Health inequalities: useful links

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Australian Health Inequities Program

An innovative, multidisciplinary project that will provide guidance about how to improve the quality of people's local environments and reduce the health differences between different groups of Australians.
http://som.flinders.edu.au/FUSA/PublicHealth/AHIP.htm

Brotherhood of St Laurence

Works towards an Australia free of poverty by encouraging an inclusive, compassionate, equitable and just society.
http://www.bsl.org.au/

Community Indicators Victoria

VicHealth-funded initiative designed to support local governments develop and use community indicators as tools for measuring health, wellbeing and sustainability and for improving citizen engagement, community planning and policy making.
http://www.communityindicators.net.au/

International Society for Equity in Health

Promotes equity in health and health services internationally through education, research, publication, communication and charitable support.
http://www.iseqh.org/index.htm

VicLANES

The Victorian Lifestyle and Neighbourhood Study was a VicHealth-funded, 3-year study. It was one of the first of its kind to examine the relationships between the individual, household and environmental factors that impact on health.
http://www.kcwhs.unimelb.edu.au/research/programs/viclanes

Victorian Council of Social Services

This peak body of the social and community services sector in Victoria pursues just and fair social outcomes through policy development and collaborative advocacy.
http://www.vcoss.org.au/