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BreastScreen Australia – Policy on screening women aged 40–49 years
This policy outlines why we don’t routinely screen women under 50 years of age for breast cancer. Women aged between 40 and 49 are still able to be screened if they want to.
Part of a collection: BreastScreen Australia policiesBreastScreen Australia – Policy on screening versus diagnostic mammography
This policy outlines why we don’t routinely screen women who already have breast cancer symptoms. They need diagnostic mammography rather than the screening program.
Part of a collection: BreastScreen Australia policiesNational Healthy School Canteens – Program briefing (parts 1 and 2)
This document outlines why healthy food canteens are important and how to have a healthy canteen menu.
Part of a collection: National Healthy School Canteens resource collectionNational Healthy School Canteens – Healthy kids need healthy canteens poster
This poster shows the green, amber and red foods, to help canteen managers provide a healthy menu.
Part of a collection: National Healthy School Canteens resource collectionNational Healthy School Canteens – Participant's workbook
This workbook is for participants of National Healthy School Canteens training. It outlines what they need to know to provide healthy canteen menus.
Part of a collection: National Healthy School Canteens resource collectionNational Healthy School Canteens – Trainer's manual
This document enables trainers to provide school canteen managers with the skills and understanding needed to use the National Healthy School Canteens food categorisation system.
Part of a collection: National Healthy School Canteens resource collectionNational Healthy School Canteens – Pocket guide
This pocket guide provides a summary of the guidelines, including what makes a healthy canteen menu, what foods to select, and what to avoid.
Part of a collection: National Healthy School Canteens resource collectionNational Healthy School Canteens – Guidelines for healthy foods and drinks supplied in school canteens
These guidelines provide information to school canteen managers who want to supply healthy foods and drinks in their canteens.
Part of a collection: National Healthy School Canteens resource collectionNational Healthy School Canteens – Manager training (parts 1 and 2)
These training documents help canteen managers set up healthy canteens.
Part of a collection: National Healthy School Canteens resource collectionNational Healthy School Canteens – Food safety fact sheet
This fact sheet provides advice to food handlers on health, hygiene, food preparation, hand washing and gloves procedures.
Part of a collection: National Healthy School Canteens resource collectionNational Healthy School Canteens – Evaluation toolkit
This evaluation resource aims to help the states and territories assess the process and impact of introducing the National Healthy School Canteens guidelines to school canteens.
Part of a collection: National Healthy School Canteens resource collectionNational practice standards for the mental health workforce 2013
These standards outline capabilities that all mental health professionals should achieve in their work. They complement discipline-specific practice standards or competencies of the professions of nursing, occupational therapy, psychiatry, psychology and social work.
The importance of drinking water
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides advice on how much water children of different ages need, and tips on getting children to drink water.
A national framework for recovery-oriented mental health services: policy and theory
This background paper is a summary of the research and policy that underpins Australia's national framework for recovery-oriented mental health services.
A national framework for recovery-oriented mental health services: guide for practitioners and providers
This document provides guidance to mental health practitioners and services on recovery-oriented practice and service delivery.
National Framework for Neonatal Hearing Screening
This framework outlines Australia's national approach to screening all babies for hearing impairment, to ensure they can access early intervention and minimise the impact of hearing impairment.
Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants
Australian Government response to Senate Community Affairs References Committee Report on The role of the Therapeutic Goods Administration regarding medical devices, particularly Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants, July 2013
Positive eating practices
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides tips on setting up healthy eating practices within the family, to help children develop good eating habits.
Get moving – 1 to 5 years
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about the importance of physical activity for kids aged 1 to 5 years.
Part of a collection: Get Up & Grow – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resource collectionGet moving – birth to 1 year
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about the importance of physical activity for kids aged up to 1 year.
Part of a collection: Get Up & Grow – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resource collectionGood drinks for our kids
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about drinking healthy drinks.
Part of a collection: Get Up & Grow – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resource collectionHealthy foods, strong kids – 1 to 5 years
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about healthy eating.
Part of a collection: Get Up & Grow – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resource collectionFirst foods
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about introducing solid foods to babies aged about 6 months.
Part of a collection: Get Up & Grow – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resource collectionInfant formula booklet
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about infant formula.
Part of a collection: Get Up & Grow – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resource collectionBreastfeeding – strong mums strong babies
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about breastfeeding.
Part of a collection: Get Up & Grow – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resource collection