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Health promotion is a powerful and cost effective way to maintain a healthier community. It enables people to increase control over and improve their health.

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21.02.12 

Media releases by topic    Smoking and tobacco control

VicHealth wishes to clarify that its advice on smokefree areas in Victoria is still in development.

18.02.12 

Opinion pieces

VicHealth's Renee Imbesi congratulates Victoria Police for swearing in a dedicated officer to take on the issue of violence against women.

13.02.12 

Media releases by topic    Walking and cycling

VicHealth and the Parenting Research Centre have today announced a three-year study into parental fear as a barrier to children’s’ physical activity, to pinpoint causes and find solutions.

13.02.12 

Partner media releases

Paintings, drawings, photography and mixed media works reflecting and expressing the aspirations of refugee artists who have arrived in Australia since 1970 are now being sought for this year’s Heartlands Refugee Fine Art Prize.

10.02.12 

Opinion pieces

VicHealth CEO Jerril Rechter writes in the Herald Sun that it's time for solariums to be banned in Victoria to save young lives.

06.02.12 

Media releases by topic    Alcohol and drugs

The Alcohol Policy Coalition (APC) today commended the Victorian Government’s new Chapel Street planning reforms, which include limits on new late-night licenses in the area. The APC is also calling for a state-wide review of closing hours for licensed premises

06.02.12 

Media releases by topic    Alcohol and drugs

VicHealth has just released its first-ever app, packed with interactive information about the laws about alcohol and minors in Victoria.

01.02.12 

Opinion pieces

VicHealth dietitian Julie Woods' opinion piece about why principles of extreme weight loss on reality TV don't work in the real world was published in the Herald Sun on February 1.

31.01.12 

Media releases by topic    Discrimination

Victorian regional communities will get the chance to experience a range of art-based projects that explore cultural diversity and race-based discrimination when VicHealth’s Arts About Us Roadshow visits Mildura, Shepparton, Gippsland and Horsham between January and July 2012.

30.01.12 

Media releases by topic    Alcohol and drugs

Eighty five percent of Australians who took part in febfast experienced long-term improvement to their overall health and wellbeing after taking just one month off alcohol in February, according to a new national survey commissioned by VicHealthi