Provides information about the role of the Victorian Chief Health Officer. The office is responsible for administration of the Public Health Act, supervision of related public health programs, and disease surveillance and control.

http://www.health.vic.gov.au...

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/chiefhealthofficer/

Provides information about environmental health issues related to air, water, land, radiation, and legionella. Includes health and safety in the home, and environmental health practice.

http://www.health.vic.gov.au...

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/environment/

During health emergencies this web site will be updated to communicate situational information, important health messages, and other health related response arrangements.

http://www.healthemergency.gov.au...

http://www.healthemergency.gov.au/internet/healthemergency/publishing.nsf

The guidelines provide information on general matters that may be useful to the personal care and body art industry in performing its practices, and on infection control in general.

http://ideas.health.vic.gov.au...

http://ideas.health.vic.gov.au/guidelines/personal-care-body-art-industries.asp

The Health Intelligence Unit (HIU) provides high quality information about the health of the Victorian population. This information is used to inform policy development and planning efforts to improve health services and to monitor the health of the population.

http://www.health.vic.gov.au...

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus

Injury includes damage to health due to such events as transport-related accidents, falls, drowning and near-drowning, suicide and intentional self-harm, homicide and interpersonal violence, fire, burns and scalds, poisoning (from pharmaceuticals and other substances), sports-related accidents, incidents occurring in workplaces and on farms, and from other causes.

http://www.health.vic.gov.au...

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/nhpa/injury.htm

Life expectancy at birth is an estimate of the average length of time that a person can expect to live, assuming that the current mortality rates for each age group will remain constant for the lifetime of that person. Mortality rates can, however, be expected to change during a person's lifetime.

http://www.health.vic.gov.au...

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/admin/life-expectancy/index.htm

The Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 and Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations 2009 came into effect on 1 January 2010.

http://www.health.vic.gov.au...

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/phwa/

The Research Centre for Injury Studies undertakes research, surveillance, analysis, consultation, and teaching, and disseminates information on injury control and related matters to public health and other practitioners, academics, government and the community.

http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au...

http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/

Information is collected via computer assisted telephone interview on overall self-rated health status, level of psychological distress, body mass index (to determine weight status), the presence of chronic diseases, nutrition, physical activity, smoking and alcohol consumption. Information is also collected on participation in screening for bowel cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, high blood pressure, cholesterol and high blood sugar in addition to community participation, levels of social support and connections with others.

http://www.health.vic.gov.au...

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/survey/vphs.htm