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- (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 438
Organisations and Networks
UN and Multinational
Government
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
- Australian Governments & Health Inequities Project
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
- Australian Capital Territory, Department of Health and Community Care
- Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse - "The Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse is a national resource on issues of domestic violence and family violence. It provides a central point for the collection and dissemination of Australian domestic and family violence policy, practice and research. It aims to meet the information needs of government agencies, generalist and specialist service providers, researchers and interested members of the public."
- Australian Institute of Family Studies - "a Commonwealth statutory authority established in 1980 to promote the identification and understanding of factors affecting marital and family stability in Australia"
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Australia's Health 2006 - "Australia's health 2006 is the tenth biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. It is the nation's authoritative source of information on patterns of health and illness, determinants of health, the supply and use of health services, and health services expenditure. Australia's Health 2006 is an essential reference and information resource for all Australians with an interest in health."
- Australia's Health 2004
- Youth Suicide and Self-Injury Australia
- Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
- HealthInsite - "quality health information for all Australians"
- Population Health Division
- Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services
- Social Health Atlas of Australia
- National Public Health Partnership (NPHP) - "a formal structure for the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments to come together to develop a joint Australian intergovernmental agenda for public health into the next century. The NPHP homepage is intended to put you into contact with the work of the Partnership, and to regularly update you on the progress of the Partnership's significant work program"
- enHealth Council - National Environmental Health Council - "provide national leadership on environmental health issues, set priorities, coordinate national policies and programs and provide a pivotal link between international fora and environmental health stakeholders in Australia. It is also responsible for the implementation of the National Environmental Health Strategy"
- Northern Territory Health Service
- Hands On - Public Health Education and Training Database
- NSW Public Health Division
- The Health of the People of New South Wales - Annual Report by the Chief Health Officer
- NSW Multicultural Communication Service
- NSW Public Health Bulletin
- NSW Health: Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice - The Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice (CHRCJ) was formed in 2003 and arose out of the need to establish a centre of excellence to conduct quantitative research in the areas of prisoner health, and health matters that impact on, and are impacted on by, the criminal justice system. The CHRCJ is the only organisation in the world devoted to the study of prisoner health issues; its work is recognised at the national and international level.
- Public Health Education and Research Program (PHERP) - this is a program funded by the Federal Government to improve the quality of public health teaching at Australian universities; the page provides information on the program and the participating universities
- Queensland Health
- Disability Services Queensland
- South Australia: Human Services Finder
- South Australian Health Commission
- Healthy South Australia - gateway to health information and resources
- Women's Health Statewide
- Tasmania: Department of Health and Human Services
- Victoria, Department of Human Services
- Victorian Public Health Training Scheme - "a fully funded initiative of the Public Health Division of the Department of Human Services, auspiced by the North Western Health Care Network and accredited by La Trobe University. For medical graduates, the scheme is accredited as "advanced training" by the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians"
- Western Australia, Department of Health
Non-Government
- Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (South Australia) - "The Council's aim is to ensure the development of effective programs to reduce harm related to substance misuse in Aboriginal communities, in such a way as to: promote and foster pride, dignity, identity and achievement in Aboriginal society, and advocate and actively pursue the philosophy and principles of Aboriginal spiritual, cultural, social, economic and political re-empowerment, self-determination and self- management. This mission will be carried out principally as an information and advisory centre for the Aboriginal community, the wider community and to relevant professionals and institutions, on substance misuse issues"
- AID/WATCH - "an independent non-government organisation working for the reform of the Australian Government's overseas development assistance program"
- Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria - an independent, volunteer-based charity whose mission is to lead and coordinate action to minimise the human cost of cancer for all Victorians. The Anti-Cancer Council raises over $10 million annually to fund research, education and patient support programs
- AusEinet - Australian Early Intervention Network for Mental Health in Young People - "a joint program of the Flinders University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide funded under the National Mental Health Strategy by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services. Our aim is to make sense of early intervention as a theme in mental health. We hope to identify the gaps in the field through our Stocktake process and our State and Territory seminars, provide some innovative programs through 1998 and 1999, and perhaps discover some new answers"
- AUSTCARE
AUSTCARE is an Australian-based, independent, specialist humanitarian aid and development organisation that is non-profit and non-sectarian helping to build a better world for refugees. Since 1967 AUSTCARE has made measurable and sustainable improvements to the lives of refugees, displaced people and those impacted by landmines in more than 30 countries.
