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Lifescripts resources

Resources to assist GPs and their practices to manage lifestyle-related risk factors.

• General practice
• Health promotion
• Nutrition
• Obesity
• Physical activity
• Chronic disease
• Alcohol
• Tobacco

Legislation and Regulation Plan 2009-10

The Department of Health and Ageing's Regulatory Plan for 2009-10

Lifescripts practice manual: supporting lifestyle risk factor management in general practice, 2nd edition

Manual to assist general practice to use Lifescripts as a tool for lifestyle interventions as part of routine clinical practice.

• General practice
• Health promotion

Literature review: evaluation of the effectiveness of the graphic health warnings on tobacco product packaging 2008

A review of research relating to graphic health warnings.

• Tobacco

Literature review: evaluation of the effectiveness of the graphic health warnings on tobacco product packaging 2008

This literature review forms part of the 2008 evaluation of the graphic health warnings on tobacco products. It reviews the existing research relating to graphic health warnings.

• Tobacco

Link Between Primary Health Care and Health Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, The

This report explores international and domestic links between primary health care systems on the health of Indigenous populations.

Legislation and Regulation Plan 2008-09

The Department of Health and Ageing's Regulatory Plan for 2008-09

Legislation relating to Pathology

Commonwealth legislation that establishes the regulatory framework for pathology services provided under Medicare.

• Legislation
• Medicare
• Pathology

Lodging complaints of alleged breaches of the MAIF Agreement

The following information is intended to assist complainants when lodging complaints of alleged breaches of the MAIF Agreement.

• Food standards
• Infant Health

Licensing of tobacco retailers and wholesalers: desirability and best practice arrangements

This report reviews the feasibility, cost effectiveness and public health benefits of registration and licensing schemes for tobacco outlets in Australia.

• Tobacco

Licensing of tobacco retailers and wholesalers: desirability and best practice arrangements

A review of the feasibility, cost effectiveness and public health benefits of registration and licensing schemes for tobacco outlets in Australia.

• Tobacco

Laboratory procedures and precautions for samples collected from patients with suspected viral haemorrhagic fevers

The purpose of these guidelines is to allow the necessary on-site testing for other possible causes of the illness, and other testing required for the immediate and ongoing management of the patient.

• Communicable diseases