Alison Barrett

@AlisonSBarrett

Research assistant and casual academic teacher at Adelaide University.

Kaurna/Adelaide au.linkedin.com/in/missalisonsb Joined October 2015

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Alison Barrett @AlisonSBarrett Jan 10, 2025

“While the politics may be complicated, the public health imperative is not complicated–action is needed to prevent further death, injury & suffering in Gaza”-Guy Gillor, Fiona Stanley, Rob Moodie, Sue Wareham etal

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gh.bmj.com The role of public health professionals in addressing the health and humanitarian catastrophe in... Gaza is in the midst of a health and humanitarian catastrophe,1 bringing an astronomical escalation in health needs. With annihilated health infrastructure,2 scarce or non-existent medical and health...

Alison Barrett @AlisonSBarrett Jul 24, 2024

Thanks to @mmoore50 for inviting @CroakeyNews to discuss media & advocacy in your #PublicHealthAdvocacy short course this week.

It was great to share some of the ways public health advocates can engage with media!

Croakey Services @CroakeyServices May 24, 2024

Warm thanks to @UniCanberra for supporting independent media, by advertising your #publichealthadvocacy course with us!
Also, how nice to see Dr Michael Moore @mmoore50 smiling at us from the @CroakeyNews homepage :)

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Alison Barrett @AlisonSBarrett Jun 3, 2024

This week @CroakeyNews takes part in the first sector-wide fundraising campaign, supported by LINA

⬇️ @MelissaSweetDr explains what this means for Croakey & how you can help save #publicinterestjournalism for #healthequity! #OurNewsYourVoice #SaveCroakey

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www.croakey.org In a landmark week for local and independent media, a letter to Croakey readers and supporters... This is a landmark week for local and independent media in Australia, with the first sector-wide fundraising campaign, supported by

Alison Barrett @AlisonSBarrett May 12, 2024

Interesting discussions in Sth Australia about children & social media bans

Cc @IlonaKickbusch @MelissaSweetDr

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www.abc.net.au 'There's no time to waste': SA government looks into social media ban for children The SA government announces what it says is an "ambitious" first step to protect children from social media and its harmful impacts on their mental health, but one expert says a blanket ban is rarely...

Alison Barrett @AlisonSBarrett Apr 16, 2024

Am looking forward to reporting on #DigitalDeterminants24 & #HealthierSocieties for @CroakeyNews Conference Service this week.
Join the discussions @WePublicHealth

Melissa Sweet @MelissaSweetDr Apr 16, 2024

Follow #DigitalDeterminants24 and #HealthierSocieties for news from events this week with @IlonaKickbusch in Adelaide.
@AlisonSBarrett will be reporting for the @CroakeyNews Conference Service at @WePublicHealth
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