Social movements and the Whitlam-initiated community health movement in Australia
The early passion for community health in the 1970s and 1980s was fuelled by social movements, but the inconsistent support from the federal and most state governments limited progressive and innovative community health practice. The window of opportunity for the Community Health Program was supported by progressive social movements, but restricted from the 1990s onwards.
Authors
- Virginia Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7802-625X)
- Tony McBride
- Connie Musolino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3269-8883)
- Paul Laris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7021-0853)
- Denise Fry
- Fran Baum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2294-1368)
- Toby Freeman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2787-8580)
- Jenny Macmillan
- David Legge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4870-4520)
Institutions
- La Trobe University (AU)
- South Australian Research and Development Institute (AU)
- Western NSW Local Health District (AU)
- Michael & Associates (US)
- Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- Human Growth Foundation (US)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Australian Journal of Primary Health
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1071/py24167
- Primary Topic
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00