Resources

This report presents the main findings of market research carried out in 2011–2012 to evaluate the success of phase 2 of the bowel cancer screening campaign.

This statement outlines the mental health rights and responsibilities of consumers, carers, support persons, service providers and the community.

This paper reviews the available evidence and makes recommendations to guide those investigating and managing non-typhoidal salmonellosis involving food handlers.

This emergency management plan outlines how we will coordinate a national health response to a deliberate release of anthrax in Australia.

This guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) outlines the steps that can be taken to identify an unknown toxicant in a drinking water source.

We collaborated with various Australian medical specialists to produce these guidelines. They provide Australian health facilities with standardised management guidance for radiation incidents.

Australian Government response to recommendations from the Inquiry into Commonwealth Funding and Administration of Mental Health Services report: Letter to Senator Rachel Siewert, Committee Chair

This guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) provides a national approach to environmental health risk assessment.

This report provides a summary of the scientific evidence on the relationships between physical activity and various health outcomes. It describes the process used to develop the Australian guidelines for physical activity for adults aged 18 to 64 years.

Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee report: The regulatory standards for the approval of medical devices in Australia

Australian Government response to the recommendations of the Finance and Public Administration References Committee report on the government’s administration of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Australian Government response to the recommendations of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee report: The social and economic impact of rural wind farms

This guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) provide risk assessors with data on human factors for exposure assessment components of environmental health risk assessments.

The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) has developed standard case definitions for the diagnosis of key diseases in Australia. This document contains the laboratory case definition for syphilis.

There are extra physical, psychological and social risks involved for those with a mental illness who want to quit smoking. Find out how you, as a health professional, can help them succeed.

This fact sheet lists ways that you can support someone with a mental illness to quit smoking.

Australian Government response to the Productivity Commission's Caring for Older Australians report

All governments are committed to a national approach to supporting people with disability to maximise their potential and participate as equal citizens in Australian society.