Publisher: Professor Peter Doherty June 2017 Status – CURRENT The document provides a policy framework which Australia can track progress in responding to the health impacts of climate change improving the positive benefits for health and well-being from low carbon transitions.
Publisher: Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council 2017 Status – CURRENT Acknowledging that chronic conditions are the leading cause of illness disability and death in Australia, the National Strategic Framework for Chronic Conditions supports Australia’s international commitments and provides national guidance for a multisectoral response in the prevention and management of chronic conditions.
Publisher: Australian College of Nursing 2016 Status – CURRENT The position paper covers information regarding health care workforce including future issues where nurses need to have a voice in healthcare reform at all levels. Keywords: policy, reform, healthcare, nursing.
Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2016 Status – CURRENT This report on the effect of moderate or vigorous exercise on the risk of hypertension and depression concluding that moderate exercise is beneficial and vigorous adds slight benefits hypertension, exercise, depression, high blood pressure, mental health
Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2016 Status – CURRENT In mid-aged women, sitting time does not appear to be associated with the risk of heart disease. These findings are contrary to expectations, given the growing evidence of a relationship between sitting time and heart disease. Research in this area is scarce and additional studies […]
Publisher: ANROWS, 2016 Status – CURRENT This paper systematically reviews evidence on the health outcomes for women in Australia experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV), noting that causal pathways are complex and subject to a rapidly growing body of knowledge. It also describes current data sources on the prevalence of IPV and possible ways to address the […]
Publisher: ANROWS, 2016 Status – CURRENT This report outlines new findings on the health impacts of intimate partner violence and the contribution it makes to the overall disease burden in Australian Women. The findings are considered in the context of other evidence and the implications for policy, practice and further research are discussed. The second of […]
Publisher: ANROWS, 2016 Status – CURRENT This report extends results from the Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011 (ABDS 2011) to produce detailed estimates of the health burden due to exposure to IPV that are specific to Australian women in 2011. Of note, this report also includes estimates of attributable burden using a broader definition of […]
Publisher: Productivity Commission, Canberra, 2016 Status – CURRENT Preliminary findings report. This preliminary findings report was released on 22 September 2016. You are invited to examine the preliminary findings report and make written submissions by Thursday 27 October 2016. The study report will be released in November. Areas discussed include health reform, policy, evidence and planning. […]
Publisher: Monash University Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences 2013 Status – CURRENT The main risk factors for heart attacks in women are elevated cholesterol, abdominal obesity and diabetes. Hormones (estrogen and testosterone) have been implicated as being protective against heart disease in women in some studies, and contributing to risk in others. Therefore we asked the […]