Resources by topic
<< back to list of topics
Environment | | Title | Asthma - the basic facts | | Publication no. | DOH - 6000 | | Publication date | 01/04/2002 | | Review date | 19/03/2004 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | Facts about asthma, including how to manage the condition. | | Languages | Croatian, English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Spanish | | | Title | Asthma Facts [Chinese] | | Publication no. | AHS - 6350 | | Publication date | 01/07/2003 | | Review date | | | Author | SWSAHS | | Summary | Information about asthma attacks, including symptoms. | | Languages | Chinese, English | | | Title | Asthma Facts [Vietnamese] | | Publication no. | AHS - 6360 | | Publication date | 01/07/2003 | | Review date | | | Author | SWSAHS | | Summary | A parent's guide to managing asthma in children, including use of medication and spacer devices | | Languages | English, Vietnamese | | | Title | Asthma First Aid Plan [Chinese] | | Publication no. | AHS - 6355 | | Publication date | 01/07/2003 | | Review date | | | Author | SWSAHS | | Summary | First aid for asthma attacks | | Languages | Chinese, English | | | Title | Asthma First Aid Plan [Vietnamese] | | Publication no. | AHS - 6365 | | Publication date | 01/07/2003 | | Review date | | | Author | SWSAHS | | Summary | A guide to recognising an asthma attack and using the Asthma First Aid Plan | | Languages | English, Vietnamese | | | Title | Asthma at work | | Publication no. | BHC - 5035 | | Publication date | 05/10/1998 | | Review date | 19/03/2004 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | How to recognise and prevent occupational asthma. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Community Sharps Leaflet | | Publication no. | NGO - 8055 | | Publication date | 15/02/2007 | | Review date | 15/02/2010 | | Author | Health and Education Division, Diabetes Australia – NSW | | Summary | What you need to know about community disposal | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Greek, Italian, Vietnamese | | | Title | Controlling Viral Gastroenteritis Outbreaks | | Publication no. | DOH - 7110 | | Publication date | 31/05/2004 | | Review date | | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | Information on how to control outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis in
institutional settings such as hospitals, schools, child care centres and nursing homes. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Punjabi, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Cryptosporidiosis | | Publication no. | DOH - 7115 | | Publication date | 01/05/2001 | | Review date | | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | A guide to cryptosporidiosis, an infection which causes diarrhoea.
Includes information on causes, prevention and symptoms. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Punjabi, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Foodborne Disease | | Publication no. | DOH - 7120 | | Publication date | 01/02/2004 | | Review date | | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | Causes of foodborne disease (food poisoning) and how good hygiene helps prevent infection. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Punjabi, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Giardiasis | | Publication no. | DOH - 7125 | | Publication date | 01/06/2001 | | Review date | | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | Causes and prevention of giardiasis, an intestinal infection causing symptoms like diarrhoea, stomach cramps and nausea. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Punjabi, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Going to the beach? How to protect yourself and the environment | | Publication no. | BHC - 4440 | | Publication date | 15/12/1997 | | Review date | 28/02/2005 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | Safety tips for the beach.
How to protect the coastal environment. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease | | Publication no. | DOH - 7130 | | Publication date | 01/06/2003 | | Review date | | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | blisters
children
child care centres
coxsackievirus
enterovirus
hand, foot and mouth disease
hygiene | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | How safe is your kitchen? | | Publication no. | BHC - 3335 | | Publication date | 04/03/1996 | | Review date | 07/09/2004 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | Guide to reducing the risk of food poisoning in home cooked and takeaway food. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Is your baby at risk of developing asthma? | | Publication no. | BHC - 4290 | | Publication date | 06/10/1997 | | Review date | 19/03/2004 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | How parents can help reduce the risk of asthma in babies. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Keeping rivers and oceans healthy - it starts with you | | Publication no. | BHC - 5355 | | Publication date | 16/08/1999 | | Review date | 28/09/2004 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | How we can all help prevent pollution in waterways and oceans by simple changes to some of the things we do at home and in our streets. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Lead and health - is your family at risk? | | Publication no. | BHC - 4465 | | Publication date | 02/03/1998 | | Review date | 28/02/2005 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | The health risks of lead in the environment and how to avoid them. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Legionnaires disease | | Publication no. | DOH - 7135 | | Publication date | 01/03/2004 | | Review date | | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | A guide to Legionnaire's disease, including, causes, prevention, symptoms and treatment. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Punjabi, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Leptospirosis | | Publication no. | DOH - 7140 | | Publication date | 01/12/2003 | | Review date | | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | A guide to leptospirosis, a bacterial infection that can affect humans and animals, and which is more common in north eastern NSW and Queensland.