- Australia Institute - "promotes a more just, sustainable and peaceful Australian society through research, publication and vigorous participation in public debate"
- Australian Association of Social Workers
- Australian Centre For Post Traumatic Mental Health - The Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health is an internationally recognised centre of excellence at the University of Melbourne. We specialise in trauma-related research, policy and program development and training. The Centre helps organisations, communities and individuals to prevent, recognise and reduce the adverse mental health effects of trauma through world class research and innovative policy development
- Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies - "The Clearinghouse provides information products and services for those working in the youth field and for anyone with an interest in youth. This includes: practitioners in areas such as health and education, researchers, policy-makers, youth workers and youth service providers, students and parents"
- Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation
- Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) - ACFID is the coordinating body for some 90 Australian non-government organisations working in the field of overseas aid and development
- Australian Drug Foundation - "an independent, non-profit organisation working to prevent and reduce alcohol and drug problems in the Australian community. The ADF's core business is to provide information to public and professional groups and practical assistance to organisations and communities"
- Australian Gene Ethics Network - "a federation of groups and individuals in Australia who promote critical discussion and debate on the environmental, social and ethical impacts of genetic engineering technologies"
- Australian Health Promoting Schools Association
- Australian Health Promotion Association
- Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network - The Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Knowledge Network (AIHKPN) provides access to the latest information in Indigenous health including employment, skills and educational development opportunities; conferences and publications.
- Australian Institute of Environmental Health
- Australian Institute of Health, Law and Ethics - "an independent, national organisation active in exploring the legal and ethical aspects of health care and promotion"
- Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists
- Australian International Health Institute - "an Australian-based company of the University of Melbourne developing new answers for new challenges associated with global health sector reform. The AIHI works in partnership with leading corporations, governments and non-government organisations, providing extensive consulting and advisory services and tailored education and training in: health promotion, health policy and systems development, and health care delivery"
- Australian Nutrition Foundation - "an independent community-based, non-government organisation which provides information and advice on nutrition, and promotes the health and well-being of Australians by making healthy food choices easier choices"
- Australian Reproductive Health Alliance (ARHA)
- Australasian Epidemiological Association -This organization of professionals promotes epidemiology in the context of public health within Australia
- Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Inc. - founded in 1973, "Congress works for the health of Aboriginal people by: providing effective, efficient, and appropriate primary health care for Aboriginal people; educating Aboriginal Health Workers; assisting other Aboriginal communities to take control of their health matters; being a political advocate for our people, and speaking out on matters affecting our health"
- Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health - located in Melbourne, Victoria
- Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field - "opportunity for individuals and organisations to contribute to and utilise evidence in health promotion and public health practice. It also provides a forum in which to debate the issues associated with acquiring and effectively using evidence in health promotion and public health"
- Consumers' Health Forum - "a national peak organisation providing a voice for all health consumers. CHF's strategic direction is set by its voting members. Voting members are consumer organisations, which represent a broad range of health consumers such as illness groups, disability groups and specific population groups such as youth, older people and women"
- Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health - The Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH) aims to promote high quality research through the development of research partnerships involving key stakeholders; through increased Aboriginal participation and control and through better-defined ethical practices; Undertake strategic research to investigate health service delivery systems, the social determinants of health and health conditions; transfer research findings into policy and practice to improve primary health care practice, to build sustainable prevention and early intervention programs and to reduce the burden of disease on Aboriginal communities and individuals.
- Doctors' Reform Society of Australia - "an organization of Australian doctors and medical students. Members support health care reforms to ensure the healthcare system is just, equitable and providing quality care for all regardless of social or economic status"
- Fred Hollows Foundation - a community based non-governmental organization (NGO) aiming at the eradication of cataract blindness and providing equity of access to health care
- Gamblers Anonymous Australia - "a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop gambling. There are no dues or fees for Gamblers Anonymous membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. Gamblers Anonymous is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any cause. Our primary purpose is to stop gambling and to help other compulsive gamblers do the same"
- HCN - Health Communication Network
- Lead Education and Abatement Design (LEAD) - " The LEAD Group's aims are to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in Australia by the year 2002, and to protect the environment from lead. "Childhood lead poisoning" is here defined (as it is by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States), as a foetus, infant or child having a blood lead level above 10 µg/dL (micrograms per decilitre). This equates to 0.48 µmol/L (micromoles per litre)"
- Medical Association for the Prevention of War
- Mental Health Australia - provided by the Queensland Association for Mental Health, excellent resources
- National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) is the national peak Aboriginal health body representing Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services throughout Australia. An Aboriginal Medical Service (AMS) is a primary health care service initiated and operated by the local Aboriginal community to deliver holistic, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate health care to the community which controls it (through a locally elected Board of Management).
