[Commpsych] FW: Media release: Senate report on social determinants deserves cross-party support

Thu Mar 21 10:00:38 WST 2013

Just forwarding FYI the media release from the Social Determinants of Health Alliance which we hope the APS will join formally (we have been attending their meetings and were represented in Canberra at their launch last month).

I’ve also attached the Senate Committee report which is the subject of the media release – the APS’s own submission (with assistance from Psychologists for Social Responsiblity) is cited once:

Adopting the WHO Report and its recommendations
4.40 Among submissions received by the committee, there is widespread support for addressing the social determinants of health in Australia in line with the recommendations put forward in the WHO Report.47 Articulating the sentiment of many submissions, Catholic Health Australia called for the formal adoption of the WHO Report arguing that:
The Australian Government, supported by all political parties, hopefully in the Australian Parliament, should enforce and formally adopt the World Health Organisation's 2008 Closing the gap in a generation report.48

4.41 Similarly, the Australian Psychological Society noted that:
Poverty harms the poor most – but it is everyone's problem…and requires that all of us attend to its solutions…The adoption of the recommendations contained in the WHO report, and each of the priority areas is important if Australia is to address the health inequalities and improve health outcomes for all people.49

You can read the full APS submission at http://www.psychology.org.au/Assets/Files/2012-submission-Response-to-WHO-October.pdf

The Senate Committee’s recommendations are:

Recommendation 1

4.45 The committee recommends that the Government adopt the WHO Report and commit to addressing the social determinants of health relevant to the Australian context.

Recommendation 2

4.63 The committee recommends that the government adopt administrative practices that ensure consideration of the social determinants of health in all relevant policy development activities, particularly in relation to education, employment, housing, family and social security policy.

Recommendation 3

4.71 The committee recommends that the government place responsibility for addressing social determinants of health within one agency, with a mandate to address issues across portfolios.

Recommendation 4

5.36 The committee recommends that the NHMRC give greater emphasis in its grant allocation priorities to research on public health and social determinants research.

Recommendation 5

5.38 The committee recommends that annual progress reports to parliament be a key requirement of the body tasked with responsibility for addressing the social determinants of health.

Heather Gridley | Manager, Public Interest
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From: Liz Callaghan [mailto:lizc at cha.org.au]
Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2013 10:52 AM
Subject: FW: Media release: Senate report on social determinants deserves cross-party support

Dear All
Please see attached SDOHA media release sent out this morning.
Kind regards
liz

From: Gavin Abraham
Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2013 10:41 AM
To: Gavin Abraham
Subject: Media release: Senate report on social determinants deserves cross-party support

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