Health


An Overview of Chronic Kidney Disease in Australia, 2009

AIHW

This 36-page report explains what chronic kidney disease is and describes its extent and patterns in the Australian community

HealthPosted: 2009-05-26

The US Government’s Global Health Policy Architecture: Structure, Programs, and Funding

Kaiser Family Foundation

This 40-page report provides a comprehensive look at the US government agencies and programs involved in the nation’s global health response, including their funding and their approaches

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-05-26

The Australian Preventive Health Agenda: What Will This Mean for Workforce Development?

ANZ Health Policy

This 16-page paper discusses policy and practice issues related to workforce development as part of an integrated response to Australia's preventive health agenda

HealthPosted: 2009-05-25

Obsolete Pesticides: A Ticking Time Bomb and Why We Have to Act Now

CEPS

This 26-page report calls upon the European Commission to lead and develop an action plan to deal with the threats posed by obselete pesticides

Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2009-05-21

Making Care Coordination a Critical Component of the Pediatric Health System: A Multidisciplinary Framework

The Commonwealth Fund

This 34-page US report proposes a framework for care coordination in a high-performing pediatric health care system

Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-05-21

National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data collection: 2008 report

AIHW

This 28-page Australian report presents data on the 41,000 clients accessing pharmacotherapy for the treatment of opioid addiction, the 1,400 prescribers participating in the delivery of pharmacotherapy treatment, and quantitative information about the prescribing sector

Drug Abuse, HealthPosted: 2009-05-20

Vaccine Readiness in a Time of Pandemic

AEI

An 8-page US paper discussing the state of vaccine readiness for dealing with pandemics

Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2009-05-19

Treatment costs and priority setting in health care: a qualitative study

ANZ Health Policy

A 34-page Australian study investigating whether the public believes that high-cost patients should be a lower priority for public health care than low-cost patients

HealthPosted: 2009-05-13

New Tools to Fight Fake Medicines

SciDev.net

A US article on combating the availability of counterfeit medicines in Africa

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-05-13

Dynamics of Poor Health and Non-Employment

IZA

This 24-page discussion paper studies the relationship between poor health and non-employment

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2009-05-10

Good Health to All: Reducing Health Inequalities among Children in High- and Low-Income Canadian Families

C.D. Howe Institute

This Canadian study identifies the policies that would, for families across different income groups, best address inequality in the health of children

Families, Children & Youth, HealthPosted: 2009-05-06

The Swine Flu Alert: Keeping Asia Safe

RSIS

A 3-page Singaporean commentary on Asia's preparedness to deal with the threatened swine flu pandemic

Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2009-04-30

Working in Disadvantaged Communities: What Additional Competencies do we Need?

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

The purpose of this 17-page study was to develop a generic workforce needs assessment tool and to use it to identify the competencies needed by the public health workforce to work effectively in disadvantaged communities

Health, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-04-24

China's Health Care Reform Redux

Nixon Center

This US report discusses the health-care reform process currently under way in China

Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2009-04-24

Evaluating the Impact of Community-Based Health Interventions: Evidence from Brazil's Family Health Program

IZA

This 60-page paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program

Health, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2009-04-19

International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement 2006, Canberra

AIHW

A 70-page report of the second meeting of the International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement. It contains the proceedings of that meeting including abstracts and biographies and also information on how these different countries identify, collect and count data on their indigenous populations

Indigenous Affairs, HealthPosted: 2009-04-10

Strengthening Field-based Training in Low and Middle-income Countries to Build Public Health Capacity

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

This 23-page Australian paper describes Australia's first Master of Applied Epidemiology (MAE) model (established in 1991), which uses field-based training to strengthen the control of communicable diseases

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-04-09

HoPE (Health of Prisoner Evaluation) Pilot Study of Prisoner Physical Health and Psychological Wellbeing

School of Law and Justice

This 210-page study created a way for a standardised programme of health checks to be introduced into Australian prisons

Health, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2009-04-09

Measuring Disparities in Health Status and in Access and Use of Health Care in OECD Countries

