Department of
Health and Community Services

publications

The online publications available are alphabetically listed below and are presented in HTML, PDF or RTF formates.

On this page :

• corporate documents
• policies and strategies
• reports
  • aged and disability
  • centre for disease control
  • child protectiondomestic violence
  • health gains planning (epidemiology and health economics)
  • other reports
• health resources
  • aboriginal health
  • centre for disease control
    • protocols
  • chronic disease
  • disability services
  • women's health
  • other
• discussion papers, submissions and drafts
• factsheets
• newsletters and bulletins

corporate documents

• Strategic Directions 2007-09
• Building Healthier Communities: A Framework for Health and Community Services 2004–2009
• Business Plans 2004/05 for Department of Health and Community Services
• DHCS Corporate Governance Framework
• Report of the Review of the Department of Health and Community Services (Bansemer Report)
• Annual Reports

policies and strategies

• Guidelines on the Management of Sexual Health Issues in Children and Young People
• Northern Territory Rehabilitation Strategy 2006-2010 PDF | RTF
• Building Healthier Communities: A Framework for Health and Community Services 2004–2009
• Aboriginal Public Health Strategy
• Environmental Health Standards for Remote Communities in the NT
  • Addendum 1 - Environmental Health Standards
• Nutrition and Physical Activity Action Plans 2007-2012
• Standards for Northern Territory Child Care Centres 6 -16 Places
• Standards for Northern Territory Child Care Centres 7- 75 Places
• Guidelines for outside school hours care in the NT
• Guidelines for outside school hours care in the NT
• DHCS Research Guidelines
• Partnerships in Care and Education for Our Children Policy
• Patient Assistance Travel Scheme
• Chronic Disease Strategy
• Palliative Care Strategy PDF | RTF
• Renal Services Strategy

reports

aged and disability reports

• Investigative Report On MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE within the East Arnhem Region, NT
• "Tjulugula" Tristate Disability Services Framework 2004-2008 for the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands
• Protocol between Family and Children’s Services (FACS) and Aged and Disability Services for the Management and Financial Support of Children and Young People With Disabilities in out of Home Care Arrangements or at Risk of Family Breakdown

centre for disease control reports

• NT AIDS/STD Surveillance Update Report

domestic violence reports

• Domestic Violence Hospital Screening Evaluation Report 
• Hidden Wounds Resource Kit 
• Mapping Project Report

health gains planning
(epidemiology and health economics) reports

epidemiology

mothers and babies:

• Mothers and Babies Report (1999, 1998, 1997 and 1996)
• Mothers and Babies Report 2000 - 2002 PDF | RTF
• Trends in the health of mothers and babies Northern Territory 1985-1995

population surveys:

• Growing up in the Northern Territory - Parent Survey
• Growing up in the Northern Territory - Social-emotional Wellbeing and Learning Outcomes
• Physical Activity Survey 2003 Report
• Northern Territory Health and Wellbeing Survey on Non-Indigenous Population

mortality:

• Suicide in the Northern Territory 1981 - 2002
• Mortality in the Northern Territory 1979-1997
• Mortality and Morbidity Attributable to Smoking - Northern Territory - 1986-1995
• Mortality in the Northern Territory 1981 - 2000: Part 1 Key Indicators and Overview PDF | RTF

general population health:

• Health and Welfare of Territorians
• From Infancy to Young Adulthood: Health Status in the Northern Territory, 2006
• From Infancy to Young Adulthood 1998
• From Infancy to Young Adulthood: Health Status in the Northern Territory, 2006
• Health and Wellbeing of Northern Territory Women: From the Desert to the Sea 2005

nt cancer registry

• Northern Territory Cancer Incidence and Mortality by Region 1991 - 2003
• Cancer Survival Northern Territory 1991 - 2001
• NT Cancer Register Data Quality 1981 - 2001
• NT Cancer Register Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting Procedures
• Cancer Incidence and Mortality NT 1991 - 2001

health economics

• Cost Estimates of Primary Health Care Activities for Remote Aboriginal
  Communities in the Northern Territory
• Medicare and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Usage Patterns in the Northern Territory
• Mortality, Morbidity and Health Care Costs of Injury in the Northern Territory, 1991-2001

demography

• Population Estimates for Indigenous Health Zones in the Northern Territory
• Population Data in the Northern Territory
• Hospital Morbidity - Validation of Demographic Data, 1997
• Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) of Administrative Health Districts and Urban Centres/Localities in the Northern Territory PDF | RTF

factsheets

• Mortality in the Northern Territory
• Medicare and PBS Usage in the Northern Territory
• Mortality in the Northern Territory
• Smoking in the Northern Territory

child protection

• Current Issues in Child Protection Policy and Practice: Informing the NT Department of Health and Community Services Child Protection Review (Tomison, A.)
  

