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Members of the Public Health Council represent 13 leading non-government
public health organisations in Western Australia:
Australasian
Faculty of Public Health Medicine (WA Regional Committee)
Organisation concerned with training of public health physicians and for
maintaining the standards of its Fellows.
Australian
Health Promotion Association (WA Branch)
Association set up in 1990 specifically for health promotion professionals.
Australian Institute
of Environmental Health (WA Division)
Organisation which advocates issues in environmental health and promotes
the interests of environmental health professionals.
Cancer Foundation
of Western Australia
Non-government organisation that aims to reduce the impact of cancer
in our community. Their site provides information on current cancer research,
community education programs, retail goods, support groups, and fundraising
events.
Centre for Public
Health, Edith Cowan University
The Centre for Public Health, which lies within the Faculty of Communications,
Health and Science, undertakes research and offers a variety of courses
in a number of areas of public health specialisation.
Combined Universities
Centre for Rural Health
This centre is one of seven Commonwealth-funded University Departments
of Rural Health nationally. It is based in Geraldton and is managed by
a consortium of Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University,
and The University of Western Australia.
Department
of Public Health, The University of Western Australia
The Department undertakes public health research, teaching and service
with focus on knowledge that will influence health policies and practices.
Derbarl Yerrigan
Health Services
A clinic that provides free consultation with doctors, nurses and welfare
officers for Aboriginal people in the Perth (WA) metropolitan area.
Division of
Health Sciences, Curtin University of Technology
A comprehensive health campus, comprising eight schools and nine departments.
Health Consumers'
Council of Western Australia
Established in 1993, the Council encourages education, training and community
participation to ensure health consumers contribute to the development
of health policy, planning, research and service delivery.
National
Heart Foundation (WA Division)
This is non-profit health organisation aims to improve the heart health
of Australians and to reduce disability and death from heart and blood
vessel disease.
Public Health Association of Australia (WA Branch)
This association provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, knowledge
and information on public health.
TVW Telethon Institute
for Child Health Research
The Institute aims to improve the health of children through the development
and application of research into the causes and prevention of ill-health
and the maintenance of health.
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