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A Social Health Atlas of South Australia [Third Edition]


This third edition of A Social Health Atlas of South Australia updates the information on social, economic and health inequalities presented in the earlier editions, and provides a range of new indicators. From the time of the publication of the first atlas, the data in this atlas show demographic change in population groups, and both improvements in circumstances and evidence of greater inequality.

Authored by PHIDU

Published: March 2006; Available free online; Printed copies: contact Linda RobertsonThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , SA Department of Health

A Social Health Atlas of Young South Australians [Second Edition]


This second edition of A Social Health Atlas of Young South Australians brings together a wide range of information about the health status and health service use of the children and young people of South Australia. The Atlas seeks particularly to illustrate linkages between socioeconomically disadvantaged areas, poorest health status and greater use of services.

Authored by PHIDU

Published: January 2003; Available free online; Printed copies: $25.00 from Unibooks

AHMS - A National Biomedical Risk Factor Survey for Australia: Issues for consideration


AHMS Working Paper Series No. 1

National population health surveys containing a component of physical measurement have been used both in Australia and overseas to add to the information about the state of health of a population and to complement research into particular issues, diseases or directions in health policy. This short paper outlines some of the issues that require consideration as part of the initial scoping of these types of surveys in general, and will report briefly on some of the models that have been used overseas.

The papers in the AHMS Working Paper Series were prepared by PHIDU staff as background material to the development of a national biomedical risk factor survey for Australia.

Authored by PHIDU

Published: 2003; Available free online; Printed copies: not available

AHMS - A proposal for the Australian Health Measurement Survey program [Business case]


AHMS Working Paper Series No. 8

This document is the Business Case for the Australian Health Measurement Survey (AHMS) program proposal that was prepared for presentation to the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC) on May 2002. The associated appendices are also included.

The papers in the AHMS Working Paper Series were prepared by PHIDU staff as background material to the development of a national biomedical risk factor survey for Australia.

Authored by PHIDU

Published: 2003; Available free online; Printed copies: not available

AHMS - Australian Health Measurement Survey: An example with a focus on metabolic syndrome and mental health


AHMS Working Paper Series No. 7

This paper outlines the objectives of the Australian Health Measurement Survey (see Sections 1 and 2), and presents an example with its content and design that could be used for the first survey in the program series (from Section 3 onwards).

The papers in the AHMS Working Paper Series were prepared by PHIDU staff as background material to the development of a national biomedical risk factor survey for Australia.

Authored by PHIDU

Published: 2003; Available free online; Printed copies: not available