The Meaning of Health Podcast

The Meaning of Health Podcast
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The Meaning of Health Podcast

A podcast that explores a range of health and health-related issues that affect people in the community. We sit down with lived experience, academic, and practitioner experts to take a deep dive into many different areas of health. We are based at the School of Population and Global Health at the University of Western Australia.

  1. Episode 116 - PHAA Australian Public Health Conference Part 6

    2 DAYS AGO

    Episode 116 - PHAA Australian Public Health Conference Part 6

    Welcome to the sixth and final episode of our special series we recorded at the Public Health Association of Australia’s (PHAA) Australian Public Health Conference in Perth in September 2024 #AustPH2024. We had many guests come through our pop-up studio over the 3 day conference to chat about their career and recent work. In this episode we feature conversations with: A/Prof Hayley Christian from The Kids Research Institute Australia: https://www.thekids.org.au/contact-us/our-people/c/hayley-christian/ A/Prof Jacqueline Stephens from Flinders University: https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/jacqueline.stephens A big thank you to the wonderful PHAA team, and Anise Clarke who helped arrange the logistics for us to record during the conference As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com Instagram Twitter/X Bluesky @healthmeanswhat FaceBook @MeaningofHealth

    59 min
  2. Episode 117 - Christmas 2024

    2 DAYS AGO

    Episode 117 - Christmas 2024

    We have made it to our final episode for 2024! As is now Meaning of Health tradition, we get together for a recap of the year that was, and chat about things that went well, badly, or otherwise in 2024. Ingrid talks us through a journal article that looks at whether ChatGPT is “BS”: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5 Leah talks us through Chonkus, an algae that could assist with slowing climate change: https://www.synbiobeta.com/read/meet-chonkus-the-algae-that-eats-carbon-and-sinks-like-a-rock We finish with an uplifting chat about what lies ahead in 2025, which is shaping up to be another eventful year (we predict). Thank you for your support again in 2024 and we will look forward to bringing you more interesting conversations about health in 2025! As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com Instagram Twitter/X Bluesky @healthmeanswhat FaceBook @MeaningofHealth

    57 min
  3. Episode 115 - Learning From the Past to Tackle Climate Change and Improve Public Health with A/Prof Aditya Vyas and Dr Melandri Vlok

    13 DEC

    Episode 115 - Learning From the Past to Tackle Climate Change and Improve Public Health with A/Prof Aditya Vyas and Dr Melandri Vlok

    In this episode we are joined by: A/Prof Aditya Vyas a Public Health Physician and Researcher from the University of Canberra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityavyas15/?originalSubdomain=au and Dr Melandri Vlok a bioarchaeologist and palaeopathologis from Notre Dame University Australia: https://www.notredame.edu.au/staff/teach/teaching-at-nda/faculties-and-schools/school-of-health-sciences/fremantle/staff/dr-melandri-vlok Aditya talks us through what it is that a public health physician does and the role they have in advising health systems and governments on how to navigate challenges associated with climate change. Melandri tells us about how we can learn a lot about our current climate change challenges and public health issues by studying how ancient cultures lived, and navigated health challenges thousands of years ago. We discuss a broad range of health issues, such as diseases spread by mosquitoes, through to how modern farming practices are impacting on our environment, and also public health across the world. As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com Instagram or Blueksy @healthmeanswhat FaceBook @MeaningofHealth

    1h 2m
  4. Episode 114 - PHAA Australian Public Health Conference Part 5

    6 DEC

    Episode 114 - PHAA Australian Public Health Conference Part 5

    Welcome to the fifth episode of our special series we recorded at the Public Health Association of Australia’s (PHAA) Australian Public Health Conference in Perth in September 2024 #AustPH2024. We had many guests come through our pop-up studio over the 3 day conference to chat about their career and recent work. In this episode we feature conversations with: Dr Hannah Barbour from Flinders University: https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/hannah.barbour Dr Lucy Butcher from the East Metropolitan Health Service: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-butcher-81aa34129/?originalSubdomain=au Dr Pam Nguyen from Deakin University: https://experts.deakin.edu.au/38832-phuong-nguyen A big thank you to the wonderful PHAA team, and Anise Clarke who helped arrange the logistics for us to record during the conference As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com Instagram Twitter/X Bluesky @healthmeanswhat FaceBook @MeaningofHealth

