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Guiding principles for medication management in residential aged care facilities - A guide for residents and carers

The Guiding Principles for Medication Management in Residential Aged Care Facilities promote the safe, quality use of medicines and medication management in your aged care home. The Guiding Principles are published by the Australian Government and are based on evidence and advice from experts, providers and users of medicines in health and aged care services.

• Carers

Guiding principles for medication management in residential aged care facilities

The Guiding Principles for Medication Management in Residential Aged Care Facilities builds on previous editions of guidelines developed under Australia’s National Medicines Policy.1 The policy aims to meet Australia’s medication and related service needs, to achieve optimal health outcomes and economic objectives. One of the four central objectives of the policy is the Quality Use of Medicines (QUM).

GP Super Clinics: National Program Guide 2010

Information about national arrangements for the GP Super Clinics Program.

• GP Super Clinics
• General practice
• Primary health care

Guidelines for the public health management of gastroenteritis outbreaks due to norovirus or suspected viral agents in Australia

The Communicable Disease Network Australia (CDNA) formed a working group in 2005 in order to develop national guidance regarding outbreaks of norovirus and suspected viral gastroenteritis, in response to increasing reports of outbreaks. These Guidelines are designed to complement existing state and territory guidelines.

• Communicable diseases

Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood - Family Book

Provides families with practical information and advice to support healthy eating and encourage physical activity in young children.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - Breastfeeding and returning to work

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - First foods: Food from home

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood - Cooking for Children Book

Provides information and advice on early childhood nutrition, menu planning and food safety. Contains delicious and nutritious recipes for settings and families.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - Decisions about down time: a balancing act

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - The importance of drinking water

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - Lunchbox ideas: Meals for early childhood settings

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - Developing movement skills

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - Food ideas for busy parents

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - Getting out and about: outdoor active play

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood - Directors/Coordinators Book

The most detailed of all the Guidelines resources. Provides practical information and advice on early childhood healthy eating and physical activity, how to develop nutrition and physical activity policies and ways to support and encourage staff, carers and families.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Posters

Six posters for early childhood settings to encourage healthy eating and physical activity in young children. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Stickers

Four full colour stickers for early childhood settings.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - Positive eating practices

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - The importance of active play

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - Infant formula

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - Keeping children on the move

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - The role of parents in children's active play

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow Brochure - First foods: Food provided by the early childhood setting

This brochure is one of fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood - Staff/Carers Book

Provides practical information and advice on early childhood healthy eating and physical activity to all staff and carers in early childhood settings.

• Nutrition
• Child health
• Health promotion
• Physical activity

Guidelines for the Prevention, Control and Public Health Management of Influenza Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities in Australia

This practical guide was developed a by the Working Group on Influenza Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities on behalf of the Communicable Diseases Network of Australia (CDNA). It was endorsed by CDNA on 1 March 2017.

• Influenza

Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood resources

The Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood (Get Up & Grow) resources promote the key messages included in the healthy eating and physical activity guidelines.

• Child health
• Nutrition

Guidelines for the public health management of trachoma in Australia

These guidelines have been produced by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) and detail recommendations to ensure consistent trachoma screening, control measures and data collection in Australia.

• Eye health

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of nucleic acid detection tests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia

The Guidelines for the use and interpretation of nucleic acid detection tests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia have been developed and endorsed by the Public Health Laboratory Network.

Guidelines for the control of pertussis in Australia - Communicable Diseases Intelligence Technical Report No. 1

The Communicable Diseases Network Australia advises that this first report in the Communicable Diseases Intelligence Technical Report series is no longer current.

• Communicable diseases

Guidelines for Approved Pathology Collection Centres (Requirements for Medical Pathology Specimen Collection) (Third Edition 2013)

The Guidelines for Approved Pathology Collection Centres (Requirements for Medical Pathology Specimen Collection) forms the minimum requirements for best practice for all specimen collection.

• Pathology

Guidelines for the Use of Liquid Based Collection Systems and Semi-Automated Screening Devices in the Practice of Gynaecological (Cervical) Cytology - 2006

These guidelines provide additional information on minimum standards for good laboratory practice in an area of evolving technological change for liquid based collection systems and semi-automated screening devices for use in the practice of gynaecological (cervical) cytology.

• Pathology

Guidance on use of rainwater tanks

Revised edition of "Guidance on use of rainwater tanks", produced by the enHealth Council in 1998 by the National Environmental Health Forum.

• Environmental health

Guiding principles for medication management in residential aged care facilities – 2012

The aim of the revised Guiding Principles is to promote safe, quality use of medicines and appropriate medication management in RACFs. It is intended to assist RACFs to develop, implement and evaluate locally specific policies and procedures, support those involved in assisting residents, and support residents in the medication management process.

Getting them and keeping them

This report by the Indigenous Nursing Education Working Group for the Commonwealth focusses on the inclusion of indigenous health in nursing curricula and recruitment and retention of indigenous nurses in the workforce.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Nursing

Government response to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Indigenous health: 'Health is life'

This report is the Government's response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs inquiry into the health status of Indigenous Australians. The Government responds to each of the 36 recommendations made by the inquiry's 'Health is Life' report.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Getting it Right: How to use the data from the 1995 National Nutrition Survey

This document provides a concise guide to the nature, limitations and appropriate interpretation and application of the dietary data available from the 1995 National Nutrition Survey (1995 NNS).

• Nutrition
• Research and development

Getting it right: How to use the data from the 1995 National Nutrition Survey

This document provides a concise guide to the nature, limitations and appropriate interpretation and application of the dietary data available from the 1995 National Nutrition Survey (1995 NNS).

• Nutrition
• Research and development