Professor Lisa Gibbs
Professor of Public Health & Director, Child & Community Wellbeing Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health; Academic Lead, Community Resilience, Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety, University of Melbourne
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Health & Medicine
Building togetherness in the face of disaster
A ten year study into the aftermath of the Black Saturday bushfires highlights the importance of community and connection in what is a lesson for current and future disaster recovery efforts
Health & Medicine
Black Saturday: Understanding disaster recovery and resilience
The Black Saturday bushfires taught us that disasters are a unique form of trauma - learning how to respond can help people and their communities recover
Health & Medicine
Bushfire trauma puts schooling at risk
A new study of nearly 25,000 school kids finds that those exposed to the traumatic 2009 Black Saturday Australian bushfires are more likely to fall behind in their learning years
Health & Medicine
Kids’ sleep a key indicator of wellbeing
Australia’s largest survey of children’s happiness finds that sleep is a key indicator of wellbeing – but traditional things like reading and pets still make kids smile
Health & Medicine
Why helping at home is good for kids
There’s strong evidence that feeling useful builds resilience in children, but how much and what sort of work are modern parents asking kids to do?
Health & Medicine
Under the Microscope
It takes two to write and laugh
Sisters Lisa Gibbs and Bernadette Hellard have combined an expertise in child wellbeing and a love of netball to become successful children’s authors
Health & Medicine
Black Saturday: the hidden costs
Six-year study of mental toll from Australia’s worst bushfire shows social ties are key to resilience and recovery
Environment
Dousing the flames: The new normal
People who overcome trauma following a disaster don’t always return to ‘normal’ and that can be a good thing