Employers have an important role to play in addressing the mental health impacts of climate change and improving the resilience and well-being of their workforce. This tip sheet was developed by the Health Action Alliance and reviewed by members of the National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health. Download the Employer Tip Sheet.
On June 7 wear your crazy socks and reflect on the mental health issues that many women in medicine are experiencing around stress, burnout, micro aggressions, depression and anxiety.
A a family violence educator with Safer Families and my experience with the culturally and linguistically diverse communities ( CALD), the government’s announcement to allocate $952.2M is welcome to support the Leaving Violence Program over 5 years.
Hearing loss is very common. It’s the second most common medical problem after joint and muscle pains in people aged between 60-70 years. That makes hearing loss more common than asthma, heart disease, cancer and diabetes. If left unmanaged it can have significant physical and mental health consequences and even bring on dementia.
Don’t all of us engaged in clinical medicine yearn, from time to time, for an opportunity to reflect on what we’re doing and, in particular, to ponder the reasons why some patients seem so ‘difficult’? Dr Sheila O’Neill, a Canberra-based member of the Balint Society, provides an overview of how Balint groups may be a good fit for you.
This inSight+ article, authored by Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe AM discusses how under the recently amended Sex Discrimination Act, the medical profession risks attracting the scrutiny of the Australian Human Rights Commission unless sex discrimination, sexual harassment, sex-based harassment, and victimisation of complainants or witnesses are eliminated in its workplaces and training programs.
Lots of us have made New Year’s resolutions – many of them about our health. Yes, it’s so important to be as healthy as we can be… but very few of us can keep our resolutions. Here’s the AFMW guide to a healthier 2024.
A/Prof Magdalena Simonis AM (AFMW Immediate Past President) has a regular column with Neos Kosmos called ‘Doctor in the House’. This aims to help the reader learn more about some of the common health issues which might be embarrassing or difficult to talk about. In this issue, Magda talks about “burnout’ – what it is and some steps to prevent it.
We, this people, on a small and lonely planet
Traveling through casual space
Past aloof stars, across the way of indifferent suns
To a destination where all signs tell us
It is possible and imperative that we learn
A brave and startling truth
Feeling weary regarding the ever present threats of climate change? Here is an excellent post created by a DEA member a couple of years ago which still resonates with me. And if you are interested in taking a course or being involved in some form of research or volunteering, our friends at Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) have shared a great link.
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