Other resources
A comprehensive review of the health status of Victorians was undertaken, quantifying the contribution to the burden of disease in 1996 of mortality, disability, impairment, illness and injury arising from 176 diseases, injuries and risk factors (with this burden projected to 2016):
- Burden of Disease - Victoria
Information about the Burden of Disease in Victoria including mortality and morbidity reports and DALY worksheets.
- Burden of Disease – LGAs and regions
Information about the Victorian Burden of Disease study including background to the study, searchable estimates database, accuracy of estimates, frequently asked questions and maps of local government areas.
A
Literature review of public health interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis,
Osteoarthritis & Osteoporosis
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.
Quality, evidence and effectiveness
in health promotion: striving for certainties
Davies J. and MacDonald G editors (1998) Quality, evidence and effectiveness
in health promotion: striving for certainties, published by Routledge.
For further information see
http://www.routledge.com
Evidence for Policy and Practice Information Coordinating Centre
Health Evidence Network
Health Policy Guide
Evidence based policies to improve the public's health
National Health Service Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (NHS-CRD)
The NHS-CRD
is a sibling organisation to the Cochrane Centre. Most reviews focus
on health care to support England’s National Health Service but
some reviews do examine health promotion and disease prevention
The
Victorian ambulatory care sensitive conditions study, Victorian Government
Department of Human Services, Melbourne.
The Campbell Collaboration: Focuses on the effects of social and educational
policies and practice
Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health field
Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP)
The EPHPP
is a key initiative
of the Public Health Research, Education and Development (PHRED) program.
It is jointly funded by the Canadian Ministry of Health and Long-Term
Care and the City of Hamilton, Social and Public Health Services Department.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
NICE is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health. NICE replaces the Health Development Agency.
The Health Inequalities Research Collaboration (HIRC).
Research in Australia
and overseas has shown that people who experience social
and economic disadvantage tend to be sicker and die younger than others.
The goal of the collaboration is to enhance Australia's knowledge of
the causes of and effective responses to health inequalities, and to
promote vigorously the application of this evidence to reduce health
inequalities in Australia.
Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto
Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto has produced and
an Overview of Sustainability Workbook. The workbook
is designed to increase understanding about the concept of sustainability;
provide suggestions and tools regarding approaches that will increase
the likelihood; and provides examples of health promotion activities
that have been sustained.
Interactive Domain Model (IDM) of Best practices
A website that aims
to promote discussion of best practice ideas, and to provide information
to make the application of best practices easier.
Victorian Quality Council (VQC)
The Victorian Quality Council is responsible for fostering better quality
health services in Victoria by working with stakeholders to develop useful
tools and strategies to improve health service safety and quality.
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