North Yarra Community Health

Research Reports

Research Reports

• A Raw Deal
  Impact on the health of consumers relative to the cost of pharmacotherapy. 2008
• 530 Doorknock Survey – Oct 2008
• Investigating Literacy in Health Promotion PHD Research Summary - Julie Green July 2008
• Poster on Spicy Cooking at Youth Space June 2008 (1 MB)
• NYCH Report – Quality Improvement in Single Session Counselling Dec 2006 (343 KB)
• NYCH Casework Counselling Report – Consumer Participation Dec 2006 (187 KB)
• Yarra Healthy Weight Project Community Research Report (331 KB)
  An understanding of cultural influences on food choice, food access, physical activity and breastfeeding practices of communities living within the City of Yarra.Lina La Guardia, May 2007
• "Pre-School Primary and Beyond" (165 KB)
  Community research into family attitudes to healthy lunchboxes.Final Report Written by HC Productions for North Yarra Community Health, City of Yarra and Nutrition Australia, November 2006.
• Climate Change Action in Community Health (190 KB)
  Climate Change is arguably one of the greatest environmental challenges in recent history and is likely to have significant impacts on lifestyles, economy and health in the future. Kristine Olaris North Yarra Community Health November 2007
• Collingwood Youth Space Report   (319KB)
  A snapshot of 33 young people living on the Collingwood public housing estate;Undertaken by NYCH with support from Yarra Youth Services & City of Yarra funding – November 2006
• Dual Diagnosis program at Next Door(48 KB)
  Evaluation of the program at a Primary Health Care Centre for people who inject drugs
  J. Norman, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre – August 2006
• RMIT Evaluation of Café Meals Program (1.06 MB)
  One year follow-up and evaluation of a Food
  Insecurity Demonstration Project
  The Subsidised Cafe Meals Project – June 2004
• Subsidised Café Meals Program; More than "just a cheap meal" (76 KB)
  This paper describes the Café Meals Program that is operating in the City of Yarra – 2004
• The Café Meals Program   (291 KB)
  Winner of a 2004 Victorian Department of Human Services Public Health Award – for Innovation – Public Health Programs – July 2004
• Sow Easy Garden Manual For Rooming Houses    (2.04 MB)
  Setting Up Gardens in Rooming Houses
  & Other Shared Urban Environments – October 2003
• Health Promotion In Low Cost Housing    (237 KB)
  Linking Food & Recreation to Promote Health – August 2003
• Eating Well Today – For Tomorrow    (484 KB)
  Nutrition Need in Children aged 0–5 Years in the City of Yarra
• Project Report: Health Promotion in Community Health – the views of the health promotion workforce (August 2008)
• Article: Strengthening Health Promotion in Community Health – (November 2008)