Search results for: population and social health

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4 December 2025
Swimming Australia

New research set to profile Australia’s swimming population and develop evidence-based participation personas

Griffith University has launched a landmark three-year research project in conjunction with Swimming Australia that aims to transform how Australia understands...

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26 November 2025
Professor Sara E Davies over a background representative photo of a line of migrants walking at sunset.

Griffith expert appointed to WHO panel on health, migration and displacement

Professor Sara Davies of Griffith University has been elected to the World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Health,...

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19 September 2024

Co-design project to address community abuse and violence

Discovery Indigenous recipient aims to reduce youth sexual violence and abuse rates in regional population.

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19 July 2024

Economic outcomes and impacts of ‘eco anxieties’

Study suggests tracking changes in eco-anxiety and matching them to lifestyle choices. 

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11 June 2024
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9 May 2024
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24 October 2023
Blood collection tubes Group A Streptococcus(strep A)

What is Strep A, and why do we need a vaccine?

Strep A (Streptococcus pyogenes) is a major cause of infection-related deaths, leading to over 500,000 fatalities annually. Developing countries, Indigenous populations, and vulnerable groups face the greatest risks. A potential vaccine, developed by Professor Michael Good's team at Griffith University, is undergoing human trials and shows promise in fighting multiple Strep A strains.

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21 March 2023

Sex, labour, and financial exchange in couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is a growing form of homelessness in many countries including Australia, however, new research suggests it is especially common within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community.

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14 March 2023
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29 September 2022

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

Maintaining our health and quality of life is important to each of us and important to all of us as a society. While this issue has been brought into stark relief globally with the COVID-19 pandemic, across the world, for centuries, people have battled everything from outbreaks of infectious diseases to chronic health problems. The third of United Nations Sustainable Development goals is focused specifically on the aim of ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being in people of all ages.

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