Early Public Health Career Network Workshop

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Early Public Health Career Network Workshop

• APACPH, 19th Nov. 2005
• Dr John Hall
• Senior Lecturer
• School of Public Health
• University of Sydney

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2. Demography

• Main features of the Australian population
• - Concentrated in Eastern / SE corner of the
  continent.
• Low population growth rate.
• Small families.
• Growth is from in-migration
• An ageing population.

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2. Demography (cntd)

• 20 million people in 2004.
• 53 live in cities of gt1 mill. (1996).
• 18 live in rural areas. (1996)
• 16 people not born in Australia, UK or Ireland.
  (1996)
• 386,000 Indigenous Australians. (1996)

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Summary of the State of Health of Australians

• Change from infectious diseases to non-
  communicable disease (cardiovascular, stroke,
  myocardial infarction, diabetes, cancer, mental
  health)
• Risk factors sedentary life style, obesity,
  tobacco.
• Aging population
• Indigenous Australians

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Indigenous Australians

• Made up 386,000 of Australian population of 20
  mill.
• Have worst health status in Australia.

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Indigenous Australians

• In the Far West of NSW
• Average age of death of Aboriginal males is 33
  year (78 years for white males).
• Alcohol deaths for Aboriginal males are 8 times
  the national average.
• Blindness is 10 times the national average.
• Teenage pregnancy is 16 times the national
  average.
• Have the highest incidence of lung cancer,
  premature births and STIs in NSW.
• Have the highest rates of death from heart
  disease, diabetes, injury, suicide and homicide
  in NSW.

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Public Health Workforce in Australia

• Risk factor modification behaviour change -
  tobacco, exercise, diet.
• Evidence based interventions population
  screening for cancer?
• Indigenous health.
• Ageing health.

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School of Public Health, The University of Sydney

• MPH key Public health issues in Australia.
• M.Clin.Epi. evidence based decisions.
• MIPH key Public Health issues in resource poor
  and transition settings.
• - since 2000, 107 enrolments China,
  Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Bangladesh, India,
  Pakistan, Indonesia, PNG, Australia.