Resources tagged: Mental health
Filtered by resource: "Policy, Planning and Strategy Documents"

Social Cities
Humans are social animals: relationships are critical to our wellbeing. Indeed, a lack of face-to-face contact can put our health at risk. This understanding has inspired the Grattan Institute's new report, Social Cities. It looks at ways to make cities better places to live by increasing our opportunities to connect with other people.
Resource type: | Publications |
Tags: | Access, Active living, Active transport, Advocacy, Built Environment, Community facilities, Cycle paths, Design, Environment, Guidelines, Infrastructure, Mental health, Natural environment, Outdoor recreation, Parks, Planning (built environment/infrastructure), Playing fields, Public open space, Public transport, Publications, Sports and leisure facilities, Town planning, Urban design |
Relevance: | National |
Year published: | 2012 |

Angie Leighton - Happy Productive Employees
Angie Leighton, Blooming Minds WA, presents some staggering statistics regarding the prevalence of mental health issues in Australia, what the cost is for workplaces and the importance of developing, implementing and reviewing your workplace mental health policies.
Resource type: | Publications |
Tags: | Adults, Anxiety, Benefits of physical activity, Depression, Employees, Health policy, Mental health, Publications, Statistics, Workplaces |
Relevance: | State |
Year published: | 2012 |

Paul Taylor - Economic Benefits of Active Employees
Paul Taylor's presentation focuses on the link between cognitive function and vigorous physical activity, making a strong case for increased investment in workplace health programs for significantly increased workplace productivity through reduced absenteeism and presenteeism.
Resource type: | Publications |
Tags: | Active workplaces, Adults, Benefits of physical activity, Employees, Group exercise, Health improvement, Intensity (high), Mental health, Publications, Sedentary, Statistics, Workplaces |
Relevance: | State |
Year published: | 2012 |

Drug and Alcohol Interagency Strategic Framework for WA
The Drug and Alcohol Interagency Strategic Framework for Western Australia 2011-2015 - is Western Australia's key policy document that outlines strategies which seek to prevent and reduce the adverse impacts of alcohol and other drugs in Western Australia.
Resource type: | Policy, Planning and Strategy Documents |
Tags: | Advocacy, Behaviour, Campaign, Communities, Community safety, Crime prevention, Government agencies, Government policy, Health promotion, Mental health, Planning (strategic/organisational), Policy, Planning and Strategy Documents, Preventative health, Public health, Strategies |
Relevance: | State |
Year published: | 2011 |

Mental Health 2020: Making it personal and everybody's business
The Mental Health Commission has a ten year strategic policy Mental Health 2020: Making it personal and everybody's business.
Resource type: | Policy, Planning and Strategy Documents |
Tags: | Advocacy, Anxiety, Campaign, Communities, Depression, Education, Government agencies, Government policy, Health improvement, Health policy, Mental health, Planning (strategic/organisational), Policy, Planning and Strategy Documents, Preventative health, Strategies, Wellbeing |
Relevance: | State |
Year published: | 2010 |

National Disability Strategy
The National Disability Strategy outlines a 10-year national policy framework to guide government activity across six key outcome areas and to drive future reforms in mainstream and specialist disability service systems to improve outcomes for people with disability, their families and carers. It represents a commitment by all levels of government, industry and the community to a unified, national approach to policy and program development. This new approach will assist in addressing the challenges faced by people with disability, both now and into the future.
Resource type: | Policy, Planning and Strategy Documents |
Tags: | Access, Active living, Disability, Families, Federal Government, Government agencies, Government policy, Inclusion, Local government, Mental health, Policy, Policy, Planning and Strategy Documents, Special needs |
Relevance: | National |
Year published: | 2011 |

National Mental Health Plan
The fourth National Mental Health plan sets an agenda for collaborative government action in mental health for five years from 2009, offers a framework to develop a system of care that is able to intervene early and provide integrated services across health and social domains, and provides guidance to governments in considering future funding priorities for mental health.
Resource type: | Policy, Planning and Strategy Documents |
Tags: | Active living, Anxiety, Depression, Federal Government, Government agencies, Government policy, Local government, Mental health, Policy, Planning and Strategy Documents, Preventative health, Public health, Strategies, Wellbeing |
Relevance: | National |
Year published: | 2009 |

