Publications

Report on the second Australian national survey of psychotic illness.

• Mental health

The Strategy builds and communicates an evidence base to support decision making around primary health care, focussed on the priority areas of the National Primary Health Care Strategy.

• Primary health care
• Research and development

This page provides information about the Review of Private Sector Outreach Services Legislation.

• Private Health Insurance

An examination of the public health value of the current system of voluntary disclosure in Australia.

• Tobacco

Documents and application forms for the Prevention of type 2 diabetes program

• Diabetes
• Chronic disease
• Health promotion

This guide is intended to help you find the right care and treatment for panic disorder and agoraphobia.

• Mental health

Outlines the processes employed by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Pricing Authority in recommending prices for pharmaceuticals to the Minister.

This practical guide was developed and considered by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) for use by public health units during the 2008 influenza season.

• Influenza

The Office of Chemical Safety and Environmental Health is seeking public comment on a Discussion Paper which outlines possible options for the adoption of the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) within the system of public health regulation of domestic and consumer chemicals, including pesticides.

• Drugs

The pathology workforce related information below includes reports from projects funded under the Quality Use of Pathology Program

• Health workforce
• Pathology

An Implementation Kit to accompany The Australian Pain Society's Pain in Residential Aged Care Facilities: Management strategies.

This research identified patterns of use and harms associated with methamphetamine use among specific groups in Australia.

• Drugs and substance abuse

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED.

• Communicable diseases
• Drugs

This document provides recommendations for public health practitioners who are traveling to disaster-affected areas in the Asia-Pacific area as a member of an Australian government health team.

This report describes the national consultation undertaken in 2004 on the role of relapse prevention in the recovery process for people who have been seriously affected by mental illness.

• Mental health

This diagram depicts the steps that should be taken for screening refugees arriving from Africa and is current as of February 2006.

This paper considers the role of relapse prevention within the recovery process for people who have been seriously affected by mental illness.

• Mental health

This document presents a framework to inform policy, programs and practice for continuing care to prevent further episodes of mental illness for people who have been seriously affected by mental illness. The basic elements of the framework are the 4As: awareness, anticipation, alternatives and access.

• Mental health

This guide is intended to help you find the right care and treatment for panic disorder and agoraphobia.

• Mental health

Also known as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Palliative Care Resource Kit, this publication provides strategies and training material to support staff in mainstream health services to provide culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Research and development
• Palliative care

This report is the first to clearly identify the national economic impact of falls and falls related injury for older Australians as a result of population change. As such, it provides an invaluable tool for the planning of effective interventions and resource requirements at national and jurisdictional levels.

• Ageing
• Injury prevention

This page provides links to documents relevant to PHERP reviews and other relevant review reports.

• Research and development
• Health education

• Nutrition

This page contains links to the publication 'The Prevention of Substance Use, Risk and Harm in Australia - a review of the evidence'.

• Drugs
• Illegal drugs

The pricing review of residential aged care examines the longer term prospects of residential aged care services with particular respect to future arrangements for private and public funding, performance improvement in the industry and longer term financing.

• Aged care services
• Ageing

The pricing review of residential aged care examines the longer term prospects of residential aged care services with particular respect to future arrangements for private and public funding, performance improvement in the industry and longer term financing

The Pathology Services Table (PST) lists the pathology tests for which Medicare benefits are available, their Schedule fees and conditions for use.

For the purposes of the General Practice trial, PoCT was defined as pathology testing performed by or on behalf of a medical practitioner at the time of consultation, allowing the results to be used to make immediate, informed decisions about patient care.

This document evaluates the Partnership Project which aimed to improve the effectiveness of mental health services within the catchment area of St Vincent’s Mental Health Service in inner Melbourne.

• Mental health

The Private Patients' Hospital Charter is a guide to what it means to be a private patient in a public hospital, a private hospital or day hospital facility.

• Private Health Insurance

This paper represents the start of a national process to work collaboratively towards comprehensive and effective services to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.

• Child health
• Youth health
• Mental health

This document provides the theoretical and conceptual framework and background for the National Action Plan for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health.

• Mental health
• Suicide prevention

This paper proposes a population model for mental health to address the high prevalence of mental disorders in the community and the growing burden of disease. The paper is intended to assist discussion about elements of service models in mental health and the integration of these in a population health approach.

• Mental health

This document brings together the eight discussion papers that were prepared for area mental health services, psychiatrists in private practice, non-government agencies, and consumers and carers interested in the National Mental Health Integration Projects.

• Mental health

This report gives an overview of the aims, methods and results of the study of Low Prevalence (Psychotic) Disorders conducted as part of the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing.

• Mental health

This report, which is part of the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, provides epidemiological, clinical and social data related to the needs of people with psychotic disorders.

• Mental health

This paper explores the impact of public and private sector participation in the funding and delivery of health services and market based approaches, including competition, on the overall objectives of the health care system: good health, low cost, equity and satisfaction.

The Department of Health and Aged Care submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee provides a comprehensive account of the potential impact of the Federal Government 30 per cent rebate on private health insurance on the private health insurance industry.

• Private Health Insurance

An expert workshop in January 1999 drew together a series of expert papers revising the international and national literature in respect to methadone tolerance in relation to safe initiation into methadone treatment and pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in clinical practice. The evidence presented formed the basis for several policy, clinical and research recommendations for induction onto methadone maintenance.

• Drugs
• Illegal drugs
• Prescribed drugs

A descriptive analysis of public attitudes and knowledge regarding drug use in Australia during the period 1985 to 1995, based on data from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey Series.

• Drugs
• Illegal drugs

A descriptive analysis of trends in drug use in Australia during the period 1985 to 1995 based on data from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey Series.

• Drugs
• Illegal drugs

The PAS Guide outlines information on the PAS including; its aims, how to administer the PAS, and how to interpret the PAS.

This report is a statistical supplement to an evaluation of the National Drug Strategy 1993-1997. It provides, in a non-technical manner, national time series data against the key national indicators of the strategy.

• Alcohol
• Drugs and substance abuse
• Illegal drugs
• Tobacco

Partnerships in Practice maintains and reinforces the vital elements of the previous National Strategies and adopts the principal recommendations put forward in the evaluation of the second National Strategy - Valuing the Past...Investing in the Future: evaluation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy 1993-94 to 1995-96 (known as the Feachem report)

• Blood and Blood products

This monograph investigates what the public believe the health risks of marijuana use to be, how they evaluate these risks in comparison with those of other drugs, and how personal characteristics are related to these beliefs.

• Drugs and substance abuse
• Illegal drugs
• Public awareness