Shared Knowledge for Community Wellbeing

The Well is designed to inform planning, action and to help measure success. It’s about integrating effort and sharing high quality information.

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What are the Topics?

The Well is organised by topics, each of which have been identified as a priority to improve for the health and wellbeing of our communities in the Eastern Region. Jump in!

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Family Violence

Domestic violence, intimate partner violence, violence in the home, violence against women, and men’s violence against women are all included under this title.

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Alcohol Misuse

Alcohol is heavily associated with many aspects of Australian culture and social life. The misuse of alcohol results in illness and premature deaths from disease, accidents and violence.

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Health Literacy

Health literacy determines how people understand information about health and health care, and how they apply that information to their lives, use it to make decisions and act on it.

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Food Security

Food security considers whether people at all times have physical, social and economic access to food, allowing for a healthy and active life.

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Obesity

Obesity in Australia has more than doubled in the past 20 years, and high body mass index (BMI) is the greatest contributor to the burden of the diseases that can ensue.

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Mental Illness

Severe and persistent mental illness is distinct from the general concept of ‘mental wellbeing’ and is a recognised disability.

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Healthy Ageing

Whilst physical and mental health are important to us all, healthy ageing emphasizes the importance of independence, meaningful living and social participation.

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General Resources and Tools

Non topic specific tools and resources to help you in many different aspects of your work

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Co-design is a well-established approach to creative practice, particularly within the public sector. Co-design is often used as an umbrella term for participatory, co-creation and open design processes.

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How To Use The Well

There are a number of ways you can work with The Well. We encourage you to jump in, look around and find the elements that are most relevant for you. Within each of the topics, you will be able to:

Learn

Gather information and research from our analysis of the contemporary evidence base. Our research is up-to-date and academically reviewed.

Plan

Be inspired by our useful resources and tools to help you put theory into practice. Plan your activities, projects and programs with the help of our curated resources.

Discover what’s happening locally and share your expertise. Publish your activities and programs to share your wisdom!

Connect

Collaborate and network with others in the region to stay active, current and up-to-date. Join in and be a part of The Well community.

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Testimonials

The Well is a great resource which would be very useful across Council and with external stakeholders for planning, data collection and evaluation; as well as an engagement tool with a prevention/early intervention focus.

Anissa Gracie

Community Safety Officer @ Manningham City Council

Testimonials

The Well is a central hub of information, expertise and advice for all who are working on public health issues including addressing the social determinants of health. It facilitates systems thinking when facing an issue and allows for creative thinking at a strategy level. The information, statistics and data on The Well is fantastic for planning and reporting purposes, particularly for shared planning and collective impact.

Benjamin Brewin

Health Promotion Officer @ Eastern Health

Testimonials

It’s a place to go at the beginning of a new project to find key pieces of research and local resources that aren't published academically, but provide great learnings and information. This will save a lot of time when starting new projects, writing rationales and finding the latest statistics.

Rachel Messer

Health Promotion Officer @ Inspiro

Shared Knowledge for Community Wellbeing

What are the Topics?

Family Violence

Alcohol Misuse

Health Literacy

Food Security

Obesity

Mental Illness

Healthy Ageing

General Resources and Tools

Co-Design

Other Topics

Something Missing?

How To Use The Well

Learn

Plan

Share

Connect

Testimonials

The Well is a great resource which would be very useful across Council and with external stakeholders for planning, data collection and evaluation; as well as an engagement tool with a prevention/early intervention focus.

Testimonials

Testimonials

It’s a place to go at the beginning of a new project to find key pieces of research and local resources that aren't published academically, but provide great learnings and information. This will save a lot of time when starting new projects, writing rationales and finding the latest statistics.

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