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Aged
Victorian HACC Active Service Model Discussion Paper, May 2008.
Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services Division Victorian Government Department of Human Services, May 2008.
This paper is the basis of consultation with Victorian HACC funded service providers and peak organisations on how an Active Service Model could be implemented in Victoria. - click here
Strengthening Victoria's Response to Elder Abuse
Report of the Elder Abuse Prevention Projecr, December 2005. - click here
Implementation of Elder Abuse Prevention Strategies 2007
Department for Victorian Communities.
Report on submissions to the Consultation Paper, Community Education & Older Persons Service October 2007. - click here
Victorian Government Elder Abuse Prevention Strategic Implementation Plan 2006 - 2009
Department of Planning & Community Development.
This implementation plan aims to achieve a community where older Victorians are able to live in dignity and security and be free of exploitation,
abuse or neglect. click here
With Respect to Age - 2009
Aged Care Branch, Department of Human Services
Victorian Government practice guidelines for health services and community agencies for the prevention of elder abuse click here
Ageing in Victoria - Discussion Paper May 2008
This paper is the basis of consultation with Victorian HACC funded service providers and peak organisations on how an Active Service Model could be implemented in Victoria. -click here
Wellness Aproach to Community Home Care - Information Booklet July 2008
A Community West & WA HACC Initiative.
To assist HACC funded providers to understand the principles underpinning the Wellness Approach to Home & Community Care in Western Australia, and • To inform providers of key factors that will assist them in the development and implementation of this philosophical change towards a wellness service delivery model within WA HACC. - click here
Developing Wellness Promoting Service Models
WATCH
Philosophy of a Wellness Promoting Service Model - click here
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Allied Health
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Cancer
Delivering Better Cancer Care (April 2010)
Dept of Health & Ageing, Australian Government
The cancer burden is particularly great for cancer patients living in rural areas, who are up to three times more likely to die from some cancers than people living in metropolitan areas within five years of being diagnosed. - click here
Victoria's Cancer Action Plan 2008 - 2011
Victorian Government Department of Human Services
The Cancer Action Plan outlines a medium term vision for cancer reform that will offer standardised and high-quality cancer care to all Victorians, regardless of whether they live in metropolitan, regional or rural Victoria. - click here
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Carers
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Children & Families
Blueprint for Early Childhood Development and School Reform
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Melbourne
Overview of the Blueprintfor Early Childhood Development and School Reform - click here
Early Childhood Development Discussion Paper
Outlines proposed five year reform agenda, capitalising on the new opportunities and building on the policy directions set out in 2007 in Victoria’s plan to improve outcomes in early childhood - click here
School Reform Discussion Paper
Seeking feedback from families, practitioners, education stakeholders and the wider Victorian community to guide our reform direction and to provide views on whether the suggested actions will best meet the needs of our children and young people. - click here
Sure Start Evaluation
Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck, University of London
The Impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on Three Year Olds and Their Families, National Evaluation Report March 2008. - click here
Shared Facility Partnerships - A Guide to Good Governence for Schools & the Community
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
This Good Governance Guide will be a great help for schools, communities and local and state government agencies in planning for and maintaining successful partnerships. - click here
Setting the Hubs Humming
Hubs Strategy Group for Hume Communities for Children Initiative
This document outlines the learnings, working definitions and advice gained from the experience of the communities in this project. This work has been created for anyone interested in exploring an integrated approach to the provision of services for children and their families. It has been developed to assist others in their own reflection, planning and implementing of similar projects and can be used as a tool and point of reference complementary to the action research process.
