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The
State of Our Public Hospitals: June 2008 Report released
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-ahca-sooph-index08.htm
The
State of Our Public Hospitals, June 2008 Report provides
a snapshot of public hospital activity in 2006-07. The State
of Our Public Hospitals report includes a focus on Indigenous
Australians in hospitals and includes a feature chapter
titled State and Territory Public Hospital Performance Reporting.
The
2008 Report is based on data collected in 2006-07. The aim
of the report is to inform the Australian public about the
performance of hospitals by providing information on the
hospitals, their patients and the range of services provided.
This
year the report has a focus on Indigenous Australians with
a feature chapter titled Indigenous Australians in Hospitals.
The
2008 Report also includes a feature chapter titled State
and Territory Public Hospital Performance Reporting which
covers how state and territories are currently reporting
individual hospital performance.
The
complete report or individual chapters may be viewed at
The
State of Our Public Hospitals: June 2008 Report
Australia's
Health no.11
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10585
Australia's
Health 2008 is the 11th biennial health report of the Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare. It's the nation's premier
source of statistics and informed commentary on: - patterns
and determinants of health and illness - health across the
life stages - the supply and use of health services - expenditure
and workforce - and health sector performance. If you're
interested in health, this is THE essential reference for
your bookshelf.
Australia's
Health
can be viewed online for free.
Progress
of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health
Check Initiative: Health Conditions and Referrals
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/
Content/nterchciProgressReport
The
report provides information on the number and types of health
conditions identified and the number and types of referrals
made as part of the child health checks. The checks analysed
for this report were undertaken from July 2007 to May 2008.
PDF
printable version of Progress of the Northern Territory
Emergency Response Child Health Check Initiative: Health
Conditions and Referrals (PDF 754 KB)
Children's
sense of safety: Children's experiences of childhood in
contemporary Australia
www.childhood.org.au/downloads/Childrens
%20sense%20of%20safety%202008.pdf
This
report seeks the views of children and young people about
their experiences of childhood in Australia today. The findings
of a survey of Australian children and young people aged
between 10-14 years suggested that even though on the surface
the vast majority of children surveyed believe that Australia
is a good place to grow up in, many of them reflect an undercurrent
of worry and concern for their own safety and the protection
of other children. The internet, in particular, is perceived
as a new source of anxiety and threat for a large number
of children and young people.
Australia
2020 Summit - Final Report
www.australia2020.gov.au/final_report/index.cfm
The
Prime Minister announced the public release of the Final
Report of the Australia 2020 Summit on 31 May 2008.
This
report is intended to provide a record of the Australia
2020 Summit and recommendations on each of the discussion
areas for consideration by the Australian Government. It
is based on ideas put forward by participants during the
Summit discussion sessions, outcomes from preliminary Summit
events and ideas generated from public submissions received
prior to the Summit.
The
State of the World’s Children 2008
www.unicef.org/sowc08/docs/sowc08.pdf
 The
State of the World’s Children 2008 assesses the state
of child survival and primary health care for mothers, newborns
and children today. These issues serve as sensitive barometers
of a country’s development and wellbeing and as evidence
of its priorities and values. Investing in the health of
children and their mothers is a human rights imperative
and one of the surest ways for a country to set its course
towards a better future.
SPACE
TO CARE: Children's Perceptions of Spatial Aspects of Hospitals
http://www.cscy.group.shef.ac.uk/research/spacetocare.htm
Although
recent National Health Service documents have emphasised
the need to make hospitals more child-centred, up until
now, for the most part, it is adults who have been consulted
about what this might mean. There has been little research
that has explored what children think about hospitals and
how, as patients, they experience them. This research, funded
by the ESRC, seeks to understand how different spatial environments
impact upon children's experiences of hospitalisation. It
does do this by considering: the physical characteristics
of the different spaces provided for children within different
hospital settings; the kinds of social interactions and
health care practices that are facilitated or prohibited
in those spaces; children's use of different spaces in hospitals
and the meanings and values that they attribute to them;
and the extent to which age, gender or medical conditions
might work to vary children's perceptions and use of different
hospital spaces.
Participant
observation and interviews are currently being carried out
in a variety of hospital settings. This includes work directly
with children and young people, (between the ages of 4 and
16 years) using a repertoire of child-centred research tools
that enables them to describe and reflect upon their experiences
in hospital wards and out patients' departments.
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