Dear Malcolm

If I held some power position in Brazil I would invite you to come
here. We sure need people like you!

Best luck!

Maria Inês Azambuja

2012/9/13 Ketan Shankardass <[log in to unmask]>:
> Malcolm,
>
> Sorry to hear about the cutbacks and your job loss, in particular.
>
> It's a shame that the new government doesn't appear to value health
> promotion.  I'm sure the need for health promotion in the local health
> system will become apparent one way or another (hopefully sooner than
> later).
>
> I have found your contributions to this list quite valuable over the
> years.  Even if you're not sharing, please do stay a part of the
> conversation, or at least keep lurking!
>
> Ketan.
>
>
> Ketan Shankardass, PhD
>
> -
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Psychology
> Wilfrid Laurier University
> -
> Assistant Professor
> Dalla Lana School of Public Health
> University of Toronto
> -
> Affiliate Scientist
> Centre for Research on Inner City Health
> in the Keenan Research Centre
> of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
> of St. Michael’s Hospital
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:58 AM, Malcolm Lewis
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Australia's domestic response to the World Health Organization's (WHO)
>> Commission on Social Determinants of Health report "Closing the gap within a
>> generation"
>>
>> Information about the Inquiry
>>
>> On 22 August 2012 the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate
>> Community Affairs Committees for inquiry and report.
>>
>> Submissions should be received by 04 October 2012. The reporting date is 27
>> March 2013.
>>
>>
>> Terms of Reference here  http://bit.ly/SGqHJl
>>
>> I will probably be unable to put in a submission as I 've just lost my job
>> and will finish up in few days.
>>
>> Consequently I have "got a lot on" as we say in Australia.
>>
>> So please do what you can submission wise, even if you are not an
>> Australian.
>>
>> The new Queensland government has just decided that the prevention/health
>> promotion that we do and the expertise we have is not to be funded any
>> longer. Consequently myself all my Health Promotion colleagues in 17 Public
>> Heath Units throughout the state of Queensland have lost our jobs.
>>
>> I hope I can stay involved in working to improve the SDOH but it's hard tp
>> see how given the context for me at this time. So It goes. It's been a good
>> gig.
>>
>> By way of appreciation, I'd like to say that I love this email group
>> especially when it erupts to life like it has recently once again.
>>
>>
>>
>> I know from the analytics on the links I share that I get hundreds of
>> downloads of the materials I post in this online community, and I know from
>> these sorts of the conversations that people are reading and thinking what
>> we all share. (dat around 5500 clicks on the links in the past 30 days)
>>
>>
>>
>> I started as a lurker and remain at that level for a few years  and then
>> gradually became a sharer and then a frequent sharer.
>>
>>
>>
>> This group has been a critical support to me, learning more about the SDOH.
>>
>>
>>
>> The data says I�ve posted 150 posts to this list over the years. And this
>> will may be my last for some time.
>>
>>
>>
>> Because its so easy I'll probably keep sharing stuff i stumble upon with
>> twitter via my @lewismal account using the #SDOH hashtag.
>>
>>
>>
>> Keep sharing, thinking and working folks. This stuff really matters.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Malcolm Lewis
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Malcolm Lewis
>> Health Promotion Officer
>> Darling Downs Public Health Unit
>> Southern Regional Services,
>> Health Services and Clinical Innovation Division
>> Queensland Health
>>
>> Phone 07 46319801
>> Fax: 07 4639 4772
>>
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>>
>>
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