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Rationale for Change
Presentation by June McLoughlin at CHPCP Community Hubs Forum April 2008 - click here
CAFY Youth Services Register
Edition 14:2010
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Chronic Disease
Coaching for Behaviour Change in Chronic Disease
Lindner, Menzies, Kelly, Taylor & Shearer - Latrobe University & Whitehorse Division of General Practice
A review of the literature and implications for coaching as a self management intervention, - click here
Health Independence Program (HIP) Guidelines
Victorian Government Department of Human Services
The Health independence programs guidelines (guidelines) have been developed to provide direction for, and facilitate the alignment of, Post-Acute Care (PAC) services, Sub-acute Ambulatory Care Services (SACS), and Hospital Admission Risk Program (HARP) services. - click here
Hearing What Older Consumers Say About their Participation in Care
Penney W, Wellard S. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2007
A study exploring older people’s participation in their care in acute hospital settings reveals both consumers’ and nurses’ views of participation. - click here
Chronic Diseases and Associated Risk Factors in Australia
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra
This report presents updated statistics on chronic diseases and their associated risk factors in Australia. It focuses on patterns of disease across the age groups, the prevalence of risk factors and their trends, the impact of chronic diseases on health services in Australia, and differences in chronic diseases and their risk factors across geographical areas, socioeconomic status and Indigenous status. - click here
Indicators for Chronic Disease and their Determinants 2008
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra
The report uses findings from other Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) reports and data sources to look at favourable and unfavourable trends in chronic disease over time. It focuses on the determinants of 12 chronic conditions and selected determinants identified by the (former) National Public Health Partnership (NPHP) as those conditions that represent the largest burden of disease in Australia, and looks for evidence to support that preventive interventions are effective.
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Self Management Mapping Results
Victorian Government Department of Human Services
statewide data collated from the Self Management Mapping audit undertaken by PCPs in late 2007. - click here
System Reform and Development for Chronic Disease Management 2008
Australian Institute for Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University
The purpose of this paper is to discuss options for program reform and re-alignment to improve chronic disease prevention and management in the Australian primary health care sector. - click here
The Expanded Chronic Care Model
Barr, Robinson, Marin-Link, Underhill, Dotts, Ravensdale, Salivaras
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
The EliCD program requires change to the way Community Health Services have been delivered, so the Department of Human Services has adopted the Wagner Chronic Care Model as a guide to transform systems for chronic disease care in community health. The Wagner model describes six essential elements of chronic illness care at the community, organisation and health care system level. - 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 Educators in Ballarat
Prepared by Diabetes Educators from BDNH, BCHC, BHS & SJOG Hospital.
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Cost Effectiveness of An Integrated Diabetes System
Ian S McRae, James R G Butler, Beverly M Sibthorpe, Warwick Ruscoe, Jill Snow, Dhigna Rubiano, Karen L Gardner
This study addresses the cost effectiveness of a program designed to integrate diabetes care and to improve guideline implementation in an Australian Division of General Practice. - click here
Central Highlands PCP - Diabetes Steering Group
Diabetes Information Resource for the Central Highlands Region
This resource has been developed by the Diabetes Steering Group of Central Highlands Primary Care Partnership as a guide to services that are available in the Central Highlands region to assist and support patients with diabetes management. - click here
Diabetes Nurse Educator Intake Priority Tool, 2008 - click here
Diabetes Nurse Educator Intake Priority Tool, Guidelines - click here
Diabetes Nurse Educators in Ballarat - Quick Reference Guide - click here
Evidence Based Practice - PICO
Ebling Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Evidence-based healthcare begins and ends with the patient. Defining a clinical question in terms of the specific patient problem aids in leading to clinically relevant evidence. Using PICO in formulating Patient Centered Questions. - click here
Juggling Type 1 Diabetes and Pregnancy in Australia 2006
Rosemary King & Sally Wellard
Type 1 diabetes is the most common chronic illness that complicates pregnancy (Burrow et al., 2004), and presents significant risks to the woman and her baby.
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National Indicators for Monitoring Diabetes 2006
Australian Institute of Health & Welfare
The National System for Monitoring Diabetes in Australia report describes the aims, scope and processes for monitoring diabetes in Australia. It provides a firm foundation for monitoring diabetes into the future. - click here
National Service Improvement Framework for Diabetes
Australian Health Ministers Conference 2005
The framework aims to encourage the delivery of more person centred, equitable, timely, effective, affordable and cohesive health care for all Australians.
