Mark Harris

You are invited to the Community Health Navigator Forum 2025 on 3 June please follow this link to register and find out more details: conference.unsw.edu.au/en/community-h…

Just published paper on roles, training, supervision and support required for Australian community health navigators following up patients after hospitalisation.

I keep being asked what I make of the UFO thing in Congress yesterday, so here it is: I watched a few clips and saw some people who seemed to believe stuff saying extraordinary things without presenting extraordinary evidence. Therefore I have nothing more to say, other than: It would be great if true - it would take a bit of the pressure off our civilisation if we weren’t the only means within the Milky Way by which the Universe understands itself. Sadly, as of today, I still feel that pressure, so can we perhaps focus on not messing our world up rather than hoping that, to paraphrase Sagan, someone will float down to save us from ourselves.

Joined as Lecturer, International Public Health #UNSW @UNSWMedicine @mfharris3

Our latest #publication is the first research that underscores #functional limitations among the older adults residing in the #Rohingya refugee camp (largest in the world) of #Bangladesh. bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/.../s12877-023… @Refugees @cphce_unsw @BrainMind_Usyd

@jackie_curtisAU @RANZCP @MelissaSweetDr @CroakeyNews @mindgardensau @DrVinayLakra Congratulations - well deserved

What a week! Very honoured to be awarded the #RANZCP2023 @RANZCP Margaret Tobin Award & to deliver the Oration. Tackling premature mortality in people living with mental ill health is everybody's business. Thanks @MelissaSweetDr @CroakeyNews for sharing my oration @mindgardensau

We are editing a special issue on #access to #primaryhealthcare at #AustrlianJournalofPrimaryHealth. You may consider publishing if you have an article coving issues related to #access in #healthcare. publish.csiro.au/py/content/Cal… @AnnettePeart @sianslade @mfharris3 @JM_Occhipinti

Congrats to @Alamgir92903100 recently graduated with his PhD from @UNSWMedicine. His PhD title is ‘Evaluation of vaccination programs in Australia’s Indigenous and medically at-risk children using record linkage of national immunisation and state health data’ #PhD #unsw

@SabujKantiMist1 @cphce_unsw @AAAPC_ANZ @_PHAA_ @chwcentral We are on the way to establishing CHW as an important element of the healthcare workforce in Australia.!

First research conducted in #Australia exploring #feasibility and #acceptability of #CHWs in #GeneralPractice setting. bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… @mfharris3 @cphce_unsw @AAAPC_ANZ @_PHAA_ @chwcentral

Presented at the Preventive Healthcare Conference 2023, organized by @_PHAA_ @mfharris3 @cphce_unsw

I have raised the importance of recognizing and measuring social productions beyond the narrow focus of GDP alone in moving towards a wellbeing economy in Australia and worldwide #Preventive Healthcare Conference 2023, organized by @_PHAA_ @JM_Occhipinti

Received a great response on my presentation 'Feasibility and acceptability of involving Bilingual Community Navigator in general practice setting of Sydney, Australia' at Preventive Healthcare Conference 2023, Adelaide, Australia, organized by @_PHAA_ @mfharris3 @cphce_unsw

Congratulations Jackie - well deserved

“There's no question that the cuts, the freezing of the Medicare rebate for six years under the former government has placed enormous financial pressure on general practice.” - Health Minister @Mark_Butler_MP. #abc730 #auspol

We didn’t really need another reason to be vaccinated, but here it is anyway. Protects against Long COVID symptoms before AND after infection. In short, it’s never too late to protect yourself. 1/2

⚠️NEXT BIG ONE—CDC has royally screwed up—unreleased data shows #XBB15, a super variant, surged to 40% US (CDC unreported for weeks!) & now causing hospitalization surges in NY/NE.➡️XBB15–a new recombinant strain—is both more immune evasive & better at infecting than #BQ & XBB.🧵

Our paper explores the application of the Inverse Care Law and market forces in Australian primary health care