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Unit 3

Measuring Health Status

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
http://www.abs.gov.au/

Department of Human Services (Vic.)
http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
http://www.aihw.gov.au/

Australian Department of Health and Ageing
http://www.health.gov.au/

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/

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Nutrition

Formula for Life (diet analysis tool)
http://www.formulaforlife.com.au/

FSANZ Nutrition Panel calculator
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/npc/index.cfm?fuseaction=DisplayDefault&CFID=88838&CFTOKEN=87623323

The Healthy Eating Club
http://www.healthyeatingclub.com/

HealthInsite
http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/

Cool Food Planet
http://www.coolfoodplanet.org/

Food Students
http://www.foodstudents.net/englisch/foodstudents.html

International Food Information Council
http://ific.org/

Nutrition Australia
http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/

National Heart Foundation
http://www.heartfoundation.com.au/

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The Australian Healthcare System

Medicare
http://www.medicare.gov.au/

Australian Unity
http://www.austunity.com.au/

GMGBA
http://www.gmhba.com.au/

HBA
http://www.hba.com.au/public_insurance_sales/aus/index.htm

MBF
http://www.mbf.com.au/

Medibank Private Health Insurance
http://www.medibank.com.au/

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Initiatives and Strategies to Improve Health

Go For 2 and 5
http://www.gofor2and5.com.au/

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National Health Priority Areas

National Health Priority Action Council
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/nhpa/nhpac.htm

National Asthma Council, Australia
http://www.nationalasthma.org.au/

National Heart Foundation
http://www.heartfoundation.com.au/

AIHW Cardiovascular Disease Database
http://www.aihw.gov.au/cvd/

Victorian Anti-Cancer Council
http://www.cancervic.org.au/

Diabetes Australia (Victoria)
http://www.dav.org.au/

International Diabetes Institute
http://www.idi.org.au/

Victoria’s Mental Health Services
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealth/index.htm

BeyondBlue
http://www.beyondblue.org.au/

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
http://www.aihw.gov.au/nhpa/

Cancer Council
http://www.cancer.org.au/

Asthma Foundation
http://www.asthma.org.au/

Arthritis Australia
http://www.arthritisaustralia.com.au/

Kidsafe
http://www.kidsafe.com.au/

Victoria Injury Prevention Program
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/injury/

BeyondBlue
http://www.beyondblue.org.au/

Better Health Channel
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/

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Unit 4

Life Span Development

Child Health Record (Victoria)
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/childhealthrecord/

Foetal vs. Postnatal Circulation
http://www.indiana.edu/~anat550/cvanim/fetcirc/fetcirc.html

Endocrine glands and their functions (EndocrineWeb.com)
http://www.endocrineweb.com/

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Influences on Development

Human Genome Project
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml

Better Health Channel (genetic issues)
http://www.betterhealthchannel.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/hc_geneticissues_otherconditions?open

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Global Health and Development

UN Cyber Schoolbus
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/worldenvironmentday2003/

Global Education
http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/page1.html

UNICEF Country Statistics
http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index_countrystats.html

Women and Food Security
http://www.fao.org/FOCUS/E/Women/WoHm-e.htm

HIV/AIDS and Food Security
http://www.fao.org/hivaids/

ORT
http://www.rehydrate.org/

Ausaid
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/

World Vision
http://www.worldvision.com.au/

World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/

United Nations
http://www.un.org/

Unicef
http://www.unicef.org/

World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/

Millennium development goals
http://www.who.int/mdg/en/

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