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Patient Centred Care Literature Review October 2007
Monica Bensberg
This literature review was undertaken by the Dandenong District Division of General Practice, to explore the concept of ‘patient centred care’ and its relevance to the Diabetes Cardiovascular Risk Management Program. - click here
Women and Diabetes Gender Impact Assessment
Womens' Health Victoria
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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
Commonwealth of 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
The aim of this research is to gain a better understanding of the pressures upon, and experiences of, farming families in a time of drought. Based on in-depth interviews with farming families in the Wimmera Southern Mallee region of north-western Victoria, it uses an unprecedented longitudinal approach to track the experiences of farming families during a time of drought. - click here
Victorian Climate Change - Green Paper
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Central Highlands Primary Care Partnership - Drought & Climate Change Support Resource
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Drug & Alcohol
Alcohol & Other Drug Action Plan 2009 - 2013
Ballarat Community Health
Develop and implement a 5 year drug and alcohol action plan for the Central Highlands, designed to provide appropriate evidence based health promotion and treatment services to young people and their families. - click here
VicHealth Community Attitude Survey on Healthy Community Sporting Environments.
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) Carlton April 2010.
The survey results provide evidence of Victorian community support for reducing community sporting clubs’ reliance on alcohol and junk food sales and sponsorship Click here
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Education
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e-referral
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Family Violence
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Food & Nutrition
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Health
A Healthier Future for All Australians - Final Report June 2009
National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission
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Primary Health in Victoria - A discussion paper April 2009
Department of Human Services
The Australian Government is developing a National Primary Health Strategy as part of their health reform agenda. This emphasis on primary health care is likely to provide new opportunities for strengthening the role of community-based primary health services into the future. - click here
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Health Promotion
How to Monitor for Population Health Outcomes - Guidelines for Developing a Monitoring Framework
Public Health Intelligence Occasional Bulletin No. 44
Presents guidance to public and population health programme managers, and interested others, on how to develop indicators to monitor progress on achieving population health outcomes sought from their programmes. - click here
Social Determinants of Health - The Solid Facts 2nd Ed.
World Health Organisation 2003
The need and demand for clear scientific evidence to inform and support the health policymaking process are greater than ever. The field of the social determinants of health is perhaps the most complex and challenging of all. - click here
Four Steps towards Equity - A tool for Health Promotion Practice
NSW Health Promotion Director's Network
This tool was developed as a part of the NSW Health Promotion Directors Equity Project. The overall goal of the project was to improve the way health promotion in NSW addresses and supports equity based health promotion action at the local and state level. - click here
Australia Fair: Update on those missing out
Australian Council of Social Service
Australia Fair held extensive consultations in every State and Territory in 2006 to identify what the public thinks are the 10 essentials to ensure a fair go for all Australians. - click here
Access to Economic Resources - as a determinant of mental health and wellbeing, Research Summary 4 (2005)
VicHealth
These research summaries have been developed to assist in the dissemination of data on the impact of mental health problems and links between a variety of factors and mental health and wellbeing. - click here
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Homelessness
Victorian Government Response to the Green Paper on Homelessness June 2008
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White Paper on Homelessness - The Road Home
- 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
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Karreeta Yirramboi
Victorian Government
Victorian Aboriginal Public Sector Employment and Career Development Action Plan 2010-2015
Karreeta Yirramboi is the Victorian Government’s plan to improve public sector employment outcomes for Aboriginal Victorians. Karreeta is the Gunditjmara word
for “grow” and Yirramboi is the Taungurung word meaning “tomorrow”. - 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
Michael Grose
Help your children make sense of the natural disasters. As adults we all want our children to live carefree lives and keep them from the pain and even horror of tragedies such as natural disasters. In reality we can’t do this. - click here
Because Mental Health Matters - Summary Document
Victorian Government Department of Human Services
A new focus for mental health and wellbeing in Victoria. - click here
Mental Health and Physical Activity Information Pack
This information pack has been developed from the Mental Health and Physical Activity Forum conducted by Kinect Australia in May 2006. It is based on presentations made by invited speakers at the forum, as well as the growing international evidence base regarding the benefits of promotion of and participation in physical activity, for mental health and wellness. - click here
Review of the Mental Health Act 1986 - Consultation Paper December 2008
Mental Health and Drug Division, Department of Human Services
This consultation paper is designed to stimulate discussion and invite submissions. Its purpose is to raise key issues, not to fully explore technical legal matters. Comment is welcome on any matter related to the Act. - click here
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Oral Health
Smiles 4 Miles Preschool Oral Health Program
Dental Health Services Victoria
- Program Overview - click here
- Model Development - click here
Statewide Oral Health Promotion Strategic Plan 2008 - 2012
Dental Health Services Victoria
Dental Health Services Victoria has developed a 10-point plan as part of its Statewide Oral Health Promotion Strategy 2008-12. - click here
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Other
A psychosocial model for post emergency individual and community support.