- National Toxics Network - "a community based network with a common aim to reduce the chemical load on the environment and to promote environmentally responsible technologies and management systems"
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre - "to improve health outcomes, clinical practice and public health policy in Australia and internationally through the better use of clinical trials research"
- National Resource Centre for Consumer Participation in Health - "an initiative of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. It is being funded as part of the Acute Health Care - Microeconomic Reform Program until the end of February, 2002 and is endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council. The National Resource Centre has two closely related functions
- a Clearinghouse for information about methods and models of community and consumer feedback and participation and associated concepts;
- a Centre of Excellence in consumer participation where clients can seek advice and assistance to develop, implement and evaluate feedback and participation methods and models"
- NSW Cancer Council - "the leading community funded organisation in New South Wales committed to the control of cancer. In partnership with the community, it is dedicated to preventing cancer and reducing the impact of cancer through research, education, advocacy, and the care and support of people affected by cancer"
- PHM OZ People's Health Movement Australia
"The People’s Health Movement (PHM) is a global coalition of grassroots and health activist organisations dedicated to addressing the burden of preventable disease globally but in particular that carried by developing countries. The goal of the People’s Health Movement is to re-establish health and equitable development as top priorities in local, national and international policy-making with comprehensive primary health care as a key strategy to achieve these priorities. "
- Pedestrian Council of Australia - "The Walking Class Heroes - PCA's role is essentially one of education, advocacy and the promotion of a culture of concern and care within the whole community for the rights and responsibilities of pedestrians. Provision and infrastructure to meet the expectations of such a concerned community is properly the responsibility of the land use, transport and road authorities"
- Primary Health Care Research & Information Service - “PHC RIS is a national general practice and primary health care organisation based at Flinders University in South Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
- Public Health Association of Australia Inc.
- Aboriginal Health in Victoria - A draft policy and background paper prepared for consideration by the Victorian Branch of the Public Health Association of Australia
- Special Interest Group "Aboriginal Health" (SIGAH)
- Special Interest Group "Environmental Health" (SIGEH)
- Special Interest Group "Food and Nutrition" (SIGF)
- Special Interest Group "Health Promotion" (SIGHP)
- Special Interest Group "Oral Health" (SIGOH)
- Special Interest Group "Political Economy of Health" (SIGPEH)
- Royal Flying Doctor Service - "serves an area of 7,150,000 square kilometres - the largest territory covered by an aero-medical service in the world. In 1995 we undertook 14,105 evacuations, held about 5,000 remote area clinics, and flew 9,483,433kms"
- Secretariat of National Aboriginal Islander Child Care - The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care, SNAICC, is the national non-government peak body in Australia representing the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. SNAICC operates from a membership base of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-based child care agencies, Multi-functional Aboriginal Children's Services, family support services, foster care agencies, link up and family reunification services, family group homes, community groups and voluntary associations, long-day-care child care services, pre-schools, early childhood education services and services for young people at risk.
