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03 May 2021

Health for all by 2030: The time to act is now!

Leading thinkers reveal new frontier of public health: Big Tech, racism, climate change & vested corporate interests

25 Jan 2013

Reducing the alcohol and drug toll: Victoria’s plan

The State Government has released a comprehensive 15-point alcohol and drug abuse strategy to reduce their ill impacts on Victorian communities.

Partner Release

25 Jan 2013

Health groups welcome plan to reduce alcohol toll

The Alcohol Policy Coalition welcomes the release of Victoria’s drug and alcohol strategy and its broad nature but urges immediate action to stem the rise of alcohol harms.

Partner Release

28 Jul 2013

VicHealth interviews Professor Ichiro Kawachi

Ichiro Kawachi, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Social Epidemiology, and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Population health

14 Sep 2010

Top academic to lead new centre for disease prevention

Victoria has scored a major coup by recruiting an internationally-recognised academic to lead Australia's first Centre of Excellence to tackle the rise in chronic diseases

Partner Release

26 Sep 2010

Health survey highlights need for investment in prevention

Victoria’s leading health and community groups have called on all parties to commit to doubling Victoria’s investment in prevention in the lead up to this year’s election, following this weekend’s release of the ‘Victorian Population Health Survey 2008’.

Partner Release

10 Mar 2011

Healthy Australia Public Support for Prevention Strategies

This survey was conducted to assess the level of support for the kinds of prevention strategies, recommended by a range of expert bodies, to improve the health of all Australians.

Prevention Strategies

01 Mar 2007

Public Attitudes to Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

This survey presents findings from research commissioned by VicHealth aimed at better understanding community knowledge of, attitudes towards, and support for, health promotion and disease prevention.

Social Research

01 Nov 2007

Research Summary: Disease trends

This analysis of statistical health trends of the past 20 years reveals a remarkable increase in longevity but a disturbing rise in a range of chronic diseases that can greatly impair our enjoyment of our final years.

Population Health

07 Oct 2009

The health and economic benefits of reducing disease risk factors

"How much is it worth?" is a frequently-asked and challenging question in the context of preventative health and health promotion. This new report tackles this challenge head on.

How much is it worth?

01 Jun 2003

Public Health, Mental Health and Violence Against Women - Scoping Report

This monograph canvasses the most recent global, national and Victorian research which examines the nature and incidence of violence against women. It also enumerates the costs of this violence, in terms of mental and physical health, and the social and economic costs borne by the whole of the community as a consequence of the combination of cultural and individual factors that give rise to violence against women.

Violence against women

06 Mar 2012

Victorian Govt Healthy Eating Enterprise will reduce obesity

The Obesity Policy Coalition has applauded the Victorian Government’s Healthy Eating Enterprise stating it is going to the heart of the issue and tackling some of the key drivers of obesity by integrating and embedding principles around healthy eating where people work, play and live

Partner Release