Emergency Management Branch, Department of Human Services (Victoria). State of Victoria, Melbourne. December 2005.
This discussion paper provides a model framework & outlines a structure for support and best practice strategies to implement following an emergency event. Click here
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Pallative Care
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Partnership
Sustainability of Collaborative Capacity in Community Health
Alexander, Weiner , Metzer, Shortell, Bazzoli, Hasnain-Wynia, Sofaer & Conrad (2003)
This article attempts to bridge some of these research gaps to provide practical guidelines for partnership sustainability by (1) developing a conceptual model of sustainability in community health partnerships and (2) identifying potential determinants of sustainability using comparative, qualitative data from four partnerships from the Community Care Network Demonstration Program. - click here
VicHealth Partnership Tool
John McLeod on behalf of VicHealth
The Partnerships Analysis Tool for Partners in Health Promotion - click here
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Physical Activity
Active Transport: Children & Young People - An overview of recent evidence
VicHealth, December 2009
In recent decades, substantial changes in Australian lifestyles, urban environments and transportation systems have led to changed physical activity patterns among children. Active transport, in particular, has declined dramatically in countries such as the US, UK and Australia. - click here
Active Transport: Adults - An overview of recent evidence
VicHealth, December 2009
Understanding the prevalence, trends and determinants of active travel, and the effectiveness of interventions aimed at increasing active travel, will assist in the processes of translating government policies and individual preferences into practice. - click here
How Times Have Changed - Active Transport Literacy Review 2009
Dr Lisa Thomson
The aim of this paper is to explore the decline in children’s independent mobility. - click here
Mental Health and Physical Activity Information Pack,
This information pack has been developed from the Mental Health and Physical Activity Forum conducted by Kinect Australia in May 2006. It is based on presentations made by invited speakers at the forum, as well as the growing international evidence base regarding the benefits of promotion of and participation in physical activity, for mental health and wellness. - click here
Prevent Walking Injuries, fact sheet
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Primary Care Partnership
Primary Care Partnerships Proposed changes to Strengthen Governence and Accountability
Department of Human Services
Information Resource March 2009 - click here
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Problem Gambling
Gamblers Help Redeveloped Service System June 2008
Department of Justice
Integration of Gamblers' Help Services with Primary Care Partnerships, Information Resource. - click here
Problem Gambling & PCPs - Implementation Framework
Department of Justice
These operational guidelines have been tailored for the Primary Care Partnerships (PCPs) to provide an overview of the problem gambling program, in particular the community education program, to assist PCPs to understand the directions and expectations of the program. - click here
Provisional Electronic Gaming Machine Licence Auction Allocation.
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Service Cooordination
Grampians Region Personal Care Protocol
The aim of the Grampians Region Personal Care Protocol is to support and guide the delivery of personal care services for Home and Community Care (HACC) providers. The protocol is a tool to be used with the HACC Personal Care Policy – it does not replace the policy. - 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
Home Safety Checklist - Information & template form:
Home Safety Checklist template - click here
Instructions for using the Home Safety Check List electronically - click here
Protocol for Implementation of Home Safety Checklist - click here
Profile of Community Health Services Across Victoria 2006
This report provides a profile of Community Health Services and describes what they deliver at individual sites. Department of Human Service funded activities are listed in each profile, however, services funded by other sources may be provided from these sites. - click here
Victorian HACC Active Service Model Discussion Paper
Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services Division, Department of Human Services
The purpose of this paper is to be the basis of consultation with Victorian HACC funded service providers and peak organisations on how an Active Service Model could be implemented in Victoria. - click here
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Sexual and Reproductive Health
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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
Parklinks
This study relates specifically to transport provision not provided by individuals for their private purposes (private use). It includes public transport provision as well as transport services provided by non-government agencies. - 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
This report reveals that while much progress has been made, a great deal remains to be done to ensure that all children have the best possible start in life.
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Ageing in Victoria - Discussion Paper May 2008
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Ageing in Victoria - Discussion Paper May 2008
This paper is the basis of consultation with Victorian HACC funded service providers and peak organisations on how an Active Service Model could be implemented in Victoria. - statewide data collated from the Self Management Mapping audit undertaken by PCPs in late 2007