- Sexual Health and Family Planning Australia
- TASA (The Australian Sociological Association)
- Total Environment Centre - "to defend the environment including the last wild places, biodiversity and preventing pollution that harms our living areas and health. We believe that environmental ideals can be made real, and that the power of community action can change our world. Now, more than ever before, our actions determine the state of the environment that we pass on to future generations. TEC was established in 1972 as Australia's first environment centre"
- VICNET Health Page
- Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth)
- Women with Disabilities Australia - "the peak organisation for women with disabilities in Australia. It is a federating body of individuals and networks in each State and Territory of Australia and is made up of women with disabilities and associated organisations. WWDA is a woman centred organisation which works on a collective model. This means that decisions are made using a consensus approach. The national secretariat is located in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. WWDA is run by women with disabilities, for women with disabilities. It is the only organisation of its kind in Australia and one of only a very small number internationally"
- Women's Health Queensland Wide - "an independent community-based information service funded by Queensland Health and the Federal Government"
- Women's Health Statewide - "health and information service for South Australian women"
- Women's Health Victoria - "a service run by women for women, Women's Health Victoria is independent from provider interests. We aim to promote and address the health needs of women as defined and expressed by women"
Academic Institutions
- Australian Centre for Health Promotion, University of Sydney
- Australian Centre on Quality of Life (ACQOL) - an interdisciplinary centre within Deakin University
- Australian Health Policy Institute at the University of Sydney
- Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute - "Housing shapes urban Australia because of its dominant use of land, creating private and public costs and benefits along the way. The cities and regions of the nation provide the platform upon which economic restructuring takes place. Population movements, communities made up of very different households, pressures of growth and decline all contribute to the ever changing picture of where and how Australians live, work and recreate. AHURI is Australia's only national research organization committed to analysing and understanding these issues"
- Australian Institute for Primary Care - "promotes quality improvement and best practice in all areas of primary health care. It supports the integration of theory and practice in primary health care and promotes the standing and visibility of primary health care and community health services
- University of Ballarat
- Centre for Health and Research Practice
- Australian National University: Demography Program - rich resources on population development, public health
- Charles Sturt University, School of Community Health
- Curtin University of Technology, School of Public Health
- Deakin University, School of Health and Social Development
- Flinders University, Department of Public Health
- Griffith University, School of Public Health
- James Cook University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- LaTrobe University, School of Public Health
- School of Health and the Environment, Bendigo Campus
- Menzies School of Health Research, Northern Territory
- Monash Health Promotion on the Internet
- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health - located at the Australian National University in Canberra
- Queensland Centre for Public Health
- Queensland University of Technology
- School of Public Health
- National Centre for Classification in Health (Brisbane) - "to create an Australian centre of expertise in classifications for morbidity, mortality and health interventions and to develop Australian standards for the application of such classifications. NCCH's role in both morbidity and mortality classification will have a national scope. The focus of morbidity classification will be on inpatient and ambulatory services. NCCH is responsible for the development of ICD-10-AM, an Australian modification of the World Health Organizations' International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health Related Problems - Tenth Revision (ICD-10) which is accompanied by an Australian procedure classification. ICD-10-AM is currently being prepared by NCCH in consultation with clinicians and clinical coders with the aim of more accurately reflecting Australian clinical practice. ICD-10-AM is due for implementation for morbidity coding in July 1998. The Australian Bureau of Statistics plans to use WHO's ICD-10 publication for cause of death coding."
- University of Adelaide, Discipline of Public Health
- University of Melbourne
- Centre for the Study of Health and Society
- School of Population Health
- University of New South Wales - School of Public Health and Community Medicine - "We seek to contribute to the ongoing efforts, both within Australia and internationally, to promote health, prevent disease and ensure that health care is made available through the organised efforts of society."
- University of Queensland
- Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition
- Indigenous Health Program
- Cancer Prevention Research Centre
- University of Sydney, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine
- Australian Centre for Health Promotion
- Yooroang Garang - Centre for Indigenous Health Studies - located at the University of Sydney, this link provides information on Indigenous studies plus a link to the Indigenous Health Network - highly recommended
- Department of Rural Health, University of Sydney
- University of Tasmania, Faculty of Health Sciences
- University of Western Australia, School of Population Health
- University of Wollongong, Department of Public Health and Nutrition
- Women's Health Australia - "In June 1995, a group of researchers from the University of Newcastle was commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Human Services & Health to carry out the first Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.
In collaboration with the University of Queensland, the Newcastle researchers will explore the changes in women's lives, the choices they make and the effects on their long-term health and well-being. The study is designed to follow women for up to 20 years and will address serious gaps in knowledge about women's health. The project will also find out which health services could be improved. To do this we must learn about women's health problems, lifestyles and their views on health services. Women's Health Australia will be a national research resource providing information on women's health issues"
National Policy and Related Documents
Reports, Guidelines, and Projects
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2006 report: detailed analyses
"This report contains detailed analyses underlying the summary data presented in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2006 report (AHMAC 2006). The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework (HPF) is designed to provide the basis to monitor the impact of the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (NSFATSH) and inform policy analyses, planning and program implementation. The HPF consists of 70 measures covering three Tiers - health status and outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance."
