Advocacy

The aim of the Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research Advocacy team is to enhance links with and to foster the participation of health and education practitioners and communities in decision making for effective health promotion and healthy public policy through advocacy. The team also strives to support and improve the exchange of health promotion knowledge and research practices through active dissemination strategies as well as through national and international networking.

The Advocacy team has contributed to the development of numerous public health initiatives, especially in Western Australia. These initiatives have been related to drink driving, traffic safety, bicycle helmets, 40 km/hour zones, skin cancer prevention, firearm control, smoke detectors, tobacco smoking and control policies, alcohol and other drugs in the workplace and school health promotion. Much of this advocacy is conducted in conjunction with community agencies and professional organisations including the Public Health Association, the Australian Health Promotion Association, the School Health Coalition and the Injury Control Council of WA.

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