spread rapidly throughout many prisons, and in Australia prisoners and their families are anxious about the potential threat from outbreaks here,... Read more
As coronavirus infection rates decline across Australia and social distancing rules are relaxed, mental health experts are warning of a second wave: a surge in people seeking mental health s... Read more
The curve has flattened, more protective gear is being imported and manufactured locally, and the Federal Government has responded by partially winding back a ban on elective surgery. But wi... Read more
Welcome to the third episode of our new podcast, CroakeyVOICES. Homelessness in the time of COVID 19 has some special challenges. Who can stay home when you don’t have a place to call your o... Read more
Listen to the latest #CroakeyVOICES podcast. Episode 2: Journalism Jeopardy and Patient 31 – lessons from South Korea https://media.whooshkaa.com/show/11819/episode/612511.mp3 COVID19 is fue... Read more
With the recent launch of the 2020 Close the Gap report profiling the cultural determinants of health, this timely article by Dr Tess Ryan highlights the health benefits of cultural burning,... Read more
