Public health
Alternative labels
Public health services
Population health
Public health interventions
Epidemiology
Global health
Public health policy
Report
This girl can – Victoria: year 4 campaign report (2021)
VicHealth has encouraged and motivated women right across the state to become more active, through 4 years of this behaviour-change campaign. This report outlines how women responded to the ‘new normal’ during the coronavirus pandemic, with over 340,000 women inspired to get active at home or in their neighbourhood.
Report
Sleep problems as a risk factor for chronic conditions
This report summarises evidence on the prevalence of sleep problems and their relationship with chronic health conditions.
Briefing paper
A human rights and Te Tiriti o Waitangi approach to Aotearoa New Zealand’s proposed COVID-19 Protection Framework
This document assesses the New Zealand Government's response to COVID-19 from a human rights perspective.
Report
The role of Australian local governments in creating a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system
Despite much work on creating healthy food systems, local governments in New South Wales and Victoria struggle to prevent the sale and marketing of unhealthy food and drinks. This report details the issues and offers suggestions for improvement.
Systematic review
Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis
The aim of this paper is to review the evidence on the effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and COVID-19 mortality. Results 72 studies met the inclusion criteria, of which 35 evaluated individual public health measures and 37 assessed multiple public health measures as a "package of interventions"...