Resources are listed by topic, please click on the topic below to see the resources available.

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Aged	Allied Health	Cancer
Carers	Children & Families	Chronic Disease
Consumers	CALD Community	Diabetes
Disability	Drought & Climate Change	Drug & Alcohol
Education	e-referral	Family Violence
Food & Nutrition	Health	Health Promotion
Homelessness	Indigenous Communities	Local Government
Men's Health	Mental Health	Oral Health
Pallative Care	Partnership	Physical Activity
Primary Care Partnerships	Problem Gambling	Service Coordination
Social Inclusion	Statistical Data	Transport
Women's Health	Youth	Other

Aged

Active Service Model
     - Victorian Active Service Model Discussion Paper
    
Strengthening Victoria's Response to Elder Abuse
    - Report of the Elder Abuse Prevention Project, December 2005

Implementation of Elder Abuse Prevention Strategies 2007 - Report on submissions to the Consultation Paper - Community Education & Older Persons Service October 2007
    
Victorian Government Elder Abuse Prevention Strategic Implementation Plan 2006 - 2009

With Respect to Age - A Guide for Health Services and Community Agencies dealing with Elder Abuse 1995

Ageing in Victoria - Discussion Paper, May 2008

Wellness Aproach to Community Home Care
    - Information Booklet July 2008
     
    - Developing Wellness Promoting Service Models

    

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Allied Health

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Cancer

Victoria's Cancer Action Plan 2008 - 2011
    - Plan

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Carers

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Children & Families

Blueprint for Early Childhood Development and School Reform
    - Overview

    - Early Childhood Development Discussion Paper

    - School Reform Discussion Paper

Supporting Better Referral of Children and Families and Early Identification of Child Development Concerns - Fact Sheet

Sure Start Evaluation - National Evaluation Report March 2008

Shared Facility Partnerships - click here 

Setting the Hubs Humming  - click here

Presentation by June McLoughlin @ Community Hubs Forum April 2008
    - Rationale for Change

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Chronic Disease

Coaching for Behaviour Change in Chronic Disease: a review of the literature and implications for coaching as a self management intervention, Lindner, Menzies, Kelly, Taylor & Shearer - Latrobe University & Whitehorse Division of General Practice - click here

Health Independence Program (HIP) Guidelines - click here

Hearing What Older Consumers Say About their Participation in Care 2006 - International Journal of Nursing Practice- click here

Chronic Diseases and Associated Risk Factors in Australia - click here

Improving Chronic Disease Care - Learnings from the Integrated Disease Management Projects - click here 

Indicators for Chronic Disease and their Determinants - click here

System Reform and Development for Chronic Disease Management 2008 - Australian Institute for Primary Care - click here

The Expanded Chronic Care Model - An integration of concepts and strategies from population helath and the chronic care model - click here

Practice Change: Learnings from the Integrated Chronic Disease Programs Final Report 2008 - Monash University, Medicine, Nursing & Health - Dept of Health - click here

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Consumers

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CALD Community

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Diabetes

A Guide to Referral of Diabetics to a Diabetes Educator in Ballarat - click here

Cost Effectiveness of An Integrated Diabetes System - click here

Central Highlands PCP - Diabetes Steering Group 
    - Diabetes Resource Guide July 2009

    - Diabetes Triage Tool 2008 - Tool - click here
                                                         - Guidelines  - click here

    - Diabetes Nurse Educators in Ballarat - Quick Reference Guide - click here

Evidence Based Practice - PICO - click here

Juggling Type 1 Diabetes and Pregnancy in Australia 2006, Rosemary King & Sallary Wellard - click here

National Indicators for Monitoring Diabetes 2006, Australian Institute of Health & Welfare - click here

National Service Improvement Framework for Diabetes - click here

Patient Centred Care Literature Review October 2007 - click here


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Disability

Disability Framework Documents
 - Better Services, better outcomes, stronger communities - The Quality Framework for Disability Services in Victoria
 - Quality Framework - Resource Guide - Handbook
 - Quality Framework - Resource Guide - ToolkitS

