Public Health

There is increased focus in Australia on public health initiatives to improve the health and wellbeing of the community.  Strategies include:

• Encouraging and rewarding prevention
• Promoting evidence-based management of chronic disease
• Supporting and educating patients with chronic disease to manage their condition.

Examples of AHA's public health projects include:

• Development of a Genetics Strategy for Victoria
  
• Independent Review of the National Cord Blood Network
  
• Implementation of National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in Victoria
  
• Evaluation of the Clinical Use of MRI in Australia
• Evaluation of the Transfusion Nurse Program in Victoria
• Assessment of the Clinical Benefit and Cost Effectiveness of Insulin Pumps for Diabetics
• Evaluation of the Promotional Activities Associated with the Drought Counselling Assistance Package
• Evaluation of the Drought and Sugar Counselling Initiatives
• Independent Review of Australians Donate
• Review of the Key Structural Features of Selected Overseas and the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation Sectors
• Evaluation of the National Resource Centre administered by the Alcohol and Other Drug Council of Australia
• Speech Pathology Cost and Service Review
• Monitoring Health Effects of Overseas Deployments: Data Set Development Project