Australia's food and nutrition 2012
Australia's food & nutrition 2012 highlights the key components of the food and nutrition system. It describes the system from 'paddock to plate' and how food choices affect our health and the environment. Did you know: * Australia produces enough food to feed 60 million people. * More than 9 in 10 people aged 16 and over do not consume sufficient serves of vegetables. * One in 4 children have an unhealthy body weight and 6 in 10 adults are overweight or obese. * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, rural and remote Australians and socioeconomically disadvantaged people are more at risk of diet-related chronic disease than other Australians.
Australia's food and nutrition 2012: in brief
Australia's food and nutrition 2012: in brief presents highlights from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's 2012 report on the nation's food and nutrition system.
Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2010-11: Tasmania
This report is one of the eight state and territory supplementary reports that accompany the national report on the use of government-funded specialist homelessness services in 2010-11. These supplements include data specific to each state and territory and a summary of key results.
Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2010-11: Australian Capital Territory
This report is one of the eight state and territory supplementary reports that accompany the national report on the use of government-funded specialist homelessness services in 2010-11. These supplements include data specific to each state and territory and a summary of key results.
Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2010-11: Northern Territory
This report is one of the eight state and territory supplementary reports that accompany the national report on the use of government-funded specialist homelessness services in 2010-11. These supplements include data specific to each state and territory and a summary of key results.
Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2010-11: Victoria
This report is one of the eight state and territory supplementary reports that accompany the national report on the use of government-funded specialist homelessness services in 2010-11. These supplements include data specific to each state and territory and a summary of key results.
Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2010-11: Queensland
This report is one of the eight state and territory supplementary reports that accompany the national report on the use of government-funded specialist homelessness services in 2010-11. These supplements include data specific to each state and territory and a summary of key results.
Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2010-11: South Australia
This report is one of the eight state and territory supplementary reports that accompany the national report on the use of government-funded specialist homelessness services in 2010-11. These supplements include data specific to each state and territory and a summary of key results.
Crisis Accommodation Program 2008-09
This report presents data for the 2008-09 Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CSHA) Crisis Accommodation Program (CAP) data collection. Dwellings funded under the CSHA Crisis Accommodation Program are used by governments, churches and other welfare organisations to assist people in situations of actual or impending crisis or homelessness.
Refining national asthma indicators: Delphi survey and correlation analysis
This report is the result of a systematic review undertaken by the Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring (ACAM) to refine and simplify asthma monitoring in Australia. A Delphi survey and correlation analysis were used to review the currently recommended list of 24 national asthma indicators in order to identify a smaller set of core indicators, which provide the most important and relevant information and which are more effective at signalling change for future asthma monitoring activities.
Report on the evaluation of the National Minimum Data Sets for Elective Surgery Waiting Times
This evaluation found users of the national collections for Elective Surgery Waiting Times regarded the data as highly useful and highly important. It recommends collections continue, and coverage be improved to increase the proportion of public elective surgery episodes included in the collections.The report also recommends work to clarify what constitutes elective surgery and which types of surgery should be included.
Outline of the National Centre for Monitoring Chronic Kidney Disease
In late 2007 the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare established the National Centre for Monitoring Chronic Kidney Disease. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common chronic disease in Australia. The disease is highly preventable and progression can be slowed by controlling common risk factors and by improving disease treatment and management.The burden of CKD in Australia is expected to rise. Work in this area is critical for improving capacity to assess the health impact of CKD, evaluate progress in disease prevention and management, and therefore provide evidence for developing policy to reduce the associated burden and outcomes for people at risk of or living with CKD. There is considerable potential for health, social and economic gains through CKD monitoring. This report is intended to be a brief outline of the rationale for and role of the National Centre for Monitoring Chronic Kidney Disease. It outlines the rationale behind starting a national monitoring centre, the structure of the centre, key areas of monitoring and major data sources to be used for monitoring.
