Children living in rural areas continue to experience higher rates of hospital admissions for tooth decay. For non-fluoridated towns across the Loddon Mallee, fluoride varnish, applied twice a year, can be highly effective in stopping tooth decay among Aboriginal children and preventing oral disease in the future.
Connecting and extending green space and canopy cover are just a couple of initiatives in a new metropolitan wide urban forest strategy for Melbourne called Living Melbourne: our metropolitan urban forest. The strategy is a first for Australia, and one of the first in the world, and will support Melbourne’s rapidly growing city to protect and strengthen its natural assets.
Four health services in the G21 alliance in the Barwon region are collaborating to collectively plan, act and report on the prevention of violence against women.
As you interact with children and families, you can help get kids off to a good start with their dental health.
Seven rural health services are collectively working to reduce sugary drinks in health services in Western Victoria. Leadership support and a collaborative effort have been crucial in accelerating change in the region.
A new after hours campaign aims to raise awareness of available after hours medical services and reduce the volume of unnecessary emergency department visits.
One in five Australians will experience a mental health condition in any given year. The WorkWell Toolkit is a resource for employers to support them in building a mentally healthy workplace.
The ‘Balance for Better: Business’ program aims to provide local workplaces with the information and tools to work towards a more gender equal workforce.