The Local Government Alcohol Management Project
Local Government Alcohol Management Guidelines PHAIWA and WALGA are jointly managing this project. The project is revising and updating the existing Local Government Alcohol Management Guidelines to reflect changes in legislation, emerging literature, recent case studies and the removal of the planning component of the resource to better complement the new DAO Planners Guide. Consultation with […]
Local Government Injury Prevention Project
Funded by the Department of Health, the Local Government Injury Prevention and Community Safety Capacity Building Project continued for PHAIWA in 2013/14. The project engaged with local government authorities (LGAs) to investigate the options to promote and enhance community injury prevention (CIP) and community safety (CS) at a local level. Local governments are well positioned […]
Local Government Survey
Local governments were originally created to ensure the basic public health needs of communities, such as clean water and safe disposal of sewage and rubbish were met. Local governments play a key role in setting and enforcing public health standards, monitoring and licensing the private provision of services such as food premises. However, today local […]
Local Government Tobacco Control Grants Scheme
Supporting Local Government Tobacco Control and Compliance Activities The Tobacco Control Grants Scheme is now complete, thank you to all of the local governments who participated in this scheme. Below are a few examples of projects by Local Governments, implemented under the Tobacco Control Grant Scheme: City of Armadale The City of Armadale initiated a youth oriented project […]
Qut Outdoor Worker Sun Protection Project
Being exposed to the sun is a big health issue for workers who spend all day, every day working outside. These outdoor workers often receive a high dose of ultraviolet radiation during work hours and have a higher than average risk of skin cancer. To understand what strategies, alone or in combination, are the most […]
WA Tobacco Document Searching Project (WATDSP)
The WA Tobacco Document Searching Program commenced in September 2007 with funding from the Western Australian Health Promotion Foundation, Healthway, and concluded in September 2010. The program, under the direction of Professor Mike Daube, aimed to expose the past and present approach of the international tobacco companies and help develop strategies to counter their influence. […]
Soft Drink Consumption in Aboriginal Communities
The Background In 2011 Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin received advice about how to encourage people in the remote areas to consume less soft drink. One of the policy responses has been to install water bubblers in Indigenous communities. The high consumption of soft drinks and other sugary drinks are associated with a number of […]
The Healthy Roads Project
Introduction Road safety is one of Western Australia’s most serious public health issues. Each year, around 200 people die on WA roads and over 3,000 are hospitalized.1 Road safety requires a comprehensive approach focusing on all aspects of the safe system: safe vehicle, safe drivers, safe roads and roadsides, and safe speeds. The Healthy Roads […]
The Community Safety Project
Community Crime Prevention Fund PHAIWA has been funded through the Community Crime Prevention Fund to address several Crime Prevention issues in the small remote Indigenous community of Bidyadanga. The aim of this project is to engage Indigenous youth through a community consultation in an effort to initiate and implement a relevant anti-alcohol and drug project […]
Indigenous Smoking Project
Indigenous Smoking Project Report This PHAIWA project, commissioned by the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), is now complete. The project recognised the various organisations working in the area of Aboriginal tobacco control and aimed to complement their work by linking tobacco control and advocacy expertise with stakeholder engagement and community involvement. Specifically, the project aimed […]