Move More Outdoors - Presentation by William Bird
The UK's primary health care approach to using the natural environment to get more people active. Presented by Dr William Bird, renowned UK GP and public health professional, and Griffin Longley, CEO of Nature Play WA.
Resource type: | Publications |
Tags: | General Practitioner, Health improvement, Health inequalities, Health professionals, Health promotion, Mental health, Natural environment, Outdoor recreation, Physical activity, Play, Preventative health, Publications, Wellbeing |
Relevance: | International |
Year published: | 2011 |

Move More Outdoors - Presentation by William Bird
On Thursday 15 September, at an event hosted by the Physical Activity Taskforce, Dr William Bird presented his ideas around the role of primary health care to encourage behaviour change and increase physical activity participation in the natural environment.
Resource type: | Publications |
Tags: | General Practitioner, Health improvement, Health inequalities, Health professionals, Health promotion, Mental health, Natural environment, Outdoor recreation, Physical activity, Play, Preventative health, Publications, Wellbeing |
Relevance: | International |
Year published: | 2011 |

Act Belong Commit
Keeping mentally healthy is just as important as staying physically healthy and it’s as easy as A-B-C: Act-Belong-Commit.
Resource type: | Programs and Services |
Tags: | Active living, Advocacy, Communities, Health campaigns, Mental health, Participation, Preventative health, Programs and Services |
Relevance: | State |
Year published: | Published year not set |

Fit Body, Fit Mind & Soul (links to external site)
Developed by the Department of Communities Office for Youth, this toolkit contains a number of fact sheets to help young people deal with conflicting demands on their time, stress from work and school, and expectations from family, friends and colleagues. It is a young person's guide in the pursuit of positive mental and emotional health.
Resource type: | Publications |
Tags: | Active living, Adolescents, Communities, Depression, Fact sheet, Mental health, Publications, Young Adults, Young people |
Relevance: | State |
Year published: | Published year not set |

Staying Mentally Healthy
Developed by the Department of Communities, this is a brochure for seniors about depression. One of the key areas covered is the importance of physical activity and social contact in preventing depression in older people.
Resource type: | Publications |
Tags: | Active ageing, Advocacy, Aged, Depression, Health improvement, Mental health, Older people, Physical activity plans, Publications, Seniors |
Relevance: | State |
Year published: | 2010 |

Submission - Review of the Regional Development Commissions (Jan 2011)
This submission is written on behalf of the Physical Activity Taskforce (the Taskforce) to provide comment on the review of the functions and responsibilities of Regional Development Commissions, to assist in the development of a reform agenda for regional development and in implementing the review’s recommendations.
Resource type: | Publications |
Tags: | Built Environment, Community facilities, Consultation, Government policy, Mental health, Publications, Regions (WA), Submission |
Relevance: | State |
Year published: | 2011 |

Submission - Mental Health Towards 2020 (Sept. 2010)
This submission is written on behalf of the Physical Activity Taskforce (the Taskforce) to provide comment, to the Mental Health Commission, on the consultation paper 'Western Australia – Mental Health Towards 2020'.
Resource type: | Publications |
Tags: | Anxiety, Built Environment, Communities, Community facilities, Depression, Infrastructure, Legislation, Mental health, Physical activity, Planning (built environment/infrastructure), Policy, Publications, Submission, Wellbeing |
Relevance: | State |
Year published: | 2010 |

Active Ageing
Developed by the Department of Communities, this brochure provides information on how seniors can improve their health and wellbeing across all aspects of their life: mental, physical, social and spiritual health.
Resource type: | Publications |
Tags: | Aged, Mental health, Older people, Publications, Seniors, Wellbeing |
Relevance: | LocalState |
Year published: | 2009 |

Costs of Physical Inactivity
Developed by the Department of Sport and Recreation, this fact sheet takes a hard look at the range of health and economic costs associated with physical inactivity.
Resource type: | Publications |
Tags: | Cancer, Dementia, Depression, Diabetes, Fact sheet, Inactivity, Life expectancy, Mental health, Obesity, Overweight, Publications, Statistics |
Relevance: | State |
Year published: | 2007 |

Benefits of Physical Activity
Developed by the Department of Sport and Recreation, this fact sheet explores the physical health, mental health, social, environmental and economic benefits associated with participating in regular physical activity.
Resource type: | Publications |
Tags: | Benefits of physical activity, Environment, Exercise, Fact sheet, Health improvement, Mental health, Physical activity, Publications, Statistics |
Relevance: | State |
Year published: | 2007 |
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