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01 Aug 2006

Project summary: Creating Access to the Arts

Summary of a project funded through VicHealth's Audience Access Scheme. The Geelong Performing Arts Centre worked with the Surf Coast Shire so that older, isolated people outside Geelong could attend the centre’s series of Musical Mornings.

Arts and social connection

04 Aug 2011

Precarious housing and health

This three-part project includes a comprehensive research synthesis of existing studies that examine the relationship between housing and health, new quantitative analysis of the ABS General Social Survey and the HILDA surveys, and new qualitative research with lone mothers aged 25 years and under.

Health equity

04 Aug 2011

Housing and health: research summary

This document summarises the latest published research examining the links between housing and health. It is based on an evidence review and synthesis and recent Australian research commissioned by VicHealth, and a small number of additional sources.

Health equity

08 Apr 2011

VicHealth | Kids in Communities Study

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 of early childhood development) and are amenable to change.

Health equity

01 Apr 2008

Local Government Modules

Local Government health promotion modules

local government

01 Apr 2008

Research Summary: Key influences on health inequalities

This document provides data on the key influences on health (such as work, education, housing and community infrastructure), how these influences impact on health and how access to these influences is inequitable.

Health equity

01 Apr 2008

People, Places, Processes Forum

The People, Places, Processes Forum held in April 2008 provided an opportunity to showcase Victorian health inequalities work across research, policy and practice domains.

Health equity

07 Oct 2010

Economic cost of job strain - Tony LaMontagne

The Estimating the Economic Benefits of Eliminating Job Strain as a Risk Factor for Depression report was funded by VicHealth and led by Associate Professor Tony LaMontagne from the University of Melbourne School of Population Health and Dr Kristy Sanderson from the Menzies Research Institute Tasmania.

Creating Healthy Workplaces

13 Dec 2011

Award for Environments for Health

Jason Black, Project Director, Planning Institute of Australia, on behalf of Selandra Rise Demonstration Project Award for creating environments that foster good health.

Healthy environments

08 Aug 2012

David Dunstan on prolonged sitting at work

Associate Professor David Dunstan discusses how minimising periods of prolonged sitting at work can reduce the risk of adverse health conditions at the launch of VicHealth's "Creating Healthy Workplaces" program.

Creating Healthy Workplaces

03 Jul 2020

Water in Arts: Live music venues

VicHealth is building on our investments in supplying more access to water in sports facilities by broadening the focus to live music venues.

Access to water

22 Apr 2016

Workplaces needed in battle against sugary drinks to protect workers' health

VicHealth is encouraging Victorian manufacturing, construction, trade, retail and hospitality workplaces to sign up for the H30 Challenge and reap the health rewards.

Battle against sugary drinks