National community services data dictionary, version 5
The National community services data dictionary (the NCSDD) is a national resource which community services authorities use to ensure the consistency and comparability of all data collected under the scope of the National Community Services Information Agreement (NCSIA). The data dictionary contains definitions and value domains that are endorsed as national standards for use by those collecting community services data in Australia.Version 5 has been downloaded from METeOR which is an internet registry for development, registration and dissemination of metadata based on the latest version of the international standard ISO/IEC 11179 Information technology-Metadata registries (MDR) in 2003. The Dictionary is available online at .The data dictionary is an important resource for people involved in designing and building data collections, conducting research and evaluation activities.
National health data dictionary version 14
The National health data dictionary (the NHDD) is a national resource which health jurisdictions use to ensure the consistency and comparability of all data collected under the National Health Information Agreement. It is increasingly being used as a resource to standardise data collections that are not mandatory for national collection. It is vital that the health care community continues to standardise the meaning and representation of data used for both clinical purposes and statistical analysis. The use of the NHDD is an important step in this process. With the comparability of data collected based on definitions in the NHDD, information collected by jurisdictions throughout Australia can provide meaningful input to community discussion and public policy debate on health issues in Australia. The aim of such discussion is to improve the quality and safety of health care for all Australians. Version 14 has been downloaded from METeOR which is an internet registry for development, registration and dissemination of metadata based on the latest version of the international standard ISO/IEC 11179 Information technology-Metadata registries (MDR) in 2003. The Dictionary is available online at .
National health (version 14) and national community services (version 5) data dictionaries CD-ROM set
This CD-ROM set contains both the National Health Data Dictionary (version 14) and the National Community Services Data Dictionary (version 5).
Prisoner health in Australia: contemporary information collection and a way forward
The prison population is known to have relatively poor health, with the poor mental health of prisoners a particular concern. A significant proportion of people in the prison system are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Despite the needs of prisoners, and the association between prisoners' health and the health of the wider community, there is remarkably little national information available on prisoners. Most health information is either collected through ad hoc surveys or is paper-based and remains in medical records. This report highlights the need for reliable national information about the health of prisoners at the point of reception, during custody, and at release and post-release. It contains a national audit of current health information collected by each jurisdiction, and lays the foundation for the development of national prisoner health indicators.
AIHW Access no. 24: October 2007
Access is a newsletter published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, profiling the Institute's work and its people.
AIHW Access no. 23: May 2007
Access is a newsletter published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, profiling the Institute's work and its people.
Data sources for monitoring arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions
This report is a stock take of data sources available for monitoring of arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions. Data sources are evaluated to identify limitations, potential areas of improvement and usefulness for effective national monitoring. This report is useful to policy makers, researchers, and community groups that are looking to future enhance the available data sources relating to arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions.
Report on the evaluation of the National Minimum Data Set for Public Hospital Establishments
'Report on the evaluation of the National Minimum Data Set for Public Hospital Establishments' presents the AIHW's most comprehensive assessment to date of the Public Hospitals Establishments data collection. The evaluation assesses the quality and utility of the data set to determine its suitability as to current requirements and to identify changes required to improve data quality and comparability. Detailed information is presented on the data provided for each data element and the extent to which these data are provided in accordance with specifications published in the 'National health data dictionary'. This report is a useful resource for health information managers, researchers, state and territory data providers, and all users of data based on this national minimum data set.
AIHW Access no. 22: May 2006
Access is a newsletter published three times a year by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, profiling the Institute's work and its people.
Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement national data reports 2004-05: home purchase assistance
This report is one of a set of six that report on housing assistance provided in 2004-05 under the 2003 Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement. It provides information on the households that receive home purchase assistance, the forms of assistance available and the affordability of the different programs.
Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2003-04
Although SAAP agencies support and accommodate large numbers of people every day, they cannot always meet all the requests for SAAP accommodation from existing or potential clients. This bulletin discusses the demand for SAAP accommodation, with a focus on the groups that request accommodation-individuals on their own, individuals with children, couples with children and couples without children-because these groups have different patterns of accommodation use and varying degrees of difficulty in accessing SAAP accommodation.
National Public Health Information Plan 2005
The National Public Health Information Plan sets out priority activities aimed at improving the quality, coverage, utilisation and coordination of public health information in Australia.
AIHW Access no. 21: December 2005
Access is a newsletter published three times a year by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, profiling the Institute's work and its people.