Edited by the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology

New Research

Ovarian cancer in Australia: an overview, 2010

26 February 2010This report provides a comprehensive picture of ovarian cancer in Australia including how ovarian cancer rates differ by age, Indigenous status, country of birth, socioeconomic status and geographical area.
Reproductive health: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

Reproductive health: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

04 February 2010Drawing on a major survey of Australian women conducted over time, this report examines contraception, women’s aspirations for motherhood, reproductive histories, problems with fertility and related treatment and advice-seeking behaviour, maternal health and wellbeing, and participation in the paid workforce.

HIV futures 6 - making positive lives count

19 January 2010 Now in its twelth year this survey aims to collect data to help inform health workers, policy makers and people living with AIDS aware of the health and social issues experienced by the AIDS community.

HIV seroconversion study - newly diagnosed men in Australia 2007-9

03 December 2009The Seroconversion Study collects both quantitative and qualitative data from mainly homosexual men who have recently been diagnosed with HIV. 
Proposed national strategy on body image

Proposed national strategy on body image

28 October 2009The report encourages advertisers, the media and the fashion industry to promote more positive body image messages.

Return on investment 2: evaluating the cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe programs in Australia 2009

20 October 2009Investment in needle and syringe programs over the period 2000-09 resulted in an estimated 32,050 HIV infections and 96,667 HCV infections averted, substantial healthcare cost savings to government, and substantial gains in disability-adjusted life years, according to this report.

Disability

Compendium of workers' compensation statistics Australia 2007-08

19 March 2010The compendium provides a good indicator of Australia’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) performance in 2007–08 and allows trends in OHS performance over time to be analysed.

Comparison of workers' compensation arrangements in Australia and New Zealand

19 March 2010This comparison provides background to the evolution of workers' compensation arrangements in two jurisdictions and discusses the way that each scheme deals with coverage, benefits, return to work provisions, self-insurance, common law, dispute resolution and cross-border arrangements.

Medication use for arthritis and osteoporosis

26 February 2010This report provides information on what medicines Australians are using to manage their musculoskeletal problems, how much these medicines cost them and trends in the prescription of newer medicines.

Mental health

Framework for measuring wellbeing: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 2010

05 March 2010This publication describes a framework to map statistical information about Indigenous people, in the context of the interrelationships with their social and physical environments.

Living on the edge: social and emotional wellbeing risk and protective factors for serious psychological distress among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

04 March 2010This paper has been prepared to generate discussion around the determinants of Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing.

Commentary

Why primary health care reform should top the COAG agenda

19 February 2010And it might even help 'fix' hospitals, writes Hal Swerissen in Croakey

A different kind of politics

23 December 2009When women MPs came together to force approval of RU486, a new cross-party grouping seemed to be in the making. In Inside Story, Sara Dowse looks at what happened next

Audio

Working together for a better health care system

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20 November 2009Research findings and government reports indicate Australia's primary health care workforce is facing significant challenges and is lagging behind in its use of teamwork approaches.

Promises and challenges in developing new vaccines, with a focus on diseases of the developing world

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13 November 2009Learning how to harness the power of the immune system to combat infectious killers has been one of the most dramatic developments in the history of medicine. 

Drugs and alcohol

Responding to intimate partner violence victimisation: effective options for help-seeking

19 March 2010Using data from the International Violence Against Women Survey, this paper examines predictors of help-seeking by intimate partner violence victims and considers whether such responses are influenced by the severity of abuse experienced.

Video

Secondary school students and sexual health 2008

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20 November 2009Researchers from La Trobe University's Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) discuss The Fourth National Survey of Australian Secondary School Students and Sexual Health.

Sex, power and the future of the world

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21 September 2009Author and journalist Michelle Goldberg makes a persuasive argument that a nation's legislation and attitudes around the reproductive rights of women are frequently reflective of much broader political and ideological agendas.

Wellbeing

Beyond corporate responsibility: the 'spiritual turn' and the rise of conscious business

15 March 2010This paper asks whether the Corporate Responsibility movement can transform business practices enough to assist society address key human and environmental sustainability challenges.

Websites

Croakey: the Crikey health blog

25 August 2009The Croakey blog is a forum for debate and discussion about health issues and policy.

Project Respect

18 June 2009Project Respect is a non-profit community-based organisation that aims to empower and support women in the sex industry including women trafficked to Australia.

Better Health Channel

18 May 2009This site's aim is to provide free health and medical information in an easy to understand format and language.

Events

Conference
25 Mar 2010 - 26 Mar 2010
Sydney
Conference
25 Mar 2010 - 26 Mar 2010
Sydney

Books

The Australian Long Story

The Australian Long Story

  • Editor: Mandy Sayer
  • Penguin Australia
In this collection, acclaimed writer Mandy Sayer brings together nine of the best Australian examples of the long story - tales that combine the intensity of the short story with the complexity of a novel.

Australasian Journal of ArtsHealth

  • ArtsHealth Centre for Research and Practice, University of Newcastle
The Australasian Journal of ArtsHealth (AJAH) is a new, international, blind-peer-reviewed electronic journal providing an outlet for researchers and practitioners working in the broad areas arts and health.

Policy Guides

This guide provides practical and long-term ways for artists and arts organisations to enhance their access, market their events to the disabled community and build new audiences.

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