other reports

• Dr Howard Bath Audit of Community Services High Risk Clients - Executive Summary
• Family and Children's Services - Reforms and New Initiatives Factsheet
• Options for radiation oncology services in the Northern Territory [Barton and Frommer Report]
• Cardiac services in the Northern Territory 2006-2015 [Frommer Report]
  Final report of cardiac services in the Northern Territory, commissioned by the Department of Health and Community Services.
• Position Paper on Allied Health Clinical Education and Training in the Northern Territory PDF | DOC
• Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services Alcohol and Other Drug Program: Profile of Services and Interventions Project Final Report
• Food and Nutrition
• Illicit Drugs Taskforce Reports
• Men's Health Conferences
• Mental Health Service System Development Strategy Project for the Northern Territory
• NT Strategic Framework for Suicide Prevention
• Nursing Labourforce Northern Territory 2001
• Report of the Review of the Department of Health and Community Services [Bansemer Report]
• Young Women's Sexual Health Project: Evaluation Report
• Tiwi Sexual Health Program 2002 - 2005: A case study

health resources

aboriginal health

• Aboriginal Health and Families - A Five Year Framework for Action
• Health Education Resource Database
• Intersectoral Action for Aboriginal Primary Health Care
• The Health Worker Training Program in Central Australia
• Traditional Aboriginal Medicine Practice in the Northern Territory

centre for disease control

• Centre for Disease Control Health Resources
• Disease Factsheets
• Immunisation Schedules
• NT Disease Control Bulletin
• NT AIDS/STD Surveillance Update Report
• CDC Protocols

chronic disease

• Educating to improve population health outcomes in chronic disease PDF | RTF
• The Chronicle - Chronic Disease Bulletin

disability services

• Disability Service Standards
• Home and Community Care (HACC) Program

women's health

• The Health and Wellbeing of Northern Territory Women: From the Desert to the Sea 2005
• BreastScreenNT 10 Years: a decade of achievement 1994-2004

other resources

• Alcohol and Other Drugs Services Directory
• Health Education Resources Database
• Health Care in the Tropics PDF | RTF
• Nutrition and Physical Activity Publications
• Public Health Bush Book
• Remote Health - Framework for Action in Central Australia
• School Canteen Guidelines 2006 (1.8MB - large file)

discussion papers, submissions and drafts

• Child Grow Charts in the Northern Territory 2008 Discussion Paper
• Draft National Service Standards for Remote Area Access to Dialysis and Transplantation Services (RARS) for comment
• NT Draft Rehabilitation Strategy 2005 - 2009
       – Background Paper
• Nursing Career Structure Review
• Health Information Privacy
• Living Male
• Liquor Restriction Trials
• Healthy Horizons
• Review of the Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998: An Issues Paper
       – submission form
• Sharing Stories
• CDC Draft Guidelines for Consultation - Draft guidelines for the management of people with infectious diseases who put others at risk of infection.

factsheets

• Career factsheets
• Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Factsheets
• Environmental Health Factsheets
• Food Safety Factsheets
• Health Gains Planning (Epidemiology and Health Economics) Factsheets
• Medicare and PBS Usage in the Northern Territory
• Volatile Substance Abuse Prevention Factsheets

newsletters and bulletins

• Disability E-newsletter
• Environmental Health Bulletins
• Gove Multipurpose Service Newsletter
• Kids Tracks Newsletter
• NT Disease Control Bulletin
• NT Palliative Care Strategic Plan Development Project Newsletter
• Nursing Career Structure Review Newsletter
• The Chronicle - Chronic Disease Bulletin

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