Publications

Healthy Body Art, pull-out brochure for consumers on healthy tattooing and piercing.

The following publications contain information about the Home and Community Care (HACC) Program, particularly in relation to its clients, their characteristics and the services they receive. The information HACC services provided in all states and territories is summarised by financial year.

• Aged care services
• Ageing

This report identifies actions that can be taken by governments to reform the health system under three reform goals: tackling major access and equity issues that affect health outcomes for people now; redesigning our health system so that it is better positioned to respond to emerging challenges; and creating an agile and self-improving health system for long-term sustainability.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Cancer
• Chronic disease
• Health promotion
• Hospitals
• Primary health care
• Rural health services
• Youth health

This page contains the Final Report for the Home Medicines Review Qualitative Research Project

• Prescribed drugs

The following publication contains information about the Home and Community Care (HACC) Program, particularly in relation to its clients, their characteristics and the services they receive. The information carers HACC services provided in all states and territories is summarised by financial year.

• Aged care services
• Ageing

The following publication contains information about the Home and Community Care (HACC) Program, particularly in relation to its clients, their characteristics and the services they receive. The information carers HACC services provided in all states and territories is summarised by financial year.

• Aged care services
• Ageing

A supplementary document to these Guidelines which provides further background to hepatitis C in custodial settings and expands on the evidence base for the Guidelines is available from the Department of Health and Ageing. The supplementary document also includes appendices, additional reading and references.

• Communicable diseases
• Hepatitis C

The health and corrections sectors are committed to working jointly to strengthen the response to emerging public health issues in custodial settings.

• Communicable diseases
• Hepatitis C

The 2nd Edition of the National Hepatitis C Resource Manual aims to enhance the health outcomes of people affected or potentially affected by hepatitis C, by providing standardised, accurate and current information about hepatitis C and associated issues to a wide range of health care providers.

• Hepatitis C

This document provides health advice about personal health protection to persons planning to travel to disaster-affected areas in the Asia-Pacific area as a member of an Australian government health team.

The purpose of this document is to provide health advice to persons who are returning from disaster-affected areas in the Asia-Pacific area as a member of an Australian government health team.

The Final Report of the Health and Medical Research Strategic Review has now been released.

A study of the key issues and a proposed framework for mentoring for nurses in general practice.

• General practice
• Nursing

This literature review concentrates on evidence relating to linkages between the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, mental health and other service sectors as they respond to the needs of people who are homeless and living with a mental illness.

• Mental health

This report is a synthesis of reports provided by Nganampa Health Council, Townsville Aboriginal and Islanders Health Services and Durri Aboriginal Medical Service under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child and Maternal Health Exemplar Site Initiative. The report has been compiled by the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH), in consultation with each of the Exemplar Sites.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Child health

The Highly Specialised Drugs Working Party is a non-statutory body established by the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council (AHMAC) in 1991.

Patient and Carer Self-reported Incontinence and Evaluation

• Ageing
• Aged care services
• Continence

This paper evolved from a collaborative data-linking project between the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care and the Health Department of Western Australia. The aim of the project was to create a linked resource from three administrative data sets which record services provided to state hospital inpatients as well as under the Medical and Pharmaceutical Benefits Schemes (MBS and PBS). A series of analyses was then undertaken based on the linked data set examining a number of health conditions for various geographically defined population groups.

This publication, which is part of the Media Monitoring Project, contains five case studies that look at aspects of the Australian media’s coverage of suicide, and of mental health and illness.

• Mental health
• Suicide prevention

The paper seeks to establish firstly, that any comprehensive perspective on health care financing has to include consideration of the role of population health services and programs, and secondly that consideration of population health financing has to be in the context of financing for the health system as a whole.

This monograph reviews the literature on the health and psychological effects of cannabis. This includes a description of cannabis as a drug, patterns of use, acute effects, adverse health and psychological effects of chronic use, possible consequenses of adolescent use, therapeutic benefits, and adverse effects when used with alcohol and tobacco.

• Drugs and substance abuse
• Illegal drugs

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED: Eight papers were commissioned to inform of the development of the National Hepatitis C Strategy 1999-2000 to 2003-2004. The papers span the areas of: clinical research, epidemiology, social and behavioural research, and virology and basic scientific research. This publication represents the technical core of the policy development process.

• Communicable diseases
• Diseases and conditions
• Hepatitis C

The submission responds to the Terms of Reference for the Inquiry, and provides information about the Department's strategic direction and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health programs.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

This third volume of the series examines health expenditure in Australia, the drivers of growth and the tools available to manage health expenditure. A description of the changes in the sources of funding over recent decades is also provided. Other papers in the series consider a range of health financing and related issues.

This paper begins with an examination of the role of government in health systems and the rationale for that involvement. It then examines the objectives of the health system, looking in more detail at the four aspects of good health, low cost, equity and satisfaction, the relationships between them and the trade-offs that arise. The paper then discusses the different perspectives and competing preferences of various stakeholders. The paper closes by noting that while there may be broad acknowledgment of the value of the four objective mentioned above, conflicting preferences make it impossible to satisfy all stakeholders in the process of reform.

This paper begins with an examination of the role of government in health systems and the rationale for that involvement. It then examines the objectives of the health system, looking in more detail at the four aspects of good health, low cost, equity and satisfaction, the relationships between them and the trade-offs that arise. The paper then discusses the different perspectives and competing preferences of various stakeholders. The paper closes by noting that while there may be broad acknowledgment of the value of the four objective mentioned above, conflicting preferences make it impossible to satisfy all stakeholders in the process of reform.

This report is designed to inform non-government organisations, service providers and health professionals of the broad range of diabetes initiatives funded by Commonwealth and State and Territory governments.

• Diabetes

This paper examines the nature of poverty and its relationship with health, including an exploration of the broad range of socio-economic factors associated with poor health and the identification of groups within the community facing particular disadvantage and vulnerability. The paper will then examine the current range of health strategies designed to counter the influence of these factors and highlight areas for futher research or policy development.

• Health care systems

The purpose of this paper is to provide a new perspective on the use of hospital services by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It is also intended to encourage greater use of casemix-based information for both research and policy purposes.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED: The review documents the extent of the problem posed by Hepatitis C - in terms of the prevalence and incidence of infection, the economic costs to Australia, and the social impact of the disease; assesses the performance of the National Hepatitis C Action Plan and the Nationally Coordinated Hepatitis C Education and Prevention Approach; provides a broad analysis of the current national and State- and Territory-level responses to the epidemic; and recommendations on directions and priorities for national action.

• Communicable diseases
• Diseases and conditions
• Hepatitis C

This policy recognises that to further diminish ill health and injury among 0-5 year olds, it is necessary to address the wider determinants of health – the psycho-social, physical and economic environments in which they live – and that this requires active coordination between the health and broader family services sectors.

Information brochure on hepatitis C - what it is, how is it transmitted, how to prevent transmission, symptoms, what you should do if you think you have it, discrimination and support services

• Communicable diseases
• Diseases and conditions
• Hepatitis C

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED: National Drug Strategy Monograph Series No. 25.

• Drugs
• Drugs and substance abuse
• Illegal drugs