OECD

This 55-page working paper assesses the availability and comparability of selected indicators of inequality in health status and in health care access and use across OECD countries, focussing on disparities among socioeconomic groups

HealthPosted: 2009-04-09

The Long-term Care Workforce: Overview and Strategies to Adapt Supply to a Growing Demand

OECD

This 62-page working paper offers an overview of the long-term care workforce and reviews country responses to a growing demand for workers

Ageing, HealthPosted: 2009-04-09

Diabetes in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population, 2004-05

Australian Bureau of Statistics

This 2-page Australian statistical summary provides comparisons between the incidence of diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous people

Health, Indigenous AffairsPosted: 2009-04-09

The Report of the Alzheimer's Study Group

AEI, Alzheimer's Study Group

US House testimony presenting a national alzheimer's strategic plan.

Ageing, HealthPosted: 2009-03-26

Home Truths: Mental Health, Housing and Homelessness in Australia

Mental Health Council of Australia

This 68-page Australian report explores how the lack of recognition of the pivotal value of a secure home affects mental health and homelessness in Australia, and identifies what needs to be done to improve housing outcomes

Housing, HealthPosted: 2009-03-26

Ageing, Health and Life Satisfaction of the Oldest Old: An Analysis for Germany

IZA

This 40-page analysis assesses the effect of ageing and health on the life satisfaction of the oldest old (defined as 75 and older).

Ageing, HealthPosted: 2009-03-25

International Group of Indigenous Health Measurement 2006, Canberra

AIHW

A 70-page Australian report of an international meeting held to consider issues relating to indigenous health measurement

Indigenous Affairs, HealthPosted: 2009-03-22

Improving the Patient Experience: Sharing Success in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities: The King's Fund's Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme

Department of Health

This is a 131-page UK report on nurse-led projects improving environments for care in mental health and learning disabilities services

Health, DisabilityPosted: 2009-03-13

National Mental Health Policy 2008

Department of Health and Ageing

This 33-page Australian policy document works towards ensuring that Australia has a mental health system that detects and intervenes early in illness, promotes recovery, and ensures that all Australians with a mental illness have access to effective and appropriate treatment and community supports to enable them to participate in the community fully

HealthPosted: 2009-03-12

Why Health Matters for Economic Performance

Treasury Australia

This 16-page Australian article analyses health and its contribution to economic growth and provides a broad framework for the consideration of health care policies

Health, Economic PolicyPosted: 2009-03-12

AIDS Treatment in South Asia

CGD

This 34-page working paper uses recent epidemiological data on the extent and rate of spread of HIV/AIDS in South Asian countries and alternative scenarios regarding future government efforts to expand access to AIDS treatment in order to estimate the future need for antiretroviral treatment in South Asian countries and the fiscal burden that their governments will shoulder if they decide to provide or finance all of the needed care.

Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2009-03-10

Hospitalisations Due to Falls by Older People, Australia 2005-06

AIHW

This 56-page report analyzes hospitalizations resulting from falls by older people in Australia

Health, AgeingPosted: 2009-03-05

Health Research Policy: A Case Study of Policy Change in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

This 34-page Australian paper examines past policies and outlines issues for Indigenous health policy in the future

Health, Indigenous AffairsPosted: 2009-03-03

Evaluating Health Policy Capacity: Learning from International and Australian Experience

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

This 37-page Australian paper examines the factors that contribute to policy capacity in the health sector

Health, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2009-02-27

A Healthier Future for all Australians: Interim Report

National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission

This 392-page interim report contains the proposed reform directions recommended to develop a long-term health reform plan for a modern Australia

HealthPosted: 2009-02-20

Measuring the Economic Impact of Illness: A Microsimulation Approach to Measuring the Impacts on Government and Individuals

International Association for Research in Income and Wealth

This 15-page paper describes a new approach within Australia to measure the relationship between illness and the economy.

