In this update:

·         indigenous disadvantage ·         NSW Health governance ·         option appraisal ·         PFI ·         social enterprise ·         evaluation ·         personalisation ·         new Preventive agency ·         mobile health workers ·         care coordination ·         patient safety

·         cancer cluster ·         ethnicity data ·         e health record ·         arthritis care ·         work & mental illness ·         restraint use ·         drug harm ·         poly drug use ·         older prisoners ·         food safety ·         child weight ·         tobacco packaging

·         wind farms ·         transport & disadvantage ·         child protection protocol ·         adoption ·         foster care ·         learning disabilities ·         disabilities & justice ·         deprived neighbourhoods ·         health & housing ·         housing SA ·         migration & housing

Emergency 2.0 Wiki Following the Queensland Floods and Cyclone Yasi of early 2011, the gov2qld group met to plan a crisis communications debriefing workshop to share learnings from the use of social media in these disasters. The Emergency 2.0 Wiki has been established as a new collaborative model for sharing and advancing knowledge on utilising web2.0 and social media in emergency management.

	Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2011 Across virtually all the indicators in this report, there are wide gaps in outcomes between Indigenous and other Australians. The report shows that the challenge is not impossible — in a few areas, the gaps are narrowing. However, many indicators show that outcomes are not improving, or are even deteriorating. Productivity Commission (Aug 2011) Future Arrangements for Governance of NSW Health - Report of the Director-General the NSW Department of Health will be significantly reduced in size, consistent with its core functions, the devolved model of health service governance and more effective use of the four Pillars. NSW Health (Aug 2011) Option Appraisal: Making informed decisions in Government review of the quality and use of option appraisal in UK Government  based on case examinations of over 50 impact assessments and business cases; surveys and interviews with over 100 economists, policy and finance staff; and analysis of relevant secondary sources. UK Audit (May 2011) Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding for new infrastructure, such as schools and hospitals, does not provide taxpayers with good value for money and stricter criteria should be introduced to govern its use UK Treasury Select Committee (Aug 2011) A paper on public services and social enterprise values proposes a very basic set of values and operating principles in relation to public service reform and the role of social enterprise...Use and misuse of the social enterprise ’badge’ is becoming more common-place: UK Social Enterprise (Aug 2011) Walking the talk: Facilitating evaluation in a service environment A collaborative model whereby an external evaluator is seconded to or embedded within an agency offers a number of advantages over completely internal or external evaluations. AIFS (Aug 2011) The future for personalisation? Service users, carers and digital engagement. examines the relevance of social media to the development of personalised social care in general, and to self-directed support in particular. It examines the evolution of online marketplaces and describes some interesting and innovative ways in which social media is being used to find and exchange information about goods and services UK IRISS (Aug 2011) Australian National Preventive Health Agency Strategic Plan 2011-15 ANPHA (Aug 2011) Mobile Health Worker Project  - progress report Clinicians across the eleven pilot sites estimated that the devices allowed them to avoid 49 admissions, equating to a saving of approximately 21 percent across the pilot period....Frustrations with connectivity and session persistence are the major barriers to smooth adoption of mobile devices UK Health (Aug 2011) Care Coordination: Planning from Admission to Transfer of Care in NSW Public Hospital Replaces: Discharge Planning: Responsive Standards NSW Health (Aug 2011) Implementation of Patient Safety Alerts.  It shows that nearly 50% of UK trusts have failed to comply with at least one alert.  Of nine extra-urgent 'Rapid Response Report' alerts issued in 2010, not a single one had been complied with by every trust.  UK  AVMA (Aug 2011)
	Impact of Phenol-based Cleaners at Royal Perth Hospital There is no clear or consistent evidence of a cancer cluster and little to suggest that working with phenol-based cleaners, in particular, increased the risk of being diagnosed with cancer. Working with phenol-based cleaners, however, has probably caused doctor diagnosed respiratory conditions other than asthma. WA Health (Aug 2011) How Health Care Organizations Are Using Data on Patients' Race and Ethnicity to Improve Quality of Care a lack of common standards governing the collection, analysis, and use of racial and ethnic data may hamper the ability of US health care organizations nationally to design programs that effectively address inequities in patient care. US Commonwealth Fund (Aug 2011) Increasing Electronic Health Record Use for Quality Improvement in Community Health Centers: The Role of Networks how networks helped CHCs to use EHRs to improve chronic and preventive care and the barriers they faced. US Commonwealth Fund (Aug 2011) Population differences in health-care use for arthritis and osteoporosis in Australia  when it comes to managing their osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, the level of inaction is significantly higher for men than women. AIHW (Aug 2011) Working life and mental illness Lack of workplace support costing jobs: a staggering 95 per cent of respondents said employers and managers needed education on mental illness SANE (Aug 2011) Restraint Use and Other Control Interventions for Mental Health Inpatients in Ontario People admitted to a general hospital far more likely to experience a control intervention than those admitted to a psychiatric hospital Can CIHI (Aug 2011) A summary of the health harms of drugs updates the 2003 "Dangerousness of Drugs" guide and outlines acute chronic problems associated with each substance. UK Health (Aug 2011) Poly drug use among police detainees Offenders with complex drug dependencies involving two or more drug types comprise a substantial proportion of drug court and drug diversion clients...nearly a third of detainees reporting using two or more drugs in the 30 days prior to being detained. Cannabis was the primary drug used by 48 percent of detainees, followed by heroin (19%) and amphetamines (17%). AIC (Aug 2011) Older prisoners—A challenge for Australian corrections The concerns pertaining to the management of older prisoners are examined, including the costs of responding to rising healthcare needs, as well as issues surrounding accommodation and correctional programs for older prisoners. AIC (Aug 2011) Discussion Paper on Proposals for Improving Food Safety and Food Regulatory Transparency in the ACT The Health Protection Service (HPS) has engaged consultancy firm KPMG to prepare a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) addressing the proposal to introduce a food business rating scheme. ACT Health (Aug 2011) Drivers of Unhealthy Weight in Childhood: Analysis of the Millennium Cohort Study Looking at individual factors' increasing birth weight was associated with an increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity' as was height at age seven. No significant association was found between duration of breastfeeding or age at weaning and overweight and obesity at age seven...A greater prevalence of overweight and obesity was seen in children whose mothers smoked more cigarettes daily. Scotland (Aug 2011) Inquiry into Tobacco Plain Packaging The Committee recommends that the House of Representatives pass the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011. Aus Parliament (Aug 2011)
	Consents for Wind Farms - Onshore - Commons Library Standard Note explains the planning procedure for wind farms and discusses why such a high proportion of onshore wind farm proposals are rejected UK Parliament (Aug 2011) The relationship between transport and disadvantage in Australia Resource Sheet is designed to provide practