10 years of preventive health in Australia. Part 1 – lessons for policy and implementation

Given that the focus of this journal is the connection between public health research, policy and practice, our reflections at this 10-year point in the journal's history are upon lessons to be drawn from recent efforts to achieve effective, evidence-based prevention in Australia. The accompanying commentaries on progress in critical areas of public health action (refer to Part 2 - centring First Nations sovereignty; Part 3 - engaging the primary care sector; Part 4 - extending gains in tobacco