Health promotion strategies bulletin - back issues

Health Promotion Strategies Volume 7, Number 4, October 2007 (136kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial - diabetes prevention
• Life! - Taking Action on Diabetes
• The Cancer Council Victoria - leading by example
• The Greater Green Triangle (GGT) Diabetes Prevention Project 3
• Diabetes Prevention - ‘Go for your life’ Program
• Ballarat Diabetes Prevention Pilot Initiative
• Keeping it all in focus - the eyes have it
• ‘Go for your life’
• Eating for a happy mind and body
• New health promotion framework to guide Victorian response to chronic disease risk factors
• From simple beginnings to consistent outcomes - improving health through collaboration
• Resistance exercise: joining the fight against diabetes

Health Promotion Strategies Volume 7, Number 3, July 2007 (136kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial––promoting gender and health promotion
• Gender issues in local government policy and planning––the Maribyrnong experience
• About GLOVE
• Victorian Women's Health and Wellbeing Strategy
• The Stories of Hope Project
• Men's groups formed to support clients and workers
• Men's Sheds reflect new thinking and opportunities in supporting men's health and wellbeing
• Bendigo develops a model for men's health and wellbeing
• 'Heart Time' Prevention and Rehabilitation for Aboriginal Women
• Study reveals barriers to accessing support due to gender and cultural background
• Workshops emphasise women's health perspective in health promotion practice
• Melton Young Pregnant and Parenting group

Health Promotion Strategies Volume 7, Number 2, April 2007 (200kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial - promoting CALD and multi-faith health
• Promoting physical activity - lessons learnt
• Ready, Set, Stride trainers guide
• Partnership tackles Vitamin D deficiency
• Women’s health education in your language
• Building Bridges: addressing discrimination
• Public Health grants for CALD-focused research
• Promoting peace in families
• What every man needs to know - in 12 different languages
• Mental health first aid training
• Together we are strong
• Kit helps new migrants and refugees access healthy food
• Promoting healthy weight for Yarra’s kids
• Cultural competency - is it good for our health?
• Engaging our diverse community

Health Promotion Strategies Volume 7, Number 1, January 2007 (214kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial––promoting children's health
• Kids––'Go for your life'
• The state of Victoria's children
• Koori Bubs Swim Program
• 1st Serve––life and health through tennis
• Stonnington's award-winning Nutrition Policy
• COOKing in Knox
• Health Promoting Schools in Drouin
• The early years––Doveton Connect
• Exploring the link between environment and childhood diet and activity
• Smiles4Miles takes off
• Protecting sight and skin from the sun
• Creating a cycling culture
• Release of the Victorian Sexually Transmissible Infections Strategy 2006–2009
• Be Active Eat Well in Colac

Health Promotion Strategies Volume 6, Number 3, August 2006 (1,013kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial – health promotion for people with a disability
• Spotlight on Disability Services, Wellbeing and Practice Improvement Unit
• Go for your life – edible gardens
• Talbot St edible gardens project
• Veg Out Van brings 'fresh' opportunities
• Healthy Lifestyles in Colac
• The Central Sports Hub
• Youth Week – a time to get active
• Walking grants fund two new groups
• Healthy Homes
• Darebin walking with partners
• Walking with a difference
• Improving accessibility for pedestrians in the Bass Coast
• Working together to reduce family violence
• Overcoming barriers to cervical screening
• Peers support amputees
• What’s on - what’s new?

Health Promotion Strategies Volume 6, Number 2, May 2006 (203kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial––a focus on injury prevention
• Minimising risk of fire-related injury
• Safety Ambassadors from the Horn of Africa
• Check yourhotspots
• Sk8Safe at the City of Melbourne
• Smartplay
• CALD Partnership Project
• Spotlight on falls prevention for older people
• Aged Care Falls Prevention Program
• Wimmera Weights on Wheels
• Bellarine Community Health responds to falls prevention
• Upright and Independent in South Coast
• Strong Steps in Swan Hill
• Barwon NoFalls Exercise Program
• Preventing eye injuries
• Royal Children’s Hospital Safety Centre
• I love a sunburnt country?
• Injury alliance supports safety initiatives
• What’s on––what’s new?

