New release from AIHW: Family, domestic and sexual violence data in Australia

This release brings together a range of sources to report a core set of data in an interactive format, and summarise changes in measures of family, domestic and sexual violence over time.

Australasian Road Safety Conference Regional & Rural Scholarships

Regional and rural scholarships are available to support individuals working in road safety in regional and remote WA to attend the 2022 Australasian Road Safety Conference in Christchurch New Zealand. Up to NZ$5,000 is available to support travel and accommodation expenses.

CAHS Research Education:
Program webinar series

The Child and Adolescent Health Service’s Research Education Program have a number of Research Skills Seminars coming up. These Seminars cover key topics across the research process.

View the calendar today and sign up for upcoming events regarding Consumer and Community Involvement in Research, Media and Communications in Research and Knowledge Translation.

New Australian Institute of Family Studies website

The new AIFS website provides a one-stop shop for the latest research, information and resources on issues that affect families, including violence. Access the website to learn more.

Racism. It Stops With Me campaign

The Australian Human Rights Commission launched a new iteration of the Racism. It Stops With Me campaign, calling on Australians who do not have lived experience of racism to reflect on its causes and do more to challenge it.

Your organisation can get involved in the campaign and creating public discussion by downloading the Supporter Kit, registering as a supporter of the campaign and engaging in social media activities.

PhD Scholarship Opportunities

The Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health (CERIPH) have a number of injury-related PhD scholarship opportunities open for 2023. The PhD scholar will work with a range of experienced early, mid and senior researchers across a range of settings, issues and populations.  

The following projects available for commencement in 2023:

• Alcohol Advertising and Aquatic Environments
• Engaging Australian males in the prevention of violence against women and children
• COVID-19, Impacts on Family and Domestic Violence and Refugee and Migrant Communities
• Capacity building to combat harmful industries: e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine products
• People on the move: Furthering the public health response to population mobility, migration and homelessness
• Development, implementation, and evaluation of an ethics framework for Australian health promotion practitioners

Upcoming Training Events

• 22 July | PBF and Safe Farms WA Injury prevention presentation
• 10 AUGUST | Family and Domestic Violence Awareness Workshop
• 10 AUGUST | Kidsafe WA 2022 Symposium: Pushing the Boundaries in Play
• 1 – 4 SEPTEMBER | 2022 Trauma Conference
• 7 – 14 SEPTEMBER | Tai Chi for Arthritis training
• 28 – 30 SEPTEMBER | 2022 Australasian Road Safety Conference
• 7 – 8 NOVEMBER | WA Mental Health Conference
• 27 – 30 NOVEMBER | Safety 2022 Conference
• NOW | Falls Prevention online modules
• NOW | Injury Prevention online module