Our evidence-based policy papers are focused on improving our education and health systems so more Australians can engage with and benefit from these services, supporting a healthier, fairer and more productive society.

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Improving mental health of young people in tertiary education

25 August 2021

Each year, over 200,000 university students aged 18-25 years old will experience mental ill health. Young people have the highest prevalence of mental health disorders or behavioural conditions of all age groups.

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Nutrition policy in Australia: Adopting a harm minimisation approach

12 November 2020

This paper explores the significant harms and extensive burden of disease associated with unhealthy diets, focussing on the specific food components and dietary risk factors which are responsible for the greatest harm.

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Self-care for health: a national policy blueprint

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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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.

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Self-care & health: By all, for all – Learning from COVID-19

14 August 2020

Australians have been urged, instructed, supported and directed to practise self-care and to 'do our bit' to protect everyone else from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Effective integration of health promotion in early childhood education care settings

3 August 2020

Increasing incidence of chronic disease and mental illness threatens to overwhelm Australia’s health budget. Many of these issues have their roots in childhood, so health promotion in early childhood is essential.

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Impact of learning from home for disadvantaged children

27 April 2020

Most schools across Australia were completely unprepared for the coronavirus (COVID-19) and for moving to virtual learning.

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Improving Australia’s mental & physical health

14 March 2020

Physical and mental health are fundamentally linked in the body, but disconnected in Australia’s health system.

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Student-centred senior secondary schooling

7 February 2020

Scrutiny of senior secondary schooling across Australia signals that something needs to change. This report proposes five principles to guide future reform directions.

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