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Health & Physical Education: Health - Exploring Youth Health and Wellbeing: Outcome 3

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YSAS Bendigo (Youth Support + Advocacy Service)

Women’s Health

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Australian Government Health Resources


Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information. 
Young Australians: Their Health and Wellbeing Report (2011 Most Recent)
 


Department of Health: Vaping > this link will take you to the NSW Health : The facts about Vaping (excellent site)

Department of Health: Illicit Drugs

Department of Health: Tobacco

Department of Health: Alcohol

Department of Health: Sexual Health

Library Resources

Australian statistics and data on current topics: Issues in Society  - available in PRINT and ONLINE in the Library Catalogue as eBooks - Log into the Library catalogue using your student no. and Library password,  search series 'Issues in society' > click the URL and type in your laptop user name and password. Please see a member of the Library staff if you have issues accessing an ebook

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Reliable Organisations


Government Health Information Website

(All health issues)



Alcohol and Drug Foundation



YouthSafe: For Injuries; Infographics


Data Visuals / Graphs and Charts 
Graphs can also usually be found in reports and publications on health issues.


From the AIHW website: Scroll down to the sub-domains


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Further Topic Specific Links

Websites by Spinney Press

Vaping
ADF - Alcohol and drug Foundation 

QUIT - e-cigarettes and teens: what you need to know

The Royal Children's Hospital - E-cigarettes and teens

ABC - Vaping causes harm ...

Lung Foundation Australia - Unveil what you inhale

ABS - statistics

Tobacco in Australia - facts and issues

NHMRC - National Health and Medical Council - CEO statement: Electronic cigarettes

ATHRA - Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association - Over 5000,000 vapers in Australia now, according to Government study  

 

 

 

Tobacco smoking

Smarter than smoking 

National Heart Foundation of Australia 

Tobacco in Australia 

Department of Heath - Smoking and young people

Cancer Council of Australia https://www.cancer.org.au/

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Better Health Channel 

 


 

Obesity and Overweight

Australian Guide to Healthy Eating 
www.eatforhealth.gov.au

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare : overweight and obesity among Australian children and adolescents

Australian Institute of Health and Wellbeing: Australia's children

Health Direct: Obesity in Children

Obesity Evidence hub: Obesity trends in Australian children

Raising children: Teens healthy lifestyle

ABS - overweight and obesity 2017-2018

Better Health Channel www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au - search obesity 

eatforhealth.gov.au www.eatforhealth.gov.au - search site

Fat Free TV http://junkbusters.com.au/fatfreetv/ 

Foodwatch: Nutrition for teens
 

 

 

Discrimination

Discrimination - Australian Human Rights Commission
Fairwork - Workplace discrimination 
Equal Opportunity Commission - https://eoc.sa.gov.a
Beyond Blue - Discrimination against Indigenous Australians PDF -

Workplace Gender Equality Agency https://www.wgea.gov.au/

Australian Human Rights Commission https://humanrights.gov.au/

The Conversation - discrimination articles https://theconversation.com/au/topics/discrimination-330

ABC Religion and Ethics https://www.abc.net.au/religion/

Freedom for Faith https://freedomforfaith.org.au/

First Peoples Disability Network https://fpdn.org.au/

All Together Now https://alltogethernow.org.au/

Racism. No Way! https://www.racismnoway.com.au/

Children and Young People with Disability Australia https://www.cyda.org.au/


Road Trauma

The Age - The untold impact of road trauma on families and first reponders Jan 5th 2020
Road Trauma statistics
Australasian Injury Prevention Network
The Australian Road Research Board - Issues in Australian Road
Safety

Growing up in Australia: Risky driving among Australian teens

Transport accident commission - road safety  
Youth safe http://www.youthsafe.org/
Road Safety Education https://www.rse.org.au/
Young Driver Factbase https://www.rse.org.au/
Road Safety Victoria - safety and road rules 
Australasian College of Road Safety risky driving  
Bitre https://www.bitre.gov.au/statistics/safety
Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety Queensland 

Alcohol misuse (check thee sites)

Australian Bureau of Statistics www.abs.gov.au - search this site

Australian Drug Foundation www.adf.org.au - Alcohol and your teenage brain and Alcohol advertising that targets the young
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare www.aihw.gov.au
Australian Medical Association www.ama.com.au
Better Health Channel: Alcohol and teenagers
Lifeline Australia www.lifeline.org.au
Raising Children http://raisingchildren.net.au
Women’s and Children’s Health Network 
Youthsafe www.youthsafe.org
Healthdirect - Binge drinkin

Youth support and advocacy service http://www.ysas.org.au/

YouthCentral https://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/advice-for-life

Illicit Drugs

Alcohol and Drug foundation
https://adf.org.au/
Great Brain Robbery 
https://gbr.org.nz/substances/

Quit http://www.quit.org.au

Youth support and advocacy service http://www.ysas.org.au/

YouthCentral https://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/advice-for-life

Alcohol and Drug Foundation https://adf.org.au/drug-facts/

Drug Aware https://drugaware.com.au/

Reach Out https://au.reachout.com/tough-times/addiction

 

Sexual Health

AIDS Action Council www.aidsaction.org.au
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 
www.aihw.gov.au
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society www.latrobe.edu.au/arcshs
Better Health Channel www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
Family Planning Victoria www.fpv.org.au
Health Direct Australia www.healthdirect.gov.au
Love: the good, the bad and the ugly http://lovegoodbadugly.com
MensLine Australia www.mensline.org.au
myDr www.mydr.com.au
Raising Children Networhttp://raisingchildren.net.au
ReachOut.com http://au.reachout.com 
Sexual Health Plus (NSW Health) www.health.nsw.gov.au/sexualhealth/pages/default.aspx 
Women’s Health Queensland www.womhealth.org.au
Women’s Health Victoria www.whv.org.au
Melbourne sexual health center 
YouthCentral

Indigenous Health

ANTaR https://antar.org.au/

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet 

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Indigenous Australians: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent and youth health

Indigenous Portal (Australian Government) 

The Lowitja Institute https://www.lowitja.org.au/

Oxfam Australia - Close the Gap 

Better health Channel: Aboriginal health barriers to physical activity

Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin

National Health and Medical Research Council - Indigenous Health 

Injuries (ie. drowning)

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: Drowning and submersion

Better Health Channel 

ABC News: Lockdown link to 20 percent spike in drownings

Kidsafe: drowning fact sheet

The Conversation https://theconversation.com/why-should-my-child-take-swimming-lessons-and-what-do-they-need-to-know-131136

 

Drink Spiking

Positive Choices: Drug and Alcohol information
Drink Spiking in teenagers and how to avoid it 

Better Health Channel - Drink spiking

Alcohol and Drug Foundation - Drink Spiking

The Conversation - Drink spiking - so little is still known about this horrifying trend

Victoria Police - Drink Spiking