Publications

Final Report - August 2010 of the Northern Territory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Aged Care Workforce Development Projects

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Aged care services
• Ageing

Information to guide implementation of the national standards for mental health services by non-government community services.

• Mental health

Information to guide implementation of the national standards for mental health services by private office based mental health practices.

• Mental health

Information to guide implementation of the national standards for mental health services by public mental health services and private hospitals.

• Mental health

As part of the Improving Eye and Ear Health Services for Indigenous Australians for Better Education and Employment Outcomes measure, social marketing activities targeting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are being developed and implemented from 2010 to 2013 to help promote ear and hearing health.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

This document provides recommendations for infection prevention and control procedures to minimise the risk of transmission of Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (CJD) in health care settings.

• Communicable diseases
• Diseases and conditions

The following page shows the Impact of PBS Reform - Report to Parliament

• Pharmaceutical benefits
• Prescribed drugs
• Pharmacy

The Report of the Maternity Services Review

This guide has been developed with the aim at giving aged care providers information to help them make the most of computer technology – what is available, how to get computers to work as an effective business tool, demystifying modern terminology and how to go about practical issues like purchasing IT equipment, staff training and support.

• Ageing
• Aged care services

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED Information about the simpler and fairer income tested fees

The 'Identifying the carer project' examined issues associated with identification of carers in the context of mental health service delivery. This included current practice, policy and legislation, and preferred processes.

• Carers
• Mental health

The National Guidelines for the Prevention, Management and Control of vector-borne diseases in Australia are a series of guidelines that describe an Australian strategic approach for an arbovirus outbreak. The aims of the Guidelines are to define the steps in identifying an outbreak of arbovirus disease and detail the appropriate information to enable an effective response. This document contains the guidelines for Murray Valley encephalitis virus.

• Communicable diseases

This section of the website contains information on the 2006 and 2002 surveys.

• Aged care services
• Ageing

A book of stories celebrating the contributions of older Australians.

• Ageing

This kit has been provided to assist care managers to implement influenza control planning.

• Influenza
• Aged care services
• Ageing

On 9 December 2004, the report of the Investment Review of Health and Medical Research was released.

• Research and development

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED

• Research and development
• Suicide prevention
• Injury prevention

This page contains introductory information on the aims and accessibility of the Communicable Diseases Intelligence journal.

• Nutrition

The $2.2 billion package, Investing in Australia's Aged Care: More Places, Better Care, builds on previous reforms by providing further support for older Australians needing care, while encouraging aged care providers to become more flexible, accountable and innovative in the delivery of care.

• Aged care services
• Ageing

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED.

• Communicable diseases

This project is part of a group of research projects that have been funded by the Commonwealth Government’s National Continence Management Strategy. One of the aims of the National Continence Management Strategy is to reduce admission to aged care homes by improving the treatment and management of incontinence in older Australians.

• Aged care services
• Ageing
• Continence

This report examines recent trends in suicide around the world and across the lifespan. It identifies patterns in suicide mortality, examines the possible impact of national suicide prevention strategies and mental health plans and substance use policies on suicide rates, and considers other factors that may impact on suicide trends, such as unemployment, increased use of antidepressant medications, and cohort effects.

• Suicide prevention
• Mental health

This is an evaluation of the Illawarra Mental Health Integration Project. The aim of the project was to develop an integrated mental health network for the Illawarra that would provide a more comprehensive, coordinated system of mental health care for a broad range of consumers.

• Mental health

A study of the frequency and characterisics of smoking incidences in a variety of media popular with 18-30 year olds.

• Tobacco

Advisory Panel's Interpretations on the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula on the MAIF Agreement

• Child health
• Nutrition

This literature review evaluates and interprets current research relating to improving mental health literacy, in order to identify the most effective communication strategies and tools to improve mental health literacy among target audiences in the Australian population.

• Mental health

This review presents an analysis of the major achievements of the Second National Mental Health Plan to date, outlines some remaining obstacles in achieving the plan's objectives, and presents ways forward for mental health policy and services.

• Mental health

This document synthesises existing work on the interrelations of social capital with health and mental health, and recommends areas for further research.

• Mental health

This project, initiated in 1996, is a first step towards transforming isolated health data sets (such as the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) data, Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule (PBS) data and hospital morbidity data (HMD)) into information that may be used to inform policy.

• Health care systems

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED: This report reviews the literature on illicit drug use in Australia.

• Drugs
• Drugs and substance abuse
• Illegal drugs

This paper provides an overview of health systems in 10 countries, demonstrating the range of present funding arrangements. It compares expenditures and some selected outcome measures and describes the major reforms that have been attempted.

This study considers how the social impact of being apprehended for a minor cannabis offence differs between a strict prohibition model with criminal penalties (Western Australia) and a civil penalties model (South Australia).

• Drugs and substance abuse
• Illegal drugs

This report is a summary of the projects funded under the Innovative Grants Program which was established in 1992 to support community-based reform activities under the National Mental Health Strategy.

• Mental health