Mitchell Institute

The Mitchell Institute for Education and Health Policy at Victoria University is one of the country's leading education and health policy think tanks and trusted thought leaders.

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Health experts call for urgent reform

7 October 2020

Self-care for health: a national policy blueprint was developed in collaboration with a network of health, self-care and policy experts, including consumers, health professionals and leading academics.

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Papers

Averting an escalating labour market crisis in Australia: A proposed national job cadet program

3 October 2020

New report shows Australia should create a national job cadet program to help young people into work and avert the employment crisis facing young people.

New report offers solutions to Australia’s mental healthcare crisis

22 September 2020

The Nowhere else to go: why Australia’s health system results in people with mental illness getting ‘stuck’ in emergency departments report has reaffirmed the systemic issues contributing to the mental health crisis.

Supporting physical activity promotion in primary health care

21 September 2020

To help increase population levels of physical activity, reduce health inequities and reduce the costs of physical inactivity, effective evidence-based interventions should be widely implemented in practice.