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Decisions about down time: a balancing act
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides some tips on how to reduce the amount of time children spend on inactive, unnecessary tasks during early childhood.
Food ideas for busy parents
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides some ideas for easy and healthy meals for parents to give to their children.
Choose health, be active – a physical guide for older Australians
This booklet helps older Australians get enough physical activity to be healthy as they age. It is mainly for people who are not building 30 minutes of physical activity into their daily lives, and are looking for ways they can do so.
Part of a collection: Collection of physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines for all agesDiphtheria – Laboratory case definition
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 diphtheria.
Part of a collection: PHLN laboratory case definitionsChlamydia – Laboratory case definition
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 chlamydia.
Part of a collection: PHLN laboratory case definitionsNational physical activity recommendations for older Australians: discussion document
This report provides a summary of the review of the physical activity guidelines for older Australians, and the recommendations to complement the adult guidelines.
National Mental Health Policy 2008
The National Mental Health Policy represents a commitment by all health and mental health ministers to the continual improvement of Australia’s mental health system.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) – Surveillance case definition
This document contains the surveillance case definition for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.
Part of a collection: CDNA surveillance case definitionsCholera – Surveillance case definition
This document contains the surveillance case definition for cholera, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.
Part of a collection: CDNA surveillance case definitionsLeptospirosis – Laboratory case definition
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 leptospirosis.
Part of a collection: PHLN laboratory case definitionsReview of Pricing Arrangements in Residential Aged Care – 'Hogan Review'
Australian Government response to the Review of Pricing Arrangements in Residential Aged Care – 'Hogan Review'
National Strategy for Quality Use of Medicines executive summary
This document provides a summary of the National Strategy for Quality Use of Medicines.
Part of a collection: National Medicines Policy resources collectionBotulism – Laboratory case definition
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 botulism.
Part of a collection: PHLN laboratory case definitionsTuberculosis – Laboratory case definition
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 tuberculosis.
Part of a collection: PHLN laboratory case definitionsCholera – Laboratory case definition
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 cholera.
Part of a collection: PHLN laboratory case definitionsBrucellosis – Laboratory case definition
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 brucellosis.
Part of a collection: PHLN laboratory case definitionsNorovirus – Laboratory case definition
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 norovirus.
Part of a collection: PHLN laboratory case definitionsMeningococcal disease – Laboratory case definition
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 meningococcal disease.
Part of a collection: PHLN laboratory case definitionsBreastScreen Australia A4 poster
This A4-sized poster encourages women over 50 to have a free breast screen.
Guiding principles for medication management in the community
These guiding principles aim to promote the quality use of medicines and medication management in the community. They support health and community care service providers supporting older people to manage their medicines in their home and in the community.
Part of a collection: National Medicines Policy resources collectionGuiding principles to achieve continuity in medication management
These guiding principles aim to promote the quality use of medicines when patients move between different health care settings and health care providers.
Part of a collection: National Medicines Policy resources collectionPHLN guidelines for the use and interpretation of nucleic acid detection tests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia
This document gives guidelines on how laboratories should test for gonorrhoeae using nucleic acid detection.
Part of a collection: PHLN general laboratory and pathology guidelines and adviceShiga-like toxigenic Escherichia coli – Laboratory case definition
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 shiga-like toxigenic Escherichia coli.
Part of a collection: PHLN laboratory case definitionsAnthrax – Surveillance case definition
This document contains the surveillance case definition for anthrax, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.
Part of a collection: CDNA surveillance case definitionsAustralian bat lyssavirus infection – Surveillance case definition
This document contains the surveillance case definition for Australian bat lyssavirus infection, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.
Part of a collection: CDNA surveillance case definitions