Activity 1 - Timeline by Transition Employment https://padlet.com/transition2employment/8cikyxwbejo1 Double click anywhere on the Padlet to add to it. Make sure to put your name on your contribution. en-us 2018-04-16 23:41:24 UTC 2020-06-28 05:17:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Alarmclock.png Public Health Policy in Australia https://padlet.com/transition2employment/8cikyxwbejo1/wish/639765274 The Australian system of public health delivery began in Australia when the first public health legislation was introduced in Victoria in 1854.  It was modeled off Britian's Public Health Act (1848).

The established federation of 1901 developed the constitution which issued States in Australia have the principle of subsidiarity placing power of public health decisions in their control.

Quarantine Act 1908

Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1916

Federal Department of Health 1921

Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine 1910

National Health and Medical Research Council 1936

Child care centres funded in 1939

In 1946 community services were funded by the Commonwealth to pay for pharmaceuticals

Immigration Medical Service 1947

Tuberculosis screening 1949

National Health Act 1953

Vaccine for Polio 1956

Aged Persons Homes Act 1957

 Therapeutic Substances Act 1957

1967 Indigenous welfare funding provided to States by Commonwealth

1973 Whitlam health reform for universal health care- Medibank scheme developed (Medicare as present).

1980's and 90's The New Public Health and Health Promotion

2000+ Ecological Public Health]]> 2020-06-25 08:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/transition2employment/8cikyxwbejo1/wish/639765274 Public Health Policy In Australia https://padlet.com/transition2employment/8cikyxwbejo1/wish/641961660 Old Public Health 1975 - mid 1980's. Lifestyle and infectious diseases. Epidemiological studies identify determinants of health and strategies for individual health and environmental health.
New Public Health Early 1980's - late 1990's.
Infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, lifestyle and chronic disease. Health promotion, WHO, Lalonde Report (1974), US Surgeon General's Report (2014) WHO Ottawa Charter, Equitable Access Promotion.
Ecological Public Health 2000 onwards.
Global warming, infectious and chronic diseases. Ecological and environmental sustainability strategies, WHO Health for All, Strategies to use human and material resources, strategies to cope with complex health issues.
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