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COVID-19 Resources

Access our collection of curated links on the coronavirus (COVID-19)

Independent review: COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities The Australian government commissioned this independent review into COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities. The review had 3 objectives under the terms of reference: 1. to build on COVID-19 literature, resilience and manage future outbreaks 2. to create critical factors that help RACFs to respond to an outbreak; and 3. to give advice to government on how to respond to future outbreaks. See also the Federal Government response to the report
Response to the independent review of COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities
Effectiveness of COVID‐19 vaccines: findings from real world studies By the beginning of June 2021, almost 11% of the world’s population had received at least one dose of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) vaccine
Tackling COVID-19 over the long term Tom Sasse - Institute for Government COVID-19 has thrown the world into turmoil. In some places vaccines are beginning to turn the tide, but the global path out of the crisis will not be straightforward. This paper is part of a joint project between Wellcome Trust and the Institute for Government that has seen us bring together leading international scientists and policy makers at roundtables and events, in May and June 2021, to discuss how the pandemic could develop and the policies needed to end it.
Novel coronavirus - WA Health
Coronavirus (COVID-19) information - (intranet site)
Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Australian Department of Health
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) CDNA National guidelines for public health units - Department of Health (AUS)
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - Technical guidance - World Health Organization
Coronavirus (COVID-19) - National Institutes of Health (US)
Tackling coronavirus (COVID-19) : contributing to a global effort (OECD)

Introductory Workshop Resources

Health

Aboriginal Health Council of WA member organisations: https://www.ahcwa.org.au/member-services/
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS): www.abs.gov.au
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW): www.aihw.gov.au
Profiles by local governments: http://profile.id.com.au/
Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation: www.safetyandquality.gov.au/atlas/
Australia’s health tracker: http://www.atlasesaustralia.com.au/ahpc/aust-health-tracker-area.html
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Healthy community indicators. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports-data/indicators/healthy-community-indicators
AIHW – Australia’s health performance framework https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports-data/indicators/australias-health-performance-framework
Department of Health WA. (2017). Lessons of location: Potentially Preventable Hospitalisation Hotspots in Western Australia 2017. Retrieved from https://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/-/media/Files/Corporate/Reports-and-publications/Lessons-of-Location/Lessons-of-Location-2017.pdf
Department of Health : Population health statistics http://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/N_R/Population-health-statistics
National notifiable diseases surveillance system http://www9.health.gov.au/cda/source/cda-index.cfm
South Metropolitan Health Service's (SMHS) Aboriginal Health Team: http://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Improving-WA-Health/About-Aboriginal-Health/Key-Aboriginal-health-contacts/Aboriginal-Health-Team-South-Metropolitan-Public-Health-Unit
South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council www.noongar.org.au
Kaartdijin Noongar www.noongarculture.org.au
COVID-19 Digital Archive at the Museum of Perth
LitCovid NCBI - This is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus
medRxiv - preprint journal articles prior to peer review

Perth

Visit Perth (history) https://visitperth.com/about-perth/our-history
Visit Perth – Aboriginal Culture https://visitperth.com/about-perth/indigenous-culture
A short history of Perth (Heritage Perth) https://heritageperth.com.au/make-history/history-for-perth/
Book: City of light : a history of Perth since the 1950s / Jenny Gregory (2003)
Historic Heart [City of Perth] https://historicheart.com/
Battye Library, State Library of Western Australia (for Western Australian history)
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries : Aboriginal History https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/aboriginal-history
Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service https://www.dyhs.org.au/
NMHS – Dental Health Services https://www.dental.wa.gov.au/
Health Consumers’ Council https://www.hconc.org.au/consumer/healthcare-in-wa/
Mental Health Commission - Getting Help https://www.mhc.wa.gov.au/getting-help/
WA Primary Health Alliance https://www.wapha.org.au/
Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia https://www.ahcwa.org.au/
Department of Health : Population health statistics https://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/N_R/Population-health-statistics

Wheatbelt

Wheatbelt Towns (Central Wheatbelt Visitor Centre) https://www.wheatbelttourism.com/where-to-stay/ [listing of towns]
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development : Wheatbelt http://www.drd.wa.gov.au/regions/Pages/Wheatbelt.aspx
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment : About my region – Western Australia – Wheat Belt https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/research-topics/aboutmyregion/wa-wheat-belt#references
WA Country Health Service : Wheatbelt regional profile https://wacountry.health.wa.gov.au/Our-services/Wheatbelt/Wheatbelt-regional-profile
WACHS - Wheatbelt Health Services https://wacountry.health.wa.gov.au/Our-services/Wheatbelt/Wheatbelt-health-services
WA Country Health Service. Wheatbelt Health : https://wacountry.health.wa.gov.au/Our-services/Wheatbelt
ACOSH – Wheatbelt Population Health Unit https://www.acosh.org/resources/organisations-working-in-tobacco-control/wheatbelt-population-health-unit/
Western Australia’s Children and their health (Wheatbelt Health Region) https://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/-/media/Files/Corporate/Reports-and-publications/WA-children-and-their-health/healthy-home-life-wheatbelt-health-region.pdf
Wheatbelt Family & Children’s Services & Support Directory http://www.rdawheatbelt.com.au/news-events/latest-news/79-wheatbelt-family-children-s-services-support-directory-dec-2015
RuralHealthWest : Wheatbelt – population and health status https://www.ruralhealthwest.com.au/docs/outreach-in-the-outback-docs/wheatbelt-regional-needs-analysis-final-060513.pdf?sfv&sfv [Date??]
WALGA Wheatbest Regional Health Services : summary report (2019) https://walga.asn.au/getattachment/Policy-Advice-and-Advocacy/People-and-Place/Health-and-Wellbeing/Regional-Health-Services/Wheatbelt-Regional-Health-Services-Summary-Report-Final.pdf?lang=en-AU
WA Primary Health Alliance. (2018). Health Snapshot Wheatbelt. Retrieved from https://phexchange.wapha.org.au/21778/widgets/136500/documents/143039

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