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Jan 17, 2025 | 
jech.bmj.com | Fran Baum |Julia Anaf |Toby Freeman |Connie Musolino
Twenty-first century alienation and health: a research agenda Statistics from Altmetric.com Request Permissions If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
bmj.com | Miguel O’Ryan |Sonia Saxena |Fran Baum
Intended for healthcare professionals
News & ViewsTime for a revolution... Time for a revolution in academic medicine?
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
tandfonline.com | Michael McGreevy |Connie Musolino |Fran Baum
Advanced search Urban Policy and Research Latest Articles Submit an article Journal homepage Full Article Figures & data References Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Read this article /doi/full/10.1080/08111146.2024.2340451?needAccess=true ABSTRACT This research examines the potential of transitioning public “green spaces” to optimise health benefiting urban ecological services in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. The research found strengths but also significant weaknesses. The...
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com | Julia Anaf |Toby Freeman |Fran Baum
The analysis revealed only five documents which mentioned (generally qualified) positive aspects of privatisation. No articles explicitly reflected on the relationship between privatisation and health. However, there were articles that described the impact of privatisations on known social determinants of health. Very few articles reported positive societal impacts and most provided evidence for negative effects on SDoH.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
flashpack.com | Fran Baum |Kate Leahy
People who don’t want kids deserve respect for their choiceA conversation about the merits or otherwise of choosing not to have kids has been simmering away since Pope Francis designated people who have made the choice as “selfish”. A couple of months after his comments, the issue was being discussed because of the film While We’re Young and the US book Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed. And the media also began visiting this perennially interesting issue.
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Oct 3, 2023 | 
bmj.com | Fran Baum
Fran Baum, professor and directorStretton Health Equity, Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide and Advisory Committee, People’s Health MovementThe duty of care that health professionals have for their patients needs to be matched with a duty of care for the planet, argues Fran BaumHow did we arrive at the position where we devote so many resources to healthcare and yet have totally dropped the ball on caring for our planet?
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Aug 9, 2023 | 
bmj.com | Pat Anderson |Megan Davis |Toby Freeman |Fran Baum
Pat Anderson, co-chair1, Megan Davis, pro vice-chancellor Indigenous and professor of law12, Toby Freeman, director of research3, Fran Baum, director31Referendum Council, Australia2University of New South Wales3Stretton Health Equity, Stretton Institute, University of AdelaideAustralians are due to vote in a referendum on whether to amend the constitution to incorporate an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in parliament.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
imdiversity.com | Fran Baum
By: Fran Baum, Professor of Health Equity, The Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide.. Julia Anaf, Postdoctoral research fellow, Stretton Health Equity, Stretton Institute, University of AdelaideConcerns about the use of private consultancy firms advising government – such as PwC, KPMG, Deloitte and EY – has led to a Senate inquiry. Until now, much media interest has centred on PwC’s advisory role to the Australian Tax Office while also advising private clients on tax matters.
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Jul 24, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Julia Anaf |Fran Baum
Concerns about the use of private consultancy firms advising government – such as PwC, KPMG, Deloitte and EY – has led to a Senate inquiry. Until now, much media interest has centred on PwC’s advisory role to the Australian Tax Office while also advising private clients on tax matters. But such companies also advise government on health issues. And there’s growing concern about the potential for conflicts of interest and undue influence on health policy.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
johnmenadue.com | Paul Laris |Fran Baum
The overall capture of the meaning of “health” by the medical industrial complex and its hospital systems and departments has helped to hide the absence of policy and structures to specifically address the health of the public. It’s time we named our health departments to describe what they actually do – provide illness care -and time to make health and equity explicit central goals of the whole system of government.
