AMSA Orange Guide 2021
This is AMSA. A diverse group of medical students with one thing in common: a passion for representing, advocating for, listening to and bettering the lives of medical students across Australia. Click through this year’s Orange Guide to have all your questions answered about what AMSA is, what we do, how to get involved and how to stay updated. What are you waiting for?
This is AMSA. A diverse group of medical students with one thing in common: a passion for representing, advocating for, listening to and bettering the lives of medical students across Australia. Click through this year’s Orange Guide to have all your questions answered about what AMSA is, what we do, how to get involved and how to stay updated. What are you waiting for?
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healthy communities<br />
Healthy Communities is the newest member of <strong>AMSA</strong> Global Health Projects. We advocate for the reduction of<br />
unhealthy environments within our communities to prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs).<br />
2020 was a huge year for us (we don’t just mean that because of COVID). We started 2020 off with an exercise<br />
competition ‘May-Day Bootcamp’, encouraging everyone to get on their feet and move around despite the lockdown<br />
restrictions. Another win for Healthy Communities included the updating of the <strong>AMSA</strong> Food and Nutrition policy<br />
by the wonderful policy team. This has resulted in the inclusion of more information relating to the 2019 EAT-<br />
Lancet report. Throughout the year ‘Meatless Mondays’ and ‘Seasonal Eating’ were promoted via our Instagram,<br />
giving you sustainable (and delicious) recipes that fit into the Planetary Health Diet. We finished off the year with a<br />
step competition and wrote a draft of an open letter to NHMRC calling for the<br />
inclusion of sustainability in the Australian Dietary <strong>Guide</strong>lines.<br />
In <strong>2021</strong>, we will continue to focus our advocacy efforts on the Planetary<br />
Health Diet, in particular its inclusion in the Australian Dietary <strong>Guide</strong>lines.<br />
Continuing on the topic of nutrition, a Culinary Medicine module has been in<br />
the works and we are hoping to be able to make this available to students as<br />
soon as we can. As well as nutrition and exercise, we are hoping to expand<br />
the breadth of Healthy Communities to address more factors that contribute<br />
to healthy lifestyles and NCD prevention. We look forward to continuing to<br />
educate, advocate and run various projects to work towards building healthier<br />
communities!<br />
How do I get involved?<br />
There are several positions available on the Healthy Communities<br />
subcommittee so keep an eye out for callouts. Otherwise follow us<br />
on social media and keep up to date with our projects. We would<br />
love for everyone to be involved!<br />
Here’s what you can do:<br />
» Join the Global Health Group at your uni, and get in touch<br />
with your <strong>AMSA</strong> Global Representative and/or Healthy<br />
Communities Representative<br />
» Like and keep an eye on our Facebook page, as well as the<br />
<strong>AMSA</strong> Global Health Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages<br />
» Sign up to the <strong>AMSA</strong> Global Health Bulletin via our website<br />
(globalhealth.amsa.org.au)<br />
» Come to an <strong>AMSA</strong> Global Health Forum<br />
» Come find us at <strong>AMSA</strong> Global Health Conference<br />
» Refer to <strong>AMSA</strong> Global Health page 21 for more dates<br />
/youramsahc @youramsahc healthycommunities@amsa.org.au @youramsahc<br />
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