Health, AgeingPosted: 2009-02-20

Recommendations to Improve Quality and the Measurement of Quality in New Zealand Emergency Departments

Ministry of Health - New Zealand

This 66-page New Zealand document contains recommendations covering the manner by which quality of services in hospital emergency departments should be measured; standards and expectations to which district health boards should be held accountable; the means for coordinating national performance improvement; and effective service delivery

HealthPosted: 2009-02-15

PROMs: Counting What Matters Most to Patients

King's Fund

A UK article on the prospective benefits of the introduction of patient-reported outcome measures in the UK's National Health Service

HealthPosted: 2009-02-14

Report to the Minister for Ageing on Residential Care and People with Psychogeriatric Disorders 2008

Department of Health and Ageing

This 43-page Australian report highlights the fact that the best care outcomes for people with psychogeriatric disorders are achieved where there is effective integration and cooperation across sectors. Collaborative networks across the primary health, mental health and aged care service sectors are critical.

Ageing, HealthPosted: 2009-02-13

Public Health and Regulation of the Built Environment

NSW Public Health Bulletin

A 3-page Australian article arguing that there is a strong justification for greater public health involvement in the ongoing regulation of the built environment and that a much broader range of health impacts needs to be considered in the conception of these regulatory measures

HealthPosted: 2009-02-13

Chronic Disease and Participation in Work

AIHW

A 48-page Australian report assessing the association between selected chronic diseases and workforce participation and absenteeism from work

Health, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-02-11

Radical Surgery: The Only Cure for New South Wales Hospitals

CIS

A 26-page Australian paper proposing to move the NSW hospital system from a costly, initiative-stifling top-down command-and-control mode to independent, decentralised decision making.

Health, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2009-02-05

Living Well with Dementia: A National Dementia Strategy

Department of Health - UK

The 104-page UK National Dementia Strategy is intended to transform the quality of dementia care. It sets out initiatives designed to make the lives of people with dementia, their carers and families better and more fulfilled.

Ageing, HealthPosted: 2009-02-04

Clinical Information Technologies and Inpatient Outcomes

Archives of Internal Medicine

A US article reporting on a large-scale study of whether clinical information technologies will improve clinical and financial outcomes

HealthPosted: 2009-02-03

Regulatory Axes on Food Advertising to Children on Television

"Australia and New Zealand Health Policy"

This 18-page Australian paper describes and evaluates some of the criteria on the basis of which food advertising to children on television could be regulated, including controls that revolve around the type of television programme, the type of product, the target audience and the time of day

Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-02-03

Healthy Societies: Addressing 21st Century Health Challenges

Government of South Australia

This 62-page Australian paper argues that we are at a turning point in health policy and that changes in the existing health care system will not be sufficient to maintain and improve health

HealthPosted: 2009-02-03

Reducing Harm to Patients from Healthcare Associated Infection: The Role of Surveillance

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

This 386-page draft Australian report seeks to explore options for surveillance systems to monitor health care associated infection and provide timely feedback to jurisdictions, managers and clinicians

Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2009-02-03

The Cholera Crisis in Zimbabwe: Understanding the Policy and Politics

ODI

A UK blog addressing the underlying factors that have contributed to the cholera crisis in Zimbabwe

Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2009-02-02

Outline of the National Centre for Monitoring Chronic Kidney Disease

AIHW

This 32-page Australian report is a brief outline of the rationale for and role of the National Centre for Monitoring Chronic Kidney Disease. It outlines the rationale behind starting a national monitoring centre, the structure of the centre, key areas of monitoring and major data sources to be used for monitoring.

HealthPosted: 2009-01-27

The Future of Foreign Assistance Amid Global Economic and Financial Crisis

CFR

A 45-page US report urging the new US Administration to stay the course in its commitments to global health and development, as well as basic humanitarian relief.

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-01-27

Clostridium Difficile Infection: How to Deal with the Problem

Department of Health - UK

This 140-page UK guidance outlines new evidence and approaches to delivering good infection control and environmental hygiene

Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2009-01-23

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2008 Report Detailed Analyses

AIHW

This 1571-page report contains detailed analyses underlying the summary data presented in the policy report Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2008

Indigenous Affairs, HealthPosted: 2009-01-19

Risk Analysis and Preparedness for the next Influenza Pandemic

SDA

The 20-page report of an international meeting of health and security experts to discuss how attention is being given to the disparity in risk analysis from both public and private sector actors engaged in pandemic preparedness throughout Europe.

Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2009-01-16

Seeing the Person in the Patient

The King's Fund

This 76-page UK report looks at some of the problems that patients experience with their care and at the factors that shape that experience. Assessing the evidence to support various interventions, the authors suggest initiatives that have the potential to create sustainable change in patients’ care.

HealthPosted: 2009-01-08

Treatment of End-Stage Organ Failure in Canada 1997 to 2006

CIHI

This 89-page Canadian report examines dialysis, transplantation and organ-donation characteristics and trends in Canada during the period 1997-2006

HealthPosted: 2009-01-06

Cancer in Australia: An Overview, 2008

AIHW

This 162-page Australian report presents comprehensive national data on cancer incidence and mortality in Australia in 2005, with projections to 2008. Also included are incidence data by state and territory,remoteness, socioeconomic status and Indigenous status. Summaries are given for cancer survival and prevalence, and cancer screening. Also presented are hospital inpatient statistics for the period 2002-03 to 2006-07, and a discussion of the burden of cancer

HealthPosted: 2008-12-31

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program Monitoring Report 2008

AIHW

This 162-page Australian report presents the most recent information on participation in bowel screening, cancer detection, program sensitivity and rescreening rates. In addition, the report presents national bowel cancer incidence and mortality data to provide a context for these indicators of screening activity

HealthPosted: 2008-12-31

Coupled Contagion Dynamics of Fear and Disease: Mathematical and Computational Explorations

PLoS One Journal

An 11-page US paper exploring the effect of adaptive contact behaviour during epidemics

Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-12-30

Selecting Interventions to Promote Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

ANZ Health Policy

A 16-page Australian case study of a structured framework for strategies to improve fruit and vegetable consumption and supply

Health, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2008-12-29

Food and Beverage Marketing to Children and Adolescents:

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

A 12-page US research brief examining the changes in marketing necessary to promote healthy eating habits

Families, Children & Youth, HealthPosted: 2008-12-24

2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: Detailed Findings

AIHW

This 145-page Australian report provides detailed information on drug use prevalence, drug-related behaviours and incidents, and support for drug-related policy and legislation.

Drug Abuse, HealthPosted: 2008-12-18

Arthritis and Osteoporosis in Australia 2008

AIHW

This 172-page Australian report brings together data and information from a wide variety of sources to provide a picture of arthritis and ostoeporosis in Australia, and highlight some of the main issues relating to these conditions.

Health, AgeingPosted: 2008-12-17

Inspections of Cleanliness and Infection Control: How Well Are Acute Trusts Following the Hygiene Code?

Healthcare Commission - UK

A 26-page UK report analyzing unanounced inspections of cleanliness and infection control in a sample of NHS acute trusts

Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-12-17

Children and Young People in Mind

CAMHS

This 118-page UK report examines how children’s health, education and social care services are contributing to the mental health and well-being of children and young people.

Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2008-12-17

Immunization Competencies for Health Professionals

Canadian Immunization Committee

A 58-page Canadian handbook to promote safe and competent practices to achieve higher vaccine coverage rates.

Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-12-15

Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006: Inuit Health and Social Conditions

Statistics Canada

This 28-page report focuses on selected social determinants of Inuit health.

Indigenous Affairs, HealthPosted: 2008-12-15

Ten Reasons to Oppose the Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission

OSI

This 36-page US document provides ten reasons why criminalizing HIV exposure or transmission is generally an unjust and ineffective public policy

Health, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2008-12-13

Opportunities and Threats in Targeting Antimalarials for the AMFm

RFF

A 33-page US discussion paper examining the opportunities and threats existing in targeting antimalarials in malaria-endemic countries

Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-12-13

Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections

Public Health Agency of Canada

These 436-page guidelines were created as a resource for clinical and public health professionals — especially nurses and physicians — for the prevention and management of STIs acrossa diverse patient population, including neonates, children, adolescents and adults

HealthPosted: 2008-12-12

State of Healthcare 2008

Healthcare Commission

This 137-page UK report looks at the progress made in healthcare since 2004 and the challenges ahead. It focuses on how six key areas of care were provided to and experienced by patients in 2008.

