Health Promotion Research and Publications

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Female participation

21 Feb 2018

Helping women and girls get active

As part of VicHealth's This Girl Can campaign, we've put together this practical guide to give you advice, suggestions, hints and tips to help more women and girls in your local area to get active.

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Access to water

20 Feb 2018

Encouraging water consumption in licensed premises

This report summarises the research findings on a trial conducted in licensed premises in Melbourne to determine what factors might promote water consumption in licensed premises.

Young people and resilience

21 Dec 2017

VicHealth | Young people, health and wellbeing strategy 2017–19

This strategy outlines our vision for a Victoria in which every young person is able to reach their full potential for mental and physical health and wellbeing.

Spotlight on wellbeing

23 Nov 2017

Bright Futures: Young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds

This report examines the challenges that young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds will face over the coming years.

Preventing harm from alcohol

16 Nov 2017

Local government strategies for alcohol-related harm minimisation

Reducing alcohol-related harm in the community requires efforts from multiple sectors and levels of government.

Gender equality

27 Oct 2017

Gender equality, health and wellbeing strategy 2017–19

"Gender equality, health and wellbeing" is VicHealth’s strategy to promote gender equality for improved health and wellbeing 2017–19.

Indicators Survey 2015

16 Oct 2017

Supplementary report: Sexuality

The VicHealth Indicators Survey is a Victorian population-level survey conducted every four years. Selected findings from the VicHealth Indicators Survey 2015 were published in 2016. This report provides a closer look at the health and wellbeing of surveyed respondents who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or ‘other’ sexualities.

Salt

09 Aug 2017

The state of salt: The case for salt reduction in Victoria

This progress report outlines the Victorian Salt Reduction Partnership’s achievements since the launch of the initial State of Salt publication. It also looks at the plans for the next two-year implementation phase.

Campaign evaluation

24 Jul 2017

Walk to School 2016 evaluation

This evaluation report examines the impact of VicHealth's 2016 Walk to School campaign.

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Equality in sport

20 Jul 2017

Pride Game: Insights from the 2016 St Kilda FC campaign

History was created in 2016 when the St Kilda Football Club hosted the inaugural AFL Pride Game promoting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) inclusion.

Victorian participation in sport

19 Jul 2017

Physical activity across life stages

VicHealth has identified five life stages that give insights for engaging Victorians in physical activity.

Community activation

07 Jul 2017

Promoting physical activity through local community programs

Five Victorian councils ‘activated’ under-used public spaces within local communities to increase physical activity opportunities and social connection.

Research & publications