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Violence against women

14 Jul 2015

Equal Footing toolkit

Equal Footing is a new toolkit for workplaces to promote gender equality and respectful relationships. The toolkit was developed with funding from the Victorian Government and trialled in a variety of sectors including hospitality, engineering, finance, publishing and not-for-profit family services.
Pile of salt

Salt reduction

13 May 2015

State of Salt: The case for salt reduction in Victoria

The sodium in salt is linked to 1 in 20 deaths in Victoria, risks of high blood pressure and heart failure, stomach cancer and osteoporosis. Yet we consume more than 15,000 tonnes of salt a year.
Mother and daughter hugging at the beach

Violence against women

07 May 2015

A concise guide to evaluating primary prevention projects

This guide has been designed to support practitioners in the growing field of primary prevention practice.

Woman and two men working at a construction site

Creating Healthy Workplaces

03 May 2015

Creating Healthy Workplaces publications

VicHealth’s Creating Healthy Workplaces Program (2012–2015) built a substantial body of knowledge about how to promote good health and prevent chronic disease in the workplace. It specifically focused on identifying best practice approaches for addressing alcohol-related harm, prolonged sitting, stress, race-based discrimination and violence against women.
Children sitting together

Obesity prevention

14 Apr 2015

Influencing children's health: critical windows for intervention

This report looks at the life transition period between childhood and adolescence, and the critical windows of opportunity to influence healthy behaviour.
Woman sitting on a beach wearing a sun hat

Research summary

26 Mar 2015

A study of UV and vitamin D in Melbourne adults

There is a fine line in balancing the beneficial and harmful effects of sunlight (UVR) exposure; a valuable source of vitamin D and also the major cause of skin cancer.
Young people laughing in a park together

Summary of proceedings

11 Mar 2015

Tobacco Harm Reduction Forum proceedings

This is a summary of the proceedings of the VicHealth Tobacco Harm Reduction Forum held in July 2014, based on the speaker presentations and panel discussions.
Intellectually disabled person playing bongos

Violence & abuse prevention

27 Feb 2015

Adopting mainstream approaches: Taking account of and including people with an intellectual disability in violence and abuse prevention

This report focuses on the inclusion of people with intellectual disability in violence and abuse prevention programs.
Young women riding bikes on the beach

Preventing alcohol harm

23 Jan 2015

Australians' attitudes towards their health, consuming alcohol and taking a break from alcohol

This survey, in partnership with FebFast, examines Australians' alcohol-related attitudes and behaviours.
Young women out at night

Local government policy

07 Jan 2015

Young adults and alcohol

This report examines how alcohol cultures and patterns of use vary across inner- and outer-urban settings.
People from diverse cultures in the grass together

Reducing race discrimination

8 Dec 2014

Victorians' attitudes to race and cultural diversity: findings from the 2013 survey

Findings from the 2013 survey of Victorians' attitudes to race and cultural diversity report presents results from research led by VicHealth on community attitudes towards racism, race, ethnicity and culture.

Young woman standing at the front of a crowd

Reducing race discrimination

08 Dec 2014

LEAD summary report: Localities Embracing and Accepting Diversity program

VicHealth's LEAD program was seen as the first program of its kind in Australia. It focused on local governments to help reduce race-based discrimination and promote cultural diversity. This summary report presents the key findings.