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Children may transmit coronavirus at the same rate as adults: what we now know about schools and COVID-19

Editor: Melissa SweetAuthor: Zoë Hydeon: November 25, 2020In: child health, Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, evidence-based issues, public health, The Conversation

Schools have emerged as an important site of transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19, and need to be a focus of pandemic control measures, according to Dr Zoë Hyde, an epidemiologist... Read more

Improving racial literacy: what will it take?

Editor: Melissa SweetAuthor: Debbie Bargallie and Alana Lentinon: October 01, 2020In: cultural safety, education, health and medical education, health and medical research, health literacy, Indigenous health, racism, Social determinants of health

Leading scholars have called for wide-ranging efforts to address low levels of racial literacy in Australia, including investment in race as an area of study within disciplines such as educa... Read more

Tackle racism in schools – amongst other things, it might boost Indigenous children’s attendance

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: July 02, 2014In: child health, Croakey longreads, mental health, racism, Racism and children/youth health symposium 2014, Social determinants of health

Marie McInerney reports on a recent symposium investigating how racism affects children and young people: Prime Minister Tony Abbott has declared that getting children to school is his “high... Read more

What are the health implications of building more prisons?

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: May 16, 2012In: education, evidence-based issues, Federal Budget 2012-2013, health impact assessment, health inequalities, hospitals, illicit drugs, Indigenous health, public health, Social determinants of health

Update, May 22: Extra material has been added at the bottom of this post about an assessment of the likely impact of a new correctional facility in Gatton, Queensland. *** Health journalists... Read more