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Campaign evaluation

Case studies from Walk to School

Evaluation of Walk to School shows that councils play a key role in delivering local Walk to School activities, helping to deliver significant, positive results within their communities. The following case studies highlight the work of several councils as part of Walk to School.
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2014 Challenge winners

Innovation Challenge: Alcohol

Over three quarters of Australians think alcohol is a serious issue facing our community. VicHealth thought it was time to do something about it.
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Alcohol cultural change

No Excuse Needed campaign

VicHealth's No Excuse Needed campaign aimed to drive culture change by challenging perceived social norms around drinking.
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Switch to water

The H30 Challenge

The VicHealth H30 Challenge is a campaign encouraging Victorians to make a simple 30-day pledge to replace every sugary drink they would normally drink with water.
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Successful Projects

2014 VicHealth Innovation Research Grant: Recipients and Project Summaries

VicHealth Innovation Research Grants provide an opportunity for research teams to trial an innovative idea, research a new concept or methodology, or to develop better supporting evidence relevant to the theory, policy and practice of health promotion.
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Creative interventions

MOTION program

VicHealth's MOTION program focused on creative community interventions which increased physical activity and social connection.
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Choose water

Water Initiative

The VicHealth Water Initiative is an integrated program of work with the goal of more Victorians choosing water instead of drinks with added sugar.

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Access to water

Drinking water in the construction industry (Incolink)

As a part of VicHealth’s broader Water initiative (with the goal of ‘more Victorians choosing water instead of drinks with added sugar’), workplaces were identified as a setting to investigate water access and behaviours.

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Access to water

Investigation of water access in specific settings

As a part of VicHealth’s Water Initiative (with the goal of more Victorians choosing water instead of drinks with added sugar), VicHealth is interested in assessing the access to and supply of drinking water in specific settings within key City of Melbourne locations

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Key initiative

Salt Reduction in Victoria

A key initiative in the healthy eating strategic imperative is forming partnerships to enable reduction in salt (sodium) intake in Victoria. The goal of the initiative is to achieve consensus and commitment on salt reduction action from governments, industry and the general public.
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Health promotion research

Research Fellows

VicHealth supports outstanding public health/health promotion research by awarding five-year Public Health Research Fellowships.
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Health promotion research

Completed Research Grants

On this page you will find information about some of our significant and innovative research projects (ARC Linkage Projects, NHMRC Partnerships Grants, Innovation Grants) with links to final reports and/or published journal articles.