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		<title>A surprising lack of clarity around the definition of core primary health care services</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/ZUV1342y47Y/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health and medical research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health inequalities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary health care]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“The implementation of primary health care (PHC) may well be one of the most significant systemic and ideological health reforms of modern times. Countries with stronger PHC systems have demonstrably more efficient, effective, and equitable health...<br/>
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		<title>$100,000 is on the table for digital innovators with a #publichealth bent</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/aaNJurFLFnY/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/05/21/100000-is-on-the-table-for-digital-innovators-with-a-publichealth-bent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social determinants of health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media and healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food supply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy eating]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seed Challenge]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=11961</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This looks like an interesting project, using digital connections to engage the wider community in developing innovative solutions to a public health problem. If you’re interested in making a pitch to VicHealth’s Seed Challenge, which aims to boost...<br/>
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		<title>Concerns raised about the ethics of anti-wind farm research</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/ERz2nXp-QnY/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/05/20/concerns-raised-about-the-ethics-of-anti-wind-farm-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health and medical research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHMRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=11931</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Crikey journalist Amber Jamieson recently reported that the National Health and Medical Research Council is examining whether anti-wind farm campaigner Sarah Laurie has breached ethical codes of research conduct. The NHMRC and the Australian Health...<br/>
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		<title>We should help, rather than stigmatise, vulnerable parents</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/1hC_iAhoJEU/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/05/19/we-should-help-rather-than-stigmatise-vulnerable-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 05:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health inequalities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social determinants of health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=11923</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s important to challenge those who seek to demonise parents who use alcohol and drugs as “bad parents”, according to Donna Ribton-Turner, Director Clinical Services at UnitingCare ReGen. Rather than scapegoating parents with alcohol and drug...<br/>
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		<title>Sexual assaults in psych wards show urgent need for reform</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/ByQ4mTjfQ78/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/05/17/sexual-assaults-in-psych-wards-show-urgent-need-for-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 04:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fronjacksonwebb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Conversation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=11917</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Jayashri Kulkarni: Women admitted to psychiatry wards experience high levels of violence and sexual assaults, according to a report released this week by the Victorian Mental Illness Alliance Council. Across the nine different psychiatry hospital...<br/>
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		<title>Every year. One million babies. Die on the day they are born.</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/jbEz5LpUW7E/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[child health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childbirth and maternity services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health inequalities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[babies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=11910</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Unprecedented progress has been made in reducing maternal and child deaths around the world since 1990, according to a new report from Save the Children. Nonetheless, the statistics remain shocking.  Of the three million babies who die each year in...<br/>
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		<title>Re-stigmatising the mentally ill</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/Ea2CdyfjMb8/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/05/16/re-stigmatising-the-mentally-ill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fronjacksonwebb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Conversation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=11904</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Olav Nielssen writes:  Just when we thought we were heading for a more tolerant and accepting attitude toward people afflicted by mental illness, a feature and a news article in Saturday’s The Australian quoting leaders in the area of forensic...<br/>
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		<title>A rather large wrap of health news from the Federal Budget – and some mixed reaction</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/G8Jb_dsOJDg/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/05/15/a-rather-large-wrap-of-health-news-from-the-federal-budget-and-some-mixed-reaction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget 2013-14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health workforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Locals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality and safety of health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=11882</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This post offers an overview of health-related news from the Budget and a wrap of reaction. Here are links to: • Health and Ageing Budget statements • A table giving a quick overview of health spends and cuts • Ministerial press releases • Closing...<br/>
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		<title>The medical conference industry: selling exotic travel junkets, or useful education?</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/XTsdxntBorE/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/05/14/the-medical-conference-industry-selling-exotic-travel-junkets-or-useful-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australian Medical Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health and medical education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media and healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[junkets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical conferences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax deductions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=11875</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The AMA has been campaigning hard against changes to tax deductions for work-related self-education that are likely, amongst other things, to reduce the attractiveness of conferences in exotic locations. Paul Smith, political editor at Australian...<br/>
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		<title>New review on chemical residues backs breastfeeding</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/SCzmmbdgEdw/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/05/14/new-review-on-chemical-residues-backs-breastfeeding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 06:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[child health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childbirth and maternity services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infant formula]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pesticide residues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=11872</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Concerns about the presence of man-made chemicals in our bodies should not deter women from breastfeeding, according to a new review of the scientific evidence. The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) says breastmilk contains protective...<br/>
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