HealthPosted: 2008-12-12

Towards a Framework for Violence and Abuse Prevention

Department of Health - UK

This UK framework report outlines the impact of violence and abuse on health and inequalities. It looks at why violence and abuse happen and makes links between the different forms of violence and abuse. It also provides a framework for intervention to prevent violence and abuse from occurring in the first place.

Health, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2008-12-12

Pandemic Influenza: Guidance on Preparing Maternity Services

Department of Health - UK

This 36-page UK document identifies key issues and provides a guidance framework to enable and support the decisions on how maternity services providers will need to act during a pandemic, covering the period from conception to just after birth.

Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-12-12

Review and Evaluation of Australian Information about Primary Health Care: A Focus on General Practice

AIHW

This 168-page report presents the results of a critical evaluation of Australian data collections relating to general practice services. It describes the usefulness of these data collections for meeting priority information needs, and recommends strategies to address data gaps and limitations. The report also outlines methods currently being used to collect general practice data electronically, and establishes options for further investigation.

HealthPosted: 2008-12-10

Healthy Eating – Healthy Action

Ministry of Health - New Zealand

A 46-page New Zealand report on the country's Healthy Eating - Healthy Action programme

HealthPosted: 2008-12-07

Practice-based Commissioning: Reinvigorate, Replace or Abandon?

The King's Fund

This 80-page report assesses the progress of practice-based commissioning in the UK National Health Service and identifies the barriers that are limiting success.

HealthPosted: 2008-12-06

A Mania for Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder

Project Syndicate

Article discussing the over-diagnosis and under-diagnosis of bi-polar disorder

HealthPosted: 2008-12-05

Schizophrenia and Offending: Area of Residence and the Impact of Social Disorganisation and Urbanicity

Australian Institute of Criminology

This 6-page Australian study aimed to identify the influence of residential location on the prevalence of schizophrenia and incidence of arrests in urban and rural postcode areas of Western Australia

Crime, Law & Order, HealthPosted: 2008-12-04

Unclaimed Children Revisited: The Status of Children’s Mental Health Policy in the United States

NCCP

This 160-page US report documents and assesses the effectiveness of policies relating to mental health services for children and youth with mental health problems, those at risk, and their families in the United States

Families, Children & Youth, HealthPosted: 2008-12-03

Disability in Australia: Intellectual Disability

AIHW

This 40-page Australian bulletin presents an overview of prevalence of intellectual disability and its related impairments, health conditions and activity limitations. The analyses focus on outcomes of participation in major life areas in children and young adults with intellectual disability as well as people ageing with intellectual disability.

Disability, HealthPosted: 2008-11-28

Hospital Separations Due to Injury and Poisoning, Australia 2004-05

AIHW

This 176-page report presents national statistics on injuries that resulted in admission to hospitals in Australia. Unintentional falls, transport-related injury, intentional self-harm and assault are common causes of hospitalised injury in the Australian community. Injuries due to these and other causes are described, in terms of case numbers and rates, by age and sex, place of usual residence, length of stay in hospital and other characteristics.

HealthPosted: 2008-11-28

Movement from Hospital to Residential Aged Care

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

This 231-page report is the first comprehensive Australian statistical study into issues affecting movement from hospital into residential aged care, using linked hospital care and residential aged care data for 2001-02. In particular, factors affecting admission into residential care on discharge from hospital are examined.

Ageing, HealthPosted: 2008-11-27

Does Retirement Kill You? Evidence from Early Retirement Windows

IZA

This 31-page discussion paper examines whether or not retirement has a direct impact on later-life health.

