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Heat-Health Research & Policy Workshop
Format: PDFIdentifying research needs and building research capacity towards heat–health action in Australia This case report documents insights from the Heat & Health Policy–Research Workshop held in February 2026 as part of the HEAL‑funded project Identifying research needs and building research capacity towards heat–health action in Australia. Convening 56 participants from research, government, emergency management, health,…
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Identifying Research Needs and Building Research Capacity Towards Heat Health Action in Australia
Format: video
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Know the Air Quality Around You – HEAL-HAZE Poster (Indonesian)
Format: PDFTo complement the indoor air quality sensors installed in each classroom, the Kopernik team deployed informational posters alongside each device. These posters serve as a quick-reference guide for teachers and students, helping them interpret real-time readings. They feature concise descriptions and safe threshold ranges for key indicators, including PM2.5, AQI, CO2, temperature, and humidity
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Heat – Health Systems Visualisation – Talk Books
Format: PDFThis case report documents insights from the Heat & Health Policy–Research Workshop held in February 2026 as part of the HEAL‑funded project Identifying research needs and building research capacity towards heat–health action in Australia.
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Changes to Country, changes to wellbeing: Insights from Tebrakunna community
Format: videoIntroduction to the 2024 HEAL Innovation Fund Project Connecting for impact – building and learning from a community resilience alliance across the Northern Rivers
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Photo Gallery – CANBREATHE & HEAL-HAZE
Format: PDF
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Climate, Fire and Health Community of Practice
Categories: WebinarsThe Community of Practice (CoP) session brings together the CANBREATHE and HEAL‑HAZE projects to explore urgent issues at the intersection of climate change, wildfire smoke, air quality, and health. These interactive online sessions will connect researchers, policymakers, NGOs, and community partners from Australia and Southeast Asia to share knowledge, build capacity, and strengthen collaboration to protect vulnerable populations. Join…
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HEAL NT Community of Practice Newsletter
The inaugural HEAL NT Communities of Practice (COP) Newsletter showcases collaborative efforts to improve public health by addressing environmental impacts across the NT. It highlights research, events, and initiatives developed in partnership with Indigenous communities in remote, regional, and urban settings, bringing together researchers, policymakers, and community members to advance health, sustainability, and positive change.
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Conference Presentation: Understanding Behavioural Needs for Active Travel in New South Wales
Format: websiteConference Presentation – Travel Demand Management (TDM) 2025 This abstract presented at the TDM2025 Conference examines why active transport uptake remains low in car‑dependent settings despite supportive policies, focusing on how utilitarian, psychological and social factors shape travel behaviour and infrastructure preferences. Drawing on a large pilot survey of 2,000 participants in New South Wales,…
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Conference Presentation: Contextual Behavioural Factors into Active Transport Infrastructure
Format: websiteConference Presentation – AESOP Annual Congress 2025 This article outlines research showing that walking and cycling for transport can be better supported through place‑based infrastructure tailored to local behavioural, social, and environmental contexts. Drawing on a statewide survey of 2,000 people across diverse settings in New South Wales, the study found that active travel is…
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CANBREATHE Project Overview Presentation
This presentation introduces the CANBREATHE project, a Wellcome‑funded international research initiative examining the health impacts of wildfire smoke attributable to anthropogenic climate change in Southeast Asia and Australia. It outlines how increasing wildfire risk under climate change disproportionately affects priority populations, including Indigenous communities and young children, and describes a highly interdisciplinary approach combining climate…
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Air Quality Modelling and Early Warning Systems for Southeast Asia and Australia
This slide deck presents AIT’s work on environmental intelligence, modelling approaches, and early warning systems for the CANBEATHE and HEAL-HAZE Projects.
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CT scanners secretly waste more energy than used by a typical household – but there’s a fix
Format: websiteThis article explains that medical imaging—particularly CT and MRI scanners—is a major contributor to hospital energy use and carbon emissions, largely because machines are routinely left running 24/7 for potential emergencies. It describes a study conducted in partnership with NSW Health that demonstrated a simple, safe intervention: switching off an under‑used CT scanner after hours…
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Health care is responsible for 7% of our carbon emissions, and there are safe and easy ways this can be reduced
Format: websiteThis article highlights that healthcare is a significant and often overlooked contributor to climate change, accounting for 7% of Australia’s national carbon emissions and 4.4% globally—making it the equivalent of the world’s fifth‑largest emitter if considered a country. It explains how healthcare‑related emissions paradoxically harm human health through climate impacts such as heatwaves, bushfires, food…
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Prenatal ambient heat exposure and neurodevelopment: A scoping review of human and animal research
Abstract Background Ambient heat exposure during pregnancy is associated with adverse outcomes, and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes are an emerging concern. This scoping review synthesises human and animal evidence on the association between prenatal ambient heat exposure and poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. Methods A search was conducted across MEDLINE, Global Health, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and CINAHL.…
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The impact of heatwaves on maternal, neonatal and child health outcomes in Western Australian climate zones: A protocol paper for a retrospective cohort study
Our research aims to examine how exposure to heatwaves in pregnancy can impact the health of the mother and her child. It will do this by identifying babies born in Western Australia between 1991 and 2023 and using climate data to determine if they were exposed to a heatwave during pregnancy. Health records will then…
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Hot weather, maternal health, and pregnancy experiences, impacts and responses: A systematic review of global qualitative research
Abstract Problem Extreme heat exposure is a major global public health threat that is affecting people across the life course, including the pregnancy period. Background Studies have linked extreme heat with adverse pregnancy and newborn health outcomes globally. Objective The review aimed to: (1) investigate the health symptoms and pregnancy experiences and impacts associated with…
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Bushfire smoke: urgent need for a national health protection strategy
Categories: Journal PapersBushfires have always been a feature of the natural environment in Australia, but the risk has increased over time as fire seasons start earlier, finish later, and extreme fire weather (ie, very hot, dry and windy conditions that make fires fast moving and very difficult to control) becomes more severe with climate change.1,2,3 The 2019–20 bushfires…
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Efficacy of communication techniques and health outcomes of bushfire smoke exposure: A scoping review.
Format: websiteCategories: Journal PapersPublic health officials communicate the relevant risks of bushfire smoke exposure and associated health protection measures to affected populations. Increasing global bushfire incidence in the context of climate change motivated this scoping review. English-language publications related to adverse health outcomes following bushfire smoke exposure and publications relating to communication during natural disasters were included. Bushfire…
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Unprecedented smoke‐related health burden associated with the 2019–20 bushfires in eastern Australia
Format: PDFCategories: Journal PapersWeather conditions conducive to extreme bushfires are becoming more frequent as a consequence of climate change. 1 Such fires have substantial social, ecological, and economic effects, including the effects on public health associated with smoke, such as premature mortality and exacerbation of cardio-respiratory conditions. 2, 3 During the final quarter of 2019 and the first…