People who have close contact with animals are more at risk from this disease.
Information includes causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Punjabi, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Murray Valley Encephalitis | | Publication no. | DOH - 7160 | | Publication date | 01/04/2001 | | Review date | | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | A guide to Murray Valley Encephalitis (MVE), a serious mosquito borne disease, usually occurring in remore north western Australia. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | NSW Smoke-free Environment Act 2000 | | Publication no. | DOH - 5940 | | Publication date | 01/09/2001 | | Review date | 28/02/2005 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | A guide to the NSW Smoke-free Environment Act 2000, including laws restricting smoking in enclosed public places. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Korean, Vietnamese | | | Title | Pertussis (whooping cough) | | Publication no. | DOH - 7170 | | Publication date | 01/11/2003 | | Review date | 21/09/2005 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | Information about pertussis (whooping cough), a disease that can be very serious in small children, but is preventable by immunisation. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Problems with asthma? What you can do at home | | Publication no. | BHC - 3225 | | Publication date | 16/09/1996 | | Review date | 23/09/2004 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | How changes around the home can reduce the risk of asthma attacks. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Khmer, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Psittacosis | | Publication no. | DOH - 7175 | | Publication date | 01/04/2001 | | Review date | | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | Information about psittacosis, an uncommon disease that can be passed to humans by birds.
Includes causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Rabies and Bat Lyssavirus Infection | | Publication no. | DOH - 7180 | | Publication date | 01/04/2002 | | Review date | 30/03/2005 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | A guide to rabies and bat lyssavirus infection, serious diseases transmitted by bites and scratches from infected animals.
Includes information on prevention. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Reducing waste - for the planet's sake | | Publication no. | BHC - 5245 | | Publication date | 07/06/1999 | | Review date | 30/11/2005 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | Household waste is causing serious problems for our environment.
This fact sheet explains what we can all do at home to reduce waste. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Ross River Fever | | Publication no. | DOH - 7185 | | Publication date | 01/03/2000 | | Review date | | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | A guide to Ross River fever, a disease cuasing flu-like symptoms which is spread by mosquitoes | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Salmonellosis | | Publication no. | DOH - 7190 | | Publication date | 01/04/2002 | | Review date | 30/03/2005 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | A guide to the foodborne disease, salmonellosis, including symptoms and prevention with good hygiene. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Punjabi, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Shigellosis | | Publication no. | DOH - 7195 | | Publication date | 01/10/2002 | | Review date | 12/04/2006 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | A guide to shigellosis, an infection caused by the Shigella bacteria, resulting in symptoms like diarrhoea, fever, nausea and stomach cramps.
Includes information on prevention and treatment. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Punjabi, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | The facts about Legionnaire's Disease | | Publication no. | BHC - 5155 | | Publication date | 29/03/1999 | | Review date | 01/05/2001 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | Information about Legionnaire's disease, including its ymptoms and how to minimise risk. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Viral Gastroenteritis | | Publication no. | DOH - 7200 | | Publication date | 01/10/2003 | | Review date | | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | A guide to viral gastroenteritis, a common infection affecting the stomach and intestines, causing vomiting and diarrhoea.
Includes information on prevention, symptoms, and treatment. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Punjabi, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Water and good health | | Publication no. | BHC - 5325 | | Publication date | 19/07/1999 | | Review date | 03/08/2005 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | Guide to water and good health, including information on the health benefits of water and the facts about the safety of Sydney drinking water. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | When food causes disease | | Publication no. | BHC - 4395 | | Publication date | 06/05/1996 | | Review date | 17/02/2005 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | Prevention of food-borne disease including listeriosis, E.coli and Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | When it is hot at work | | Publication no. | HTS - 496 | | Publication date | 30/06/1995 | | Review date | 18/10/2001 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | A guide to heat related illnesses such as heat stroke, heat exhaustion, salt deficiency and prickly heat.
Includes information on prevention and treatment of heat-related illness at work. | | Languages | Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Lao, Polish, Turkish, Vietnamese | | | Title | Which foods should you keep in the fridge? | | Publication no. | BHC - 3145 | | Publication date | 17/02/1997 | | Review date | 07/09/2004 | | Author | NSW Health | | Summary | How safe storage of food prevents food poisoning. | | Languages | Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese |
| |
|
|
:: |
 |
|