Health & wellbeing issues
Page content: Alcohol & other drug
issues | Arthritis | Asthma
prevention & management | Cancer
prevention | Cardiovascular
disease | Diabetes
prevention & management | Healthy
eating & weight | Injury
prevention | Local
government planning for health & wellbeing | Mental
health promotion | Neighbourhood
renewal | Oral health promotion | Physical
activity | Reproductive & sexual health | Rural
health promotion | Tobacco control | Vaccine
preventable disease control | Violence
Alcohol & other drug issues
Drugs and Alcohol in Victoria
Road to Recovery. Report on the inquiry into substance abuse in Australian
Communities, August 2003.
Drugs and Poisons Information
Drug and alcohol in Victoria
The Australian Drug Foundation
 Public
health problems caused by alcohol (37kb, pdf)
Note: This publication is located on the World
Health Organization website
Arthritis
A
Literature review of public health interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis,
Osteoarthritis & Osteoporosis (783kb, pdf)
This report will enable the
Department of Human Services and decision makers to undertake informed planning
and development of services to optimise arthritis and musculoskeletal disorder
prevention, education and management in the Victorian community.
Asthma prevention & management
Occupational
Asthma - Detection, Surveillance and Prevention of the Disease Burden (815kb,
pdf)
This report was commissioned as part of a larger program addressing the problem
of asthma in the Victorian community. The specific aim of this report was to
investigate the problem of occupational asthma in our community, including
coverage of the likely magnitude, causes, affected occupational groups, social
and economic burden and possible prevention approaches, with specific focus
on the situation in Victoria, Australia. This work has been undertaken to assist
the Victorian Department of Human Services in developing future programs and
activities to reduce the impact of asthma, as part of the National Occupational
Disease Prevention Strategy.
National priority areas - asthma website
Asthma Victoria
National Asthma Council Australia
Victorian Asthma Health Educators Association
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Cancer prevention, early detection (including sun protection)
BreastCare Victoria
The Cancer Council Victoria
National Health Priority Areas - cancer website
SunSmart campaign
Victorian Government Cancer Initiatives
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Cardiovascular disease
Planning for health communities: Reducing the
risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes through healthier environments
and lifestyles
National health priority areas - cardiovascular disease website
National Stroke Foundation
National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Diabetes prevention & management
National health priority areas―diabetes mellitus
website
American Diabetes Association (2002) Position statement, screening for
diabetes, Diabetes Care 25:S21–S24, 2002.
The Eyes on Diabetes web site
Diabetes Australia
The International Diabetes Institute
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Healthy eating & weight
Nutrition Australia
Public Health Nutrition
Go for your life
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Injury prevention
Victorian Injury Prevention Program
Evidence-based
health promotion: resources for planning. No. 4 Child injury prevention (2001)
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Local government planning for health & wellbeing
Local Government Planning for Health and Wellbeing
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/localgov
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Mental health promotion
Evidence-based Mental Health Promotion Resource, 2006
This resource details
background information; establishes the determinants of mental health promotion;
presents evidence on mental health promotion interventions including promising
practices; and provides a guide for program planning and evaluation. The evidence
presented relates to promoting social inclusion and connectedness, addressing
violence and discrimination, and, increasing access to economic resource
National health priority areas - mental health website
Evidence-based health promotion: resources for planning.
No. 6 Body image (2002)
Rowling L. et al. (eds) (2002) Mental health promotion
and young people: concepts and practice, Published by McCraw Hill, Australia.
Women's Health Victoria - Gender as a determinant of health
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Neighbourhood renewal
Neighbourhood Renewal - Growing Victoria Together November 2002
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Oral health promotion
Resources and links for oral health promotion.
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Physical activity
TravelSmart
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Reproductive & sexual health
Having a Baby in Victoria
Victorian HIV/AIDS Strategy (2002–2004)
Victorian Hepatitis C Strategy (2002–2004)
Family Planning Victoria
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Rural health promotion
Rural Health
Victorian Rural Human Services Strategy website
Rural and Regional Health Services Branch website
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Tobacco control
Tobacco reforms
Quit Victoria
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Vaccine preventable disease control
Immunisation
Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Surveillance
Violence
Victorian Community Council Against Violence
The
health costs of violence: measuring the burden of disease caused by intimate
partner violence (398kb, pdf)
Public
health, mental health and violence against women (265kb, pdf)
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