Shut Out: The Experience of People with Disabilities and their families in Australia - National Disability Consultation Report prepared by the National People with Disabilities and Carer Council 2009 - click here

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Drought & Climate Change

Critical Breaking Point - The Effects of drought and other pressures on farming families May 2008, Birchip Cropping Group - click here

Victorian Climate Change - Green Paper - click here

Central Highlands Primary Care Partnership - Drought & Climate Change Support Resource

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Drug & Alcohol

Alcohol & Drug Action Plan 2009 - 2013 for the Central Highlands


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Education

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e-referral

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Family Violence


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Health

A Healthier Future for All Australians - Final Report June 2009 - Click here

Primary Health in Victoria - A discussion paper April 2009 - Department of Human Services

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Health Promotion

How to Monitor for Population Health Outcomes - Guidelines for Developing a Monitoring Framework - Be Active Australia - click here  

Social Determinants of Health - The Solid Facts 2nd Ed., World Health Organisation 2003  - click here

Four Steps towards Equity - A tool for Health Promotion Practice, NSW Health Promotion Director's Network - click here

Australia Fair: Update on those missing out, Australian Council of Social Service - click here

Access to Economic Resources - as a determinant of mental health and wellbeing, Research Summary 4 (2005), VicHealth - click here

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Homelessness

Victorian Government Response to the Green Paper on Homelessness June 2008

Homelessness
    - Breaking the Cycle - click here 

    - Highlights of the Road Home - click here

    - Improving Services - click here 

    - Interim Targets 2013 - click here

    - Turning off the Tap Policy 2009 - click here


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Indigenous Communities

Local Aboriginal Community Areas - Aboriginal Affairs Victoria - click here

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Local Government

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Men's Health

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Mental Health

Natural Disasters for Children - Fact Sheet - click here

Mental Health Matters - Summary Document - click here

Mental Health and Physical Activity Information Pack - click here

Review of the Mental Health Act 1986 - Consultation Paper December 2008 - click here



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Oral Health

Smiles 4 Miles Preschool Oral Health Program
    - Program Overview

    - Model Development

Dental Health Services Victoria
    - DHSV Statewide Oral Health Promotion Strategic Plan 2008 - 2012

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Pallative Care

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Partnership

Sustainability of Collaborative Capacity of Community Health, Alexander, Weiner , Metzer, Shortell, Bazzoli, Hasnain-Wynia, Sofaer & Conrad (2003)
VicHealth Partnership Tool

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Physical Activity

How Times Have Changed - Active Transport Literacy Review 2009 - click here

Mental Health and Physical Activity Information Pack, Kinect & Go for your life - click here  

Prevent Walking Injuries, fact sheet - click here

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Primary Care Partnership

Primary Care Partnerships - Proposed changes to strengthen governance and accountability - Information Resource - March 2009

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Problem Gambling

Gamblers Help Redeveloped Service System June 2008 - click here 

Problem Gambling & PCPs - Implementation Framework - click here


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Service Cooordination

Grampians Region Personal Care Protocol - click here

Grampians Region Personal Care Protocol - Instructions for using the electronic version - click here

Grampians Region Personal Care Protocol - Instructions for using electronic forms- click here 

Grampians Region Personal Care Protocol Tools

    A - Service Handover Plan - Personal Care Tasks

    B - Medical Practitioner Medication Service Handover Plan

    C - Client Consent to Service Delivery and Information Sharing

    D - Community Care Worker Assistance with Medication Record Task Instructions

    E - Notification of Commencement of Personal Care Support

    F - Community Care Worker Client Specific Training Record

Profile of Community Health Services Across Victoria 2006 - click here

Victorian HACC Active Service Model Discussion Paper - click here 


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Social Inclusion

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Stastical Data

 See Health and Well being Analysis of the Central Highlands - link on home page

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Transport

Moorabool Community Transport Study - click here

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Women's Health


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Youth

Making Progress - the health and wellbeing of Autralia's children and young people, Australian Institute of Health & Welfare 2008 - click here

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