Ageing, HealthPosted: 2008-11-21

Using Performance-Based Regulation to Reduce Childhood Obesity

ANZ Health Policy

This 30-page paper proposes a policy strategy termed "performance-based regulation" to combat chilhood obesity

Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2008-11-21

Increasing the Options for Reducing Adverse Events: Results from a Modified Delphi Technique

ANZ Health Policy

The aim of this 39-page paper is to illustrate a simple method for increasing the range of possible options for reducing adverse events in Australian hospitals

HealthPosted: 2008-11-21

Child Health and Young Adult Outcomes

CEPA

This 62-page paper investigates how child health after birth affect long-term outcomes

Social Policy, HealthPosted: 2008-11-20

The Potential Impact of an Opt Out System for Organ Donation in the UK

Department of Health

This independent 40-page UK report investigates the potential impact of changing to an opt-out system of consent for organ donation.

HealthPosted: 2008-11-18

Putting prevention first. Vascular Checks: Risk Assessment and Management

Department of Health

This 70-page UK document assesses the impact of new checks for vascular diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease.

HealthPosted: 2008-11-18

Physical Activity and Health in Mid-age and Older Australian Women

OFW

This report examines the links between physical activity and health in mid-age and older women.

Health, AgeingPosted: 2008-11-17

Disability in Australia: Intellectual Disability

AIHW

This bulletin presents an overview of prevalence of intellectual disability and its related impairments, health conditions and activity limitations in Australia. The analyses focus on outcomes of participation in major life areas in children and young adults with intellectual disability as well as people ageing with intellectual disability.

Disability, HealthPosted: 2008-11-14

Tripping Over Health

CGD

A 4-page article proposing that the next U.S. president should come down clearly in favor of a new policy that better balances public health needs in developing countries with private incentives for innovative activities.

Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-11-13

Family Relationships and Mental Illness: Impacts and Service Responses

AFRC

This 19-page Australian paper gives a brief overview of mental health problems, including types and prevalence, causes of mental illness, and family-related risk and protective factors.

Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2008-11-10

Eye Health Among Australian Children

AIHW

This 46-page Australian report looks at the prevalence of eye problems among children, including vision disability, congenital anomalies and cancer.

Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2008-11-10

Engaging Patients in their Health: How the NHS Needs to Change

King's Fund

The 54-page report of a UK conference held to explore in detail the concept of the patient as consumer, the use of technology in health care and how to promote healthy citizenship.

HealthPosted: 2008-11-09

Paying For (Expensive) Drugs in the Statutory System:An Overview of Experiences in 13 Countries

DH - UK

This 61-page UK report presents the findings of research on international comparisons of access to expensive medicines.

HealthPosted: 2008-11-07

Air Quality in and around Traffic Tunnels

National Health and Medical Research Council

This 190-page Australian report evaluates the factors associated with poor air quality in and around traffic tunnels and the subsequent health effects resulting from exposure to air pollution.

HealthPosted: 2008-11-06

Neural Tube Defects in Australia

AIHW

This 85-page report describes the prevalence and trends of neural tube defects (NTD) in Australia during the past decade

HealthPosted: 2008-11-05

National Adaptation Research Plan (Human Health): Consultation Draft

NCCARF

A 55-page Australian plan designed to guide researchers generating the information needed to develop an effective portfolio of strategies to counter the diversity of health risks expected to result from climate change

Health, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-10-30

The Lancet Series on Health System Reform in China

"The Lancet"

A series of 19 commissioned research papers bringing together the most recent scientific evidence of China's major health challenges, its health strategies and its health future (single page linking to each paper)

HealthPosted: 2008-10-24

Juvenile Arthritis in Australia

AIHW

This 68-page report contains the latest data on the impact of Juvenile arthritis in Australia

HealthPosted: 2008-10-23

Treatment of Heart Attack National Guidance

DH

The 47-psge final report of a UK feasibility study looking at how far angioplasty can be rolled out as the main treatment for heart attack in place of clot-busting drugs

HealthPosted: 2008-10-20

The Role of Law in the Control of Obesity in England

ANZ Health Policy

This 21-page Australian article examines the contribution of law to a healthy food culture

HealthPosted: 2008-10-14

Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer: General Practice Consultations, Hospitalisation and Mortality

AIHW

This 63-page report analyzes data on non-melanoma skin cancer in Australia

HealthPosted: 2008-10-14