Mon, 13 August 2007 Does advertising influence you?
Presented by Dr Peter R Mansfield Lactation Resource Centre Seminar for Health Professionals "Milk, Health and Love". Recorded 1st March 2007 Geelong. Audio only mp3 version 33.41 mins, 11.9 MB Dr Peter Mansfield is a General Practitioner in Willunga, South Australia and the Founder and Director of Healthy Skepticism Inc. Healthy Skepticism aims to improve health by reducing harm from drug promotion. Peter is also a Lecturer in the Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide. This presentation dicusses: • Sources of useful insights about drug promotion • Exposure to promotion does more harm than good. • Does advertising influence you? • Corruption or Unintended Bias? • What are the disadvantages of human decision making? • Decision Shortcuts • Options for individual health professionals Healthy Skepticism www.healthyskepticism.org (sorry for any confusion, LRC #4 and #5 are not yet available) Produced by the Australian Breastfeeding Association email/voicemail feedback mumsright@gmail.com voicemail 03 8621 8963 Comments[0] |
Mon, 13 August 2007 Education or Marketing - Does advertising influence you?
Presented by Dr Peter R Mansfield Lactation Resource Centre Seminar for Health Professionals "Milk, Health and Love". Recorded 1st March 2007 Geelong. Audio only mp3 version 33.41 mins, 11.9 MB Enhanced podcast .m4a version 38.09 mins, 20.4 MB Dr Peter R Mansfield is a General Practitioner in Willunga, South Australia and the Founder and Director of Healthy Skepticism Inc. Healthy Skepticism aims to improve health by reducing harm from drug promotion. Peter is also a Lecturer in the Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide. This presentation dicusses: • Sources of useful insights about drug promotion • Exposure to promotion does more harm than good. • Does advertising influence you? • Corruption or Unintended Bias? • What are the disadvantages of human decision making? • Decision Shortcuts • Options for individual health professionals Healthy Skepticism www.healthyskepticism.org Produced by the Australian Breastfeeding Association email/voicemail feedback mumsright@gmail.com voicemail 03 8621 8963 Comments[0] |
Sat, 9 June 2007 Dr Yvonne Luxford: Was the Tooth Fairy
Breastfed? Lactation Resource Centre Seminar for Health Professionals "Milk, Health and Love". Recorded 1st March 2007 Geelong. 12.9 Mb 26.58 mins Dr Yvonne Luxford has been researching and teaching in the field of the history and philosophy of medicine for the past 14 years, recently investigating the relationship between breast feeding and infant tooth decay, with this investigation providing the basis of her PhD thesis. Recognising the conflict between the WHO advice to mothers to breast feed for a minimum of two years, and the advice of many dentists that on demand and night breast feeding caused the same damage as putting the baby to bed with a bottle, Yvonne delved into the background to the dental claims - both scientific and cultural. Dr Luxford will also be speaking at the Hot Milk conference August 2007 Produced by the Australian Breastfeeding Association Comments[4] |
Mon, 26 March 2007 Alison Osborne: The Post Baby
Conversation. Lactation Resource Centre Seminar for Health Professionals "Milk, Health and Love". Recorded at Geelong, 1st March 2007. 19.6 MB 47:42 mins Alison has a first class honours degree in Rural Science, a background in facilitation and mediation, and has worked extensively with families undergoing change. She is the author of the book "The Post Baby Conversation" published in 2006, available from Mothers Direct In this session she discusses when after the baby arrives: -what happens for women -what happens for men -the must have conversations -housework and sex -where do we get our self esteem and valuing what we do -male postnatal depression Produced by the Australian Breastfeeding Association Comments[0] |
Fri, 15 September 2006 The Lactation Resource Centre runs annual Health Professionals Seminars around Australia, and also hosts Information Evenings throughout the year.
Pinky McKay is a Melbourne based writer and editor specialising in health, education and family issues. During the recent book launch of her fourth book Sleeping Like a Baby, held at the Australian Breastfeeding Association in Melbourne, Pinky discussed her new book and answered questions from the audience on issues related to babies sleep "Sleeping Like a Baby" is available for sale at Mothers Direct. Pinky is also the author of Parenting by Heart, 100 Ways to Calm the Crying and How do we Tell the Kids, which are also available from www.mothersdirect.com.au All sales from MothersDirect help support the volunteer work of the Australian Breastfeeding Association Comments[0] |
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