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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...
Research and publications
1 min read
8 Mar 2023
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/research-publications/helping-women-and-girls-get-active
The Kids in Communities Study aims to investigate the community or neighbourhood level factors that affect child development (based on the Australian Early Development Index, a population of measure...
Research and publications
1 min read
26 Sep 2022
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/research-publications/kids-communities-study
VicHealth research comparing the impact of the first and second wave of the coronavirus pandemic on the health and wellbeing of Victorians.Key messages This research report is the...
Research and publications
4 min read
25 Nov 2020
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/research-publications/vichealth-coronavirus-victorian-wellbeing-impact-study
This resource provides information on improving public health in Australia by the year 2030. This supplement was originally published in The Medical Journal of Australia. It outlines how...
Research and publications
5 min read
18 Jun 2021
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/research-publications/australia-2030-what-our-path-health-all
While young people are often well-connected to strong social structures, critical transitions that characterise youth can be stressful and compromise these connections and supports, increasing social...
Research and publications
5 min read
7 May 2015
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/research-publications/young-australian-loneliness-survey
How coronavirus restrictions impacted the health and wellbeing of young people in Australia. Young people have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus...
Research and publications
5 min read
27 Nov 2020
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/research-publications/young-people-coping-coronavirus-interim-report
VicHealth, in partnership with Sport and Recreation Victoria, worked with five local governments to strengthen physical activity outcomes, under the three-year Be Active initiative.Summary: Be...
Programs and projects
1 min read
27 Nov 2014
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/programs-and-projects/be-active
Supporting young people in regional and rural Vic to be active, happy and healthy VicHealth has a vision where no young person is denied a future that is healthy – regardless of their postcode,...
Programs and projects
2 min read
16 Nov 2021
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/programs-projects/regional-sport-partnership
The Streets Ahead program was designed to create supportive environments that increase children’s active travel and independent mobility in all aspects of their local community life, not only to...
Programs and projects
2 min read
27 Nov 2014
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/programs-and-projects/streets-ahead2
Preventing violence before it occurs is our framework for action on preventing violence against women. Based on global evidence, the framework highlights the following three themes for...
Programs and projects
2 min read
8 Oct 2015
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/programs-and-projects/vichealth-framework-for-preventing-violence-against-women
Artwork by Dexx (Gunditjmara/Boon Wurrung) ‘Mobs Coming Together’ 2022
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Artwork Credit: Dexx (Gunditjmara/Boon Wurrung) ‘Mobs Coming Together’ 2022, acrylic on canvas. Learn more about this artwork.