- Australian Government - Ausaid - Evaluation and Quality Assurance Reports
- Australia's Health Workforce - Productivity Commission Research Report
This January 2006 paper represents the findings of the Australian Productivity Commission's study to examine issues impacting on the health workforce including the supply of, and demand for, health workforce professionals, and propose solutions to ensure the continued delivery of quality health care over the next 10 years. The study was undertaken in the context of the need for efficient and effective delivery of health services in an environment of demographic change, technological advances and rising health costs.
- Cultural competency in health: A guide for policy, partnerships and participation
This guide has been developed to help policy makers and managers with culturally competent policy and planning at all levels of the health system. The guide draws together evidence on programs for increasing cultural competence and research on influences and determinants of healthy living and environments, within culturally and linguistically diverse communities. It gives practical strategies for increasing cultural competency and where available, gives examples of evaluated programs at local level that aim to make a difference.
- Healthy Urban Planning: Recommendations from the NSW HIA project, 2006
This 2007 report by P. Harris, E. Harris, B. Harris-Roxas and L. Kemp examines several focus areas concerned with health planning and service provision in urban NSW, Australia, and provides recommendations and rationales for each.
- Impact of Private Health Insurance on the Choice of Public versus Private Hospital Services
"The Australian health system is characterised by a mix of public and private service and private health insurance is used in addition to a compulsory universal public insurance to finance health services. A series of reforms have been implemented over the years in order to expand the private sector with the objective to relieve the overburdened public health care system. While private coverage has expanded, a large proportion of the privately insured still opt for public treatment in hospitals. The objective of this paper is to investigate the determinants of individuals’ choice between public and private hospital services, in particular, the impact of private health insurance status."
- Profile of Nutritional Status of Children and Adolescents
"Presents new analysis on data from the 1995 National Nutrition Survey. This preparatory analysis calculated baseline statistics that may be compared with new results from the 2007 Kids Eat, Kids Play survey. This report shows compiled 1995 data based on recommendations made in the 2005 Nutrient Reference Values. This report will be relevant anyone interested in children's nutrition at the population level, policy makers and researchers."
- Public Health Bush Book
The 'Public Health Bush Book' has been written as a resource for people who work with remote Aboriginal communities in Australia's Northern Territory. It has been written by people who have worked in, or with, remote community health care teams over many years, and relates their accumulated learning to published national and international evidence.
- Review of Australian health economic evaluation – 245 interventions: what can we say about cost effectiveness?
Background: There is an increasing body of published cost-utility analyses of health interventions which we sought to draw together to inform research and policy. Methods: To achieve consistency in costing base and policy context, study scope was limited to Australian-based cost-effectiveness analyses. Through a comprehensive literature review we identified 245 health care interventions that met our study criteria. Results: The median cost-effectiveness ratio was A$18,100 (~US$13,000) per QALY/DALY/LY (quality adjusted life year gained or, disability adjusted life year averted or life year gained). Some modalities tended to perform worse, such as vaccinations and diagnostics (median cost/QALY $58,000 and $68,000 respectively), than others such as allied health, lifestyle, in-patient interventions (median cost/QALY/DALY/LY all at ~A$9,000~US$6,500). Interventions addressing some diseases such as diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance or alcohol and drug dependence tended to perform well (median cost/QALY/DALY/LY < A$3,700, < US$5,000). Interventions targeting younger persons < 25 years (median cost/QALY/DALY/LY < A$41,200) tended to perform less well than those targeting adults > 25 years (median cost/QALY/DALY/LY < A$16,000). However, there was also substantial variation in the cost effectiveness of individual interventions within and across all categories. Conclusion: For any given condition, modality or setting there are likely to be examples of interventions that are cost effective and cost ineffective. It will be important for decision makers to make decisions based on the individual merits of an intervention rather than rely on broad generalisations. Further evaluation is warranted to address gaps in the literature and to ensure that evaluations are performed in areas with greatest potential benefit. [author abstract]
- Rural Health Workforce Australia - Publications - numerous papers on rural health and health employment-related subjects
- State Government of Victoria - DHS Nutrition Projects
Educational Resources
Original website founded Lucien E. Schlosser and Eberhard Wenzel, 1997.
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