Briefing paper
Towards a thriving healthcare workforce
Healthcare workers are the cornerstone of health service delivery and quality of patient care. This brief identifies and discusses four areas where policy action should be taken to protect healthcare worker safety and wellbeing now and into the future.
Guide
A toolkit for creating healthy food and drink environments in community food retail outlets
This toolkit uses the latest evidence to guide local government action on providing healthy food retail environments in council-owned facilities.
Journal article
Policies influencing the provision of healthy food and drinks in local government‐owned sport and recreation facilities in Victoria, Australia
This study assessed the policies, attitudes and practices of local governments in Victoria, Australia, relating to obesity prevention and the provision of healthy food in their sporting facilities.
Report
Assessing cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention policies in Australia
The current obesity epidemic in Australia and around the globe has significant negative health and economic consequences. Addressing this problem will require a comprehensive societal response, including implementation of a suite of multi-sectoral government policies. Informed government action requires reliable comparative evidence on the costs...
Journal article
Examining the nutritional quality of food and beverage consumed at Melbourne aquatic and recreation centres
Aquatic and recreation centres largely identify themselves as health-promoting settings, although they have been described as ‘obesogenic’ environments for children in Canada and the UK.