    1h 8m
  5. Episode 113 - Health Research in Manitoba, Canada with A/Prof Nathan Nickel

    28 NOV

    Episode 113 - Health Research in Manitoba, Canada with A/Prof Nathan Nickel

    All the way from Manitoba, Canada, Associate Professor Nathan Nickel joins us for this episode, recorded a few weeks ago during a visit to Perth, Western Australia. Nathan chats about his journey from church pastor in California, all the way through his time in the deep south, to where he is now as the Director of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy at the University of Manitoba in Canada. Nathan talks about some of the research happening at his centre, the similarities between Western Australia and Manitoba with respect to both the vast geographic spread, and also the focus on the health of Indigenous populations. We also touch on methamphetamine as a drug of concern in both places, and the use of linked administrative data to conduct health research. You can read more about Nathan here: https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/faculty-staff/nathan-nickel And about the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy here: https://umanitoba.ca/manitoba-centre-for-health-policy/ As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com Instagram or Blueksy @healthmeanswhat FaceBook @MeaningofHealth

    59 min
  6. Episode 112 - PHAA Australian Public Health Conference 2024 Part 4

    22 NOV

    Episode 112 - PHAA Australian Public Health Conference 2024 Part 4

    Welcome to the fourth episode of our special series we recorded at the Public Health Association of Australia’s (PHAA) Australian Public Health Conference in Perth in September 2024 #AustPH2024. We had many guests come through our pop-up studio over the 3 day conference to chat about their career and recent work. In this episode we feature conversations with: Ms Hyatt Narsh from the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hyatt-narsh/?originalSubdomain=au Prof Alexandra Barratt from the University of Sydney: https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/about/our-people/academic-staff/alexandra-barratt.html Dr Sharon Campbell from the University of Tasmania: https://discover.utas.edu.au/Sharon.Campbell A big thank you to the wonderful PHAA team, and Anise Clarke who helped arrange the logistics for us to record during the conference As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com Instagram or Twitter/X @healthmeanswhat FaceBook @MeaningofHealth

    1h 11m
  7. Episode 111 - Shaping Youth Mental Health Research

    13 NOV

    Episode 111 - Shaping Youth Mental Health Research

    We recently returned to the Uni Club at the University of Western Australia to record a live event for World Mental Health Day from the Breakfast by the Bay series “Voices of Tomorrow: Shaping Youth Mental Health Research”. The event was hosted by Prof Andrew Page from the UWA School of Psychological Science, and featured panellists: Ben Quick – UWA Student and Youth Engagement Officer at Thriving in Motion A/Prof Elaine Chapman – https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/elaine-chapman Prof Ashleigh Lin - https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/ashleigh-lin A/Prof Jennifer Rodger - https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/jennifer-rodger Thank you to the WA Suicide Prevention and Resilience Research Centre (SPARRC) and the Perron Institute who collaborated with us for this episode. As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com Instagram or Twitter/X @healthmeanswhat FaceBook @MeaningofHealth

    1h 3m
  8. Episode 110 - PHAA Australian Public Health Conference 2024 Part 3

    6 NOV

    Episode 110 - PHAA Australian Public Health Conference 2024 Part 3

    Welcome to the third episode of our special series we recorded at the Public Health Association of Australia’s (PHAA) Australian Public Health Conference in Perth in September 2024 #AustPH2024. We had many guests come through our pop-up studio over the 3 day conference to chat about their career and recent work. In this episode we feature conversations with: Dr Sylvester Nyadanu from Curtin University, an expert in perinatal and environmental health and spatial epidemiology: https://staffportal.curtin.edu.au/staff/profile/view/sylvester-nyadanu-bbbc5482/ Ms Kwanruethai Ngampromwongse, a proud Wiradjuri and Ngemba-Wailwaan woman, who’s work looks at family and domestic violence, mental health, suicide, and the health of LGBTQIA+ populations: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngampromwongse/?originalSubdomain=au A big thank you to the wonderful PHAA team, and Anise Clarke who helped arrange the logistics for us to record during the conference As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com Instagram or Twitter/X @healthmeanswhat FaceBook @MeaningofHealth

    1h 7m
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A podcast that explores a range of health and health-related issues that affect people in the community. We sit down with lived experience, academic, and practitioner experts to take a deep dive into many different areas of health. We are based at the School of Population and Global Health at the University of Western Australia.

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    The Meaning of Health Podcast
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    118
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