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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and welfare
General enquiries
Fadwa Al-Yaman, tel. +61 2 6244 1146
Expenditure
John Goss, tel. +61 2 6244 1151
Ageing and aged care
Ann Peut, tel. +61 2 6244 1108
Peter Braun, tel. +61 2 6244 1091
Evon Bowler, tel. +61 2 6244 1173
Alcohol and other drugs
Drug use/usage population surveys
Mark Cooper-Stanbury, tel. +61 2 6289 7027
Treatment
Paul Meyer, tel. +61 2 6244 1186
Amber Summerill, tel. +61 2 6244 1137
Asthma
General enquiries
Kuldeep Bhatia, tel. +61 2 244 1144
Hospital admissions, morbidity and mortality
Kuldeep Bhatia, tel. +61 2 244 1144
Vanessa Prescott, tel. +61 2 6244 1081
Cancer
Cancer incidence
Mark Short, tel. +61 2 6244 1063
Bowel Cancer Screening
Melissa Goodwin, tel. +61 2 6244 1041
Breast & Cervical Screening
Christine Sturrock, tel. +61 2 6244 1118
Cardiovascular health
Lynelle Moon, tel. +61 2 6244 1235
Susanna Senes, tel. +61 2 6244 1117
Paul Magnus, tel. +61 2 6244 1149
Children and youth
Adoption
Nicole Hunter, tel. +61 2 6244 1112
Child protection, child welfare, and foster care
John Sant, tel. +61 2 6244 1062
Child and youth health
Sushma Mathur, tel. +61 2 6244 1067
Deanna Eldridge, tel. +61 2 6244 1011
Juvenile justice
Phil Anderson, tel. +61 2 6244 1125
Children's services (child care and pre-schools)
Cynthia Kim, tel. +61 2 6244 1213
General contact for all above areas
Cynthia Kim, tel. +61 2 6244 1213
Sushma Mathur, tel. +61 2 6244 1067
Chronic diseases
General enquiries
Kuldeep Bhatia, tel. +61 2 6244 1144
Paul Meyer, tel. +61 2 6244 1186
Tracy Dixon, tel. +61 2 6244 1103
Chronic disease surveillance
Mark Cooper-Stanbury, tel. +61 2 6289 7027
Ilona Brockway, tel. +61 2 6244 1127
Dental Health
Dental Statistics and Research Unit
Email or tel. +61 8 8303 4051
Diabetes
General enquiries and the National Diabetes Register
Lynelle Moon, tel. +61 2 6244 1235
Expenditure
General enquiries
John Goss, tel. +61 2 6244 1151
Health services expenditure
John Goss, tel. +61 2 6244 1151
Welfare services expenditure
Maneerat Pinyopusarerk, tel. +61 2 6144 1161
Indigenous health expenditure
John Goss, tel. +61 2 6244 1151
Public health expenditure
Bret Rogers tel. +61 2 6144 1097
General practice
General Practice Statistics and Classification Unit
Email or tel. +61 2 9845 8151
Health risk factor monitoring
Blood pressure, cholesterol
Lynelle Moon, tel. +61 2 6244 1235
Physical activity, nutrition, overweight and obesity
Ilona Brockway, tel. +61 2 6244 1127
Hospitals
Kartina Burgess, tel. +61 2 6244 1251
Cid Riley, tel. +61 2 6144 1043
Homelessness
Heather Logie, tel. +61 2 6244 1206
Felicity Murdoch, tel. +61 2 6244 1018
Indicators
Performance analysis and indicators
John Goss, tel. +61 2 6244 1151
Indicators of welfare
Louise O'Rance, tel. +61 2 6244 1102
Immunisation
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance
Tel. +61 2 9845 0520
Labour force
Medical, nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy, optometry, occupational therapy, podiatry, other health, and community services
David Braddock, tel. +61 2 6244 1136
Dental
Dental Statistics and Research Unit
Email or
tel. +61 8 8303 4051
Mental health services
Lyle Baker, tel. +61 2 6244 1209
Gary Hanson, tel. +61 2 6244 1052
Mothers' and babies' health
National Perinatal Statistics Unit
Email or
tel. +61 2 9382 1014
National data standards
Data and metadata development
Gordon Tomes, tel. +61 2 6244 1228
Reproductive and perinatal health
Assisted conception, mothers' and babies' health, and congenital malformations
National Perinatal and Statistics Unit
Email
Population health
Burden of disease
John Goss, tel. +61 2 6244 1151
International health
John Goss, tel. +61 2 6244 1151
Sally Bullock, tel. +61 2 6244 1008
Environmental health
Kuldeep Bhatia, tel. +61 2 6244 1144
Chronic diseases
Kuldeep Bhatia, tel. +61 2 6244 1144
Ilona Brockway, tel. +61 2 6244 1127
Overweight and obesity
Ilona Brockway, tel. +61 2 6244 1127
Paul Magnus, tel. +61 2 6244 1149
Veterans' health
Ilona Brockway, tel. +61 2 6244 1127