OVERVIEW

Australian Public Health Conference 2023 is organized by Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), Inc and will be held from Sep 26 - 28, 2023 at Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Description:
The 2023 Conference theme is: ‘Investing in a strong, smart and sustainable public health system for the future’.

Investing to strengthen the public health system so that it is the cornerstone of a sustainable health and well-being system for all should be a key response to the pandemic. As a profession, we need to scale up efforts to fundamentally reframe the public’s understanding and valuing of public health evidence and practice.

We now have a National Preventive Health Strategy and a commitment to establish an Australian Centre for Disease Control. However, the lack of clear resource allocation to balance prevention with control strategies and emergency responses, for both communicable and non-communicable diseases, is of great concern.

Now is the time to consider what constitutes a high value public health system. We will open up this discussion by bringing together researchers, practitioners, policy makers, students and community members who have a strong commitment to change, driven by evidence and experience.
We warmly encourage you to lock the date in your diaries to join us for the Australian Public Health Conference 2023.

Conference Objectives:
The Conference objectives are to:
• Create a safe environment for knowledge sharing, collaboration and relationship building;
• Promote and celebrate public health;
• To create an understanding of the past, present and future public health issues;
• Create an inclusive and culturally safe environment with opportunities to discuss issues of diversity, disability and accessibility, and provide an equal opportunity to be part of the program and public health discussion;
• Deliver latest research, program implementations and workforce developments;
• Showcase new developments in advocacy in public health through keynote speakers;
• Showcase leadership in public health from established and emerging leaders; and
• Highlight the activities of the PHAA, including state and territory branches and special interest groups, and encourage delegates to work together to achieve better health outcomes for Australians.