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Health Promotion Strategies Volume 6, Number 1, February 2006 (578kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial––a focus on equity and health inequalities
• VicHealth formalises position on health inequality
• HIA––identifying the health effects of public policy
• VCI Project update
• Spotlight on the Diversity Unit
• Physical health of people living with mental illness
• Engaging high health risk populations
• Realities… young parenting peer education project
• Safety in public spaces
• Exercise and obesity––where you live does matter
• ‘SKAART’––Young people taking the lead
• Risky Business––youth, arts and wellbeing
• Our Homes, Our Health––older people in public housing estates
• What’s on––what’s new?
• Koori Connections: Indigenous Equity Strategies––insert
  • Nyernila Koories Kila Degaia (Listen up to Koories speak about health)
  • Improving access to mainstream services
  • Our Rainbow Place––engaging the Indigenous community
  • Diabetes Service Improvement Program
  • Addressing inequalities: ATSI health
  • Partnership tackles chronic disease in Aboriginal community
  • Project: Equity

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Health Promotion Strategies Volume 5, Number 4, November 2005 (604kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial––focus on healthy eating
• Kids––go for your life
• Start Right Eat Right goes statewide
• Community Development Approach to Healthy Eating
• Smiles 4 Miles for Victoria’s preschool children
• Community Kitchens: Fresh Food, Friendship and Fun
• Good food: a local alliance
• Food for All extends its reach
• Inequalities in healthy eating among women
• Yarrawonga foodbank responds to changing needs
• Parents Jury highlights ‘smoke and mirrors’ advertising
• Update on Food Access
• Healthy dining choices for children
• Healthy Opportunities at Bunurong Community Care
• Well For Life in Boroondara

Volume 5, Number 3, August 2005 (215kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial––focus on physical activity
• Health promotion in DHS… spotlight on Neighbourhood Renewal
• 10,000 Steps in Casey
• Starting Blocks––All Women, All Ages Project
• fun ‘n healthy in Moreland!
• Promoting health through sport
• Bridging Gaps with Basketball
• Active Fawkner––promoting family participation in sport
• Building Active Communities in Baw Baw
• Walking School Bus benefits more communities
• Strength in partnerships
• Pedestrians get Greenlight
• Primary Care Partnerships (PCPs) and Physical Activity (PA) project
• What’s on––what’s new?

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Volume 5, Number 2, May 2005 (180kb, pdf)

Contents

• VicHealth Plans for Action in Promoting Mental Health
• Indigenous leadership a key to wellbeing
• Supporting Kids who have a parent with a mental illness
• WORKs promotes youth employment
• School’s in for refugees
• Evaluating refugee relocation projects
• The Student Wellbeing and Cultural Diversity Project: promoting supportive environments
• Understanding the effects of intimate partner violence
• beyondblue: tackling depression in the workplace
• Health Promotion in DHS... spotlight on Primary and Community Health Branch
• What’s on––what’s new?
  • Join the People’s Health Movement
  • Mental Health Research Series
  • Mental health promotion evidence-based resource
  • The Men’s Shed
  • 2005 Public Health Awards
  • Evaluation of evidence based reviews

Volume 5, Number 1, February 2005 (166kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial/Welcome
• Health promotion at DHS
• Major initiative tells Victorians to 'Go for your life'
• Special feature on 2004 Victorian Public Health Award Winner's
• Victoria reviews public legislation
• What's on What's new
  • Workforce Development
  • Rural Health Conference
  • United Nations International Conference on Engaging Communities
  • Heart Foundation Conference
  • Global Ideas, Local Innovations: Municipal Public Health Planning State Conference
  • Australian Women's Health Conference

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Volume 4, Number 1, April 2003 (186kb, pdf)

Contents

• Promotion of An Active Life!
• Strong People Stay Healthy
• Community Action Project: Unemployed Men
• Preventing Falls Among Senior Victorians
• Body Image and Mental Health
• What's on What's new
  • New Report on the Achievements of Primary Care Partnerships
  • Body Image Resource Guide to Social Marketing
  • Announcement of 2004 Conference in Melbourne
  • Office of Senior Victorians Website
  • Daily News Bulletin
  • Greatest Week of the Year
  • New Seniors Card Tourism, Leisure and Recreation Directory
  • About this Publication

Volume 3, Number 2, June 2002 (140kb, pdf)

