Primary Health Bulletin

New resources available on the Integrated Chronic Disease Management Clearinghouse

New resources are available at, and contributions are invited to, the new Integrated Chronic Disease Management Clearinghouse, which was launched by the Australian Disease Management Association (ADMA) in September 2009.

Survey: 'Go for your life' Information Centre

The 'Go for your life' Information Centre would like your feedback. Complete the 5 minute survey by Friday 27 November to enter a draw to win a book voucher.

New: Environments for Health supporting publications

The new Environments for Health framework supporting publications provide councils with up-to-date practical guides for municipal public health and wellbeing planning, implementation and review.

'Go for your life' forum: men's health and physical activity

The forum will focus on recent Australian and international research on men’s health and is to be held on Tuesday 16 February 2010 in Melbourne.

Diabetes consultation forum for health professionals

The Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Clinical Science in Diabetes (Diabetes CRE) at the University of Melbourne invites health professionals to attend a consultation group discussion on Tuesday 10 December 2009 in Fitzroy.

Release of the Community Health Priority Tools

The Primary Health Branch has released the updated Community Health Priority Tools.

Event: launch of 'Well proud'

Developed by the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Health and Wellbeing, ‘Well proud’ is a guide to gay, lesbian, bisexual transgender and intersex inclusive practice for health and human services. It will be launched on Thursday 3 December at the Royal Women’s Hospital, Parkville.

Symposium: innovative models of oral health care for high risk populations

The Cooperative Research Centre for Oral Health Science, The University of Melbourne (CRC-OHS) and Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) are sponsoring this one-day symposium on ‘innovative models of oral health care for high risk populations’, to be held on 16 November 2009 in Melbourne.

Workshop: considering gender and mental health

Women’s Health Victoria is holding a workshop themed ‘considering gender and mental health’ on Friday 11 December in Melbourne.

Course: Agricultural health and medicine

The Agricultural Health and Medicine course is for anyone with an interest in farmer health – from nurses, general practitioners and allied health professionals to veterinarians, rural professionals, and policy makers. It is a 5 day intensive program which will run from 22 to 26 February 2010 in Hamilton, Western Victoria.

Forum: Client service models, but not as you know them - Medicare & community health services

A forum will be run on 18 November that looks at practical aspects of developing and implementing models of care supported by Medicare in community health services.

Information seminar: Master of Public Health

The Master of Public Health information night will be held on Wednesday 4 Nov 2009 at the University of Melbourne. The MPH is offered by the consortium of four Victorian universities: Deakin, La Trobe, Melbourne and Monash.

Upcoming 'Go for your life' forums

There are three upcoming ‘Go for your life’ forums, to be held in Bairnsdale, Warrnambool and Melbourne in November and February.

Gender and diversity analysis in health and human services

The Banyule Nillumbik Primary Care Alliance, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services, Department of Health and Women’s Health in the North, is hosting a Gender and Diversity Workshop on Thursday 29 October in West Heidelberg.

Regional workshops: have your say on best practice in clinical education

The Department of Health has developed a strategy and framework to support training providers and health services in the delivery of high quality clinical learning for undergraduates and early graduates. The department wishes to consult with a broader range of health service settings and professional disciplines regarding the applicability of the framework to settings other than public acute hospitals.

Symposium: Prevention is the cure - health realities for immigrant and refugee women

‘Prevention is the Cure’ is a national symposium presented by the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health and the Institute for Community, Ethnicity and Policy Alternatives Victoria University on Wednesday 28 October 2009 in Melbourne.

Presentation: myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome

ME/CFS Australia (Victoria) will be hosting a presentation by Professor Kenny De Meirleir on Friday 30 October 2009.