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General News
Awards for best and brightest
The very best of the State’s
public health system have been honoured at the 2008 Victorian Public Healthcare
awards.
Better health for all
An innovative approach to
treating Aboriginal health problems across all age groups has earned a
Gippsland health service a Victorian Public Healthcare Award.
Youth sexual health programs
wins healthcare award
An innovative approach to
tackling sexually transmissible infections among Swan Hill teenagers has
received a Victorian Public Healthcare Award.
Children’s speech program wins
in any language
Breaking down the barriers for
children under six with speech difficulties earned Doutta Galla Community
Health Services a prestigious Victorian Public Healthcare Award.
Fellowship call to career health
professionals
The National Health and Medical
Research Council (NHMRC) is inviting early-to-mid career health professionals
with a commitment to improving health care in Australia to apply for a 2009
Fellowship.
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Public Health
Training scheme call to health
professionals
The Department of Human
Services’ Public Health Branch is offering aspiring health professionals
seeking to gain a Master of Health Science (Public Health Practice) the chance
to join the Victorian Public Health Training Scheme (VPHTS).
Uma aims for public health
career
Victorian Public Health Fellow
Uma Jatkar would like to specialise in the field of public health law.
Promoting health to our new
Victorians
The result of a year-long study
will contribute to Department of Human Services work addressing disadvantages
faced by vulnerable communities newly-arrived to Victoria.
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Disability Services
Name change for disability aid
provider
Disability services provider
Gawith Villa has changed it name to Inclusion Melbourne.
Conference to compare theory and
practice
International keynote speakers
and workshops by leaders in their field will be highlights of the 8th
Disability Support Worker conference to be held at the University of Melbourne,
Parkville, on November 27 and 28.
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Housing
Achievers recognised in Housing
Week
More than 80 community events
across Victoria helped make Housing Week 2008 one of the most successful
celebrations yet.
Boost for Bairnsdale community
East Bairnsdale residents are
now able to access support services, undertake training courses and hold
meetings at their own community house.
Rural and Regional Health
New defibrillators for country
Victoria
Rural Victorians suffering from
cardiac arrest are benefiting from the multi-million dollar rollout of new,
state-of-the-art defibrillators into all regional ambulances and frontline
vehicles.
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Metropolitan Health
Message urges fast action on
stroke to save lives
Health Minister Daniel Andrews
was joined by a stroke survivor to urge all Victorians to act FAST and remember
the warning signs of stroke.
A healthy start for peninsula
babies
Frankston Hospital has received
World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF accreditation as a Baby Friendly
Hospital.
Men taking more risks
Men make up the bulk of patients
treated by The Alfred Hospital and Research, Emergency and Trauma Centre
Director Professor Peter Cameron has a theory why.
Dialysis unit for Maroondah
Maroondah residents have access
to vital renal dialysis services closer to home with the opening of a new Renal
Dialysis Unit at Maroondah Hospital.
Shift workers at risk
Shift workers face a higher risk
of a motor vehicle collision than non-shift workers according to Alfred
Hospital research.
Exercise key to post-stroke mood
New research has shown that
getting patients up, out of bed and walking soon after stroke helps mood
symptoms.
Taste temptations for Peter Mac
patients
Twenty Peter MacCallum Cancer
Centre patients were treated to some top nosh by a team from Ezard’s
restaurant.
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Community Services
Awards celebrate leadership in
child and family services
Community Services Minister Lisa
Neville launched Child Protection Week by honouring a select group of child and
family sector workers.
Hear, hear for ear protection
Community Services Minister Lisa
Neville marked Hearing Awareness Week by urging people to look to the
future—by protecting their ears.
Village view helps raise young
African refugees
The saying ‘it
takes a village to raise a child’ has a modern application in metropolitan
Melbourne among young refugees—some from Africa—who have arrived in
Australia in need of guidance.
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Aged Care
Dementia battle boost
New hope and record Government
funding will alleviate dementia’s great personal and economic impact, says
Senior Victorians Minister Lisa Neville.
Open day a big draw
About 850 people attended of
Alzheimer’s Australia Victoria’s historic home in Hawthorn on World Alzheimer’s
Day.
Eyes on the future—vision
and ageing
Ambassador for Ageing Noeline
Brown has called on Australians to protect their eyes as they get older and
have regular eye tests to help prevent permanent vision loss in later years.
Personal alert users to get
better services
Older Victorians who use the
Personal Alert Victoria service will now have simpler, streamlined access to
State-funded personal alarm units.
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