• Current Mental Health Branch Initiatives
• Koori Community Leadership Program
• Mental Health Promotion at Darebin Community Health
• South Coast Health Services Consortium
• A Common Assessment and Referral System to Achieve Earlier Intervention with High Risk Adolescents
• Health Promoting Services for Non-English Speaking People with a Mental Illness
• What's On What's New
  • Issues Faced by Same-Sex Attracted Victorians
  • Mental Health Initiatives
  • About this Publication

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Volume 3, Number 1, March 2002 (92kb, pdf)

Contents

• A Walking State
• Municipal Public Health Planning in Victoria: Promoting Good Practice
• Liveable, Healthy Urban Environments: Building Sustainable Links Between Planning and Health
• LaTrobe Regional Hospital as a Health Promotion Setting
• Homeless and Drug Dependency Trial
• The Health Promotion Strategies Bulletin Evaluation
• Building Partnerships to Improving Heart Health
• Stress Less 2001
• What's On/What's New
  • The Ethiopian Community Diabetes Project
  • Diabetic Retinopathy Screening

Volume 2, Number 4, December 2001 (109kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial
• Best Start
• The Making of Makin Pitchas, a Koori Youth Video Project
• Creating Local Supportive Environments
• Building Capacity to Promote Health
• Social Determinants of Health for Local Government
• Maryborough Mental Health Promotion Project
• 'A Million Times Better' - Refugee Women's Stories of Depression and Recovery
• Addressing Health Inequalities through Primary Care Partnerships

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Volume 2, Number 3, September 2001 (200kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial
• The Social and Economic Impact of Volunteering in Victoria
• Voluntary Work Australia 2000
• Volunteering at the Royal Children's Hospital
• The Platform Project -- Young People Setting the Directions
• Volunteers' Role in Supporting Diabetes Prevention
• Leading the Fight in Cancer Prevention
• the Victorian Farmsafe Alliance
• Volunteers' Health Promoting Role at Asthma Victoria
• Health Promotion Activities Across Sectors Innovations in Public Housing
• Pathways to Toothfriendly Confectionery
• The Prevention and Early Detection of Oral Mucositis
• What's New, What's On

Volume 2, Number 2, June 2001 (208kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial
• A Regional Snapshot... Men's Health Planning and Suicide Prevention in Loddon Mallee
• Supporting Culture and Linguistic Diversity
• The Rural Men's Health Program
• The Alberton Project - A Community Redevelopment Program
• Partnerships Working Together for Rural Communities
• Commonwealth Contributions to Health Promotion Development in Rural Victoria
• Promoting the Mental Health of Same Sex attracted Young People in Rural Victoria
• Scratching for Answers
• What's New, What's On

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Volume 1, Number 4, March 2001 (212kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial
• Anti Cancer Council Victoria Seminar Series
• Brain Foundation Victoria
• Reducing the Impact of Asthma ... Asthma Victoria
• Accessible Communities Award ... Arthritis Victoria
• Partnerships to Improve Oral Health
• International Year of Volunteers
• Primary Care Partnerships and Links with Statewide Health Promotion Organisations
• Municipal Public Health Planning
• Evidence-based Health Promotion Program
• Health Promoting Emergency Departments
• What's New, What's On

Volume 1, Number 3, November 2000 (264kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial
• Inequalities in Health: Extract from the Plenary Presentation
• Ensuring a 'Fair Go' in Health: Changing the Rules of the Game: Extract from the Plenary Presentation
• Personal Reflections from the Hume and Eastern Region: Highlights from the Conference
• Oral Health Promotion
• Safer Times Around Albury/Wodonga
• Health Promotion and Primary Care Partnerships Update
• What's New, What's On

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Volume 1, Number 2, September 2000 (160kb, pdf)

Contents

• Editorial
• Celebrating Health Promotion Practice: A Showcase of Work from Northern Metropolitan Region
• Trust in Relationships Between Organisations
• Mental Health Promotion: Rural Partnership Program
• Mental Health Promotion Hume Region: Healthy and Wise
• Child Injury Prevention Partnership
• Child Health Record
• What's New, What's On

Volume 1, Number 1, May 2000 (124kb, pdf)

Contents

• Welcome
• Workforce Development
• Primary Health Care Redevelopment
• Injury Prevention - It's a Lifesaver
• Strategic Directions for VicHealth in Partnership with DHS
• Promoting Rural Health
• What's New, What's On

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