Useful links
Please find below some useful links divided into categories. You can skip directly to a category by clicking on a title in the right hand column.
Asthma
Childhood Obesity
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention
- NSW Health: Child Obesity
- Obesity – Library A-Z – Health Matter
- World Health Organisation – Nutrition for Health and Development
- Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity
- International Association for the Study of Obesity
- Healthy Kids
- BMI Calculator for Child and Youth
- A Healthy and Active Australia
- How do you measure up? - Adult Healthy Weight
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
- Sydney Children's Hospital - Fact Sheets
- The Children's Hospital at Westmead - Child Obesity Fact Sheets
Diabetes
- Diabetes Australia
- Diabetes Management in General Practice (14th Edition) 2008/9
- Information on Diabetic Foot Disease
- Practice Incentives Program
- RACGP Clinical Resources - Care Planning Templates
GP Education Online
Health Information and Technology
Immunisation
- Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing Immunisation Program
- Centrelink
Information on immunisation requirements for payments such as Child Care Benefit and Maternity Allowance - H1N1 Questions and Answers for Vaccination Providers
- Immunisation Catch-Up Calendar
- Medicare Australia
- National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance
- National Vaccine Storage Guidelines - Strive For 5
- NSW Department of Health Immunisation Program
- The Australian Immunisation Handbook - 9th Edition
Other Useful Immunisation Sites
- Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU)
The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) was established in 1993 and is an active case reporting system of rare childhood diseases in Australia . The aim of the APSU is to facilitate and improve the ascertainment of selected childhood conditions which are of sufficiently low incidence or prevalence to require case ascertainment on a national scale. - National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (NCIRS)
The National Centre for Immunisation Research (NCIRS) was established at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in August 1997, to carry out research and give independent expert advice about all aspects of diseases which can be prevented by vaccination, particularly in children. It provides a national perspective on social and other issues related to immunisation. - New Zealand – Ministry of Health
Immunisation schedule, coverage information, vaccine safety, useful links, information for countering anti-immunisation material - New Zealand - Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC)
Information for the general public including the New Zealand Vaccination Schedule, vaccinations and diseases, frequently asked questions, quarterly newsletters and the role of IMAC.
Koori Health
- OATSIH – Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
- Australian Indigenous – HealthInfoNet
- Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
- Indigenous Cultyral Safety Training Package
- National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
- RACGP – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Unit
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians: Public Health and Social Policy - Indigenous Health Material
- The Medical Journal of Australia
- Tomorrow People - Measure Up Campaign for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Medicare Benefits Schedule Information
Medication Management Review
Mental Health
- EMJA Mental Health Information Centre – Mental Health articles
- WHO Headquarters: CIDI page
- Beyondblue
- The Mental Health Net
- GP Care
- The Mental Health Association NSW Inc
- Internet Mental Health
- Psych Central: Dr Grohol's Mental Health Page
- American Psychiatric Association
- The National (U.S.) Library of Medicine
- Psychiatry On-Line
- Royal College of Psychiatrists 'Help is at Hand' leaflet series
- Depression Central
- The Clinical Information Access Project (CIAP) Website
- The Centre for Mental Health Services (US)
- Psybersquare - Men’s Mental Health
- Mental Health Review Tribunal
- Mental Health and Special Programs Branch (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing) 1
- SANE
National Prescribing Service
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Therapeutic Advice and Information Service - Service Times by Zones and Online Enquiry Form
Practice Nursing
- National Practice Nurse Workforce Survey 2009
- Primary Health Care Research & Information Service – Nursing in General Practice
- The Drs Reference Site – Practice Nurses
- Australian Practice Nurse Association
- National Competency Standards for Nurses in General Practice
- Nursing in General Practice Financial Models - Health Assessments, Immunisation, Cervical Screening, Wound Care, Antenatal Care and Practice Nurse Chronic Disease Item
- Royal College of Nursing Australia
- Nurses Registration Board of NSW
- Nursing in General Practice - Australian General Practice Network
Practice Management
- The Association of Practice Managers
- Workcover NSW – Publications
- The Drs Reference Site – Practice Management
- NSW Department of Commerce Office of Industrial Relations
- Medicare Australia Online Training Package - 7 interactive modules on Medicare billing
Young Parents Early Intervention Program
- NSW Parenting
- University of Queensland – Parenting and Family Support Centre
- Triple P – Positive Parenting Program
- Michael Grose Parenting Ideas
- Australian Breastfeeding Association
- Karitane
- Tresillian Family Care Centres
- The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
- Noah’s Ark Shoalhaven
- Behaviour Support Network
Youth Health
Sites for GPs:
- NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health
- Adolescent Health Check
- Adolescent Health: GP Resource Kit
- Australian Drug Foundation
- Quit Campaign
- Moodgym - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Preventing
- Eating Disorders - My Dr
- GP's Managing Patients with Eating Disorders
- MindMatters Plus GP Resource Kit
- Tips for a Youth-Friendly GP Consultation
Sites for adolescents:
Site for Parents:
- Adolescent Weight Problems
- Adolescent Skin Problems
- National Survey of Young Australians 2008 - Key and Emerging Issues