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Useful links

  • Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) 
    AHPRA is the organisation responsible for the registration and accreditation of 10 health professions across Australia.
     
  • Better Health Channel 
    The Better Health Channel provides health and medical information to help individuals and their communities improve their health and wellbeing.
     
  • ClinEd
    Collaborative online learning for medical and allied health professionals.
Links for DHSV employees

Click on the below category titles to view additional useful links.

 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resources

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flip Charts (Queensland Health)
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/oralhealth/promo_programs/flip_charts.asp

Australian Indigenous Healthinfonet
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/

ATSI Health Services Directory
http://www.atsihealth.org/www/414/1001638/home--default.asp

Indigenous Dentists Association Australia
http://www.idaa.com.au/IDAA/Home.html

Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
http://www.crcah.org.au/

Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
http://vaccho.org.au/

Koori Health
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/koori/koori-health-counts-reports

Onemda – VicHealth Koori Health Unit
www.onemda.unimelb.edu.au

Australian Bureau of Statistics - The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 2008
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/0/4955AFECCAEB54DACA2574390014B71F?opendocument

Close the Gap - Campaign for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Equality by 2030
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/health/ctg_community.pdf

 

Associations

Australian Dental Association
www.ada.org.au

Australian Dental Association - Victorian Branch
www.adavb.net/

Australian Prosthetists Association (Victoria)
www.adpavic.com.au/content/index.php

American Dental Association
www.ada.org

Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA)
www.vha.org.au/

 

General health

The Cancer Council
www.cancer.org.au/

VicHealth
http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au

Victorian Government Health Information
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/

 

Healthy eating and nutrition

CHOICE Food for Kids
http://www.choicefoodforkids.com.au/

Dietary Guidelines for all Australians
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/dietsyn.htm

Go for 2 & 5 (healthy eating campaign)
http://www.gofor2and5.com.au/

'Go for your life'
http://www.goforyourlife.vic.gov.au

Nutrition Australia
http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/

Public Health Nutrition
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/nutrition/

 

Health promotion

Oral Health Resources (Queensland Health)
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/healthyschools/oral.asp

Better Oral Health in Residential Care - South Australian Dental Services
http://www.nhhrc.org.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/2DC945BED2046270CA25760E001E8B2E/$File/ProfessionalPortfolio.pdf

Australian Health Promotion Association
http://www.healthpromotion.org.au/

Modern Teaching Aids
http://www.teaching.com.au/

Centre for Health Promotion (South Australia)
http://www.chdf.org.au/

Oral Health Promotion Clearing House
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/oral-health-promotion/

Public Health Association of Australia
http://www.phaa.net.au/

 

Research and reports

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare – Dental Health
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/subject/6

Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH)
www.arcpoh.adelaide.edu.au/

Improving Victoria’s Oral Health Report (DHS 2007)
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/dentistry/publications/improve_oralhealth.htm

 

Water fluoridation

Victorian Government Health Information - Environmental Health
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/environment/water/fluoridation