Publications

This report Effective Caring : a synthesis of the international evidence on carer needs and interventions - aims to identify the needs of carers including the factors that sustain carers in their caring role, identify interventions and to develop a research agenda. The report is based on the Centre for Health Service Development, University of Wollongong, 2007 review of Australian and international academic and practice literature, together with a concurrent analysis of policy and practice in Australia.

This page includes all the attachments to the report.

Final report of the project to 'evaluate the impact of accreditation on the delivery of quality of care and quality of life to residents in aged care homes'

• Aged care services
• Ageing

• Tobacco

This page has information about the Department's component of the Government's response to the health related recommendations of the Bringing Them Home Report.

A report prepared for the department by La Trobe University in 2005

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

This report is a literature review which summarises research and evaluations of Indigenous community programs in nutrition, early childhood, housing, sporting and cultural programs, employment, community services and alcohol use.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Environmental health

This report informed implementation of the July 2006 Council of Australian Governments' initiative for Better Specialist Training. It proposed a modest and gradual expansion of training settings for medical specialist training.

• Health workforce

This brochure summarises research findings on early intervention for autism; outlines the kinds of programs available in Australia; provides guidelines for best practice in early intervention; and lists contacts for programs across Australia.

• Mental health
• Child health
• Autism

The Draft Guidelines prvode general information on the Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) Dementia Program, for Approved Providers, other service providers and officers of the Department of Health and Ageing.

This evaluation considers whether general practice training is being delivered to the right people, whether it is of a high standard, and whether the current training arrangements provide optimal benefit to the Australian community.

• General practice
• Health education

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED

• Injury prevention

Issues paper on eligibility for community care

• Ageing
• Aged care services

An evaluation of the Additional Practice Nurses in Rural Australia and Other Areas of Need budget measure (known as the Nursing in General Practice initiative).

• Health workforce
• Health personnel
• General practice
• Nursing

This report provides the evidence base underpinning the National Action Plan for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions.

• Arthritis

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED: Pamphlet

• Infant Health
• Women's health

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED - Breastfeeding hints brochure

• Women's health
• Child health
• Nutrition

This evaluation report considers whether Australia has continued to make progress in implementing the objectives of the National Mental Health Strategy and the three additional priority themes identified in the Second National Mental Health Plan.

• Mental health

In a society where emphasis is placed on employment as a means of social inclusion, it is imperative that people with psychiatric disabilities are given an opportunity to participate in the labour market. This report draws on information from the Collaborative Study on Low-Prevalence (Psychotic) Disorders to make 20 recommendations for how access to employment can be improved.

• Mental health

This booklet is a practical guide to designing and implementing evaluation for a wide range of promotion and prevention initiatives. It outlines how people can work with each other, their stakeholders, clients and community to develop relevant, affordable and achievable evaluations for their initiatives. It also demonstrates how these evaluation processes can become part of day-to-day practice.

• Mental health

A discussion paper prepared for the National Strategy for an Ageing Australia which discusses the value of mature age workers and the potential for economic growth that can be produced by a larger cohort of mature age workers.

• Ageing

This report of the epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus summarises the state of knowledge to the end of 1998. The report is based upon extensive literature reviews and the compilation of a research register that identifies Australian studies. This is the third report in the Communicable Diseases Intelligence Technical Report series.

• Communicable diseases

The study aimed to see whether the 1987 Cannabis Expiation Notice (CEN) scheme in South Australia had produced a greater increase in the prevalence of lifetime and weekly cannabis use in South Australia than in the rest of Australia.

• Drugs
• Illegal drugs

This document presents the reports of several research studies which informed the preparation of advice to the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC) on achievements and progress under the National Mental Health Strategy.

• Mental health

This evaluation considers the effectiveness and appropriateness of the National Mental Health Strategy since its inception in 1992. It draws evidence from a number of sources and points to five 'overarching' observations.

• Mental health

Part One: Approaches to evaluation and Part Two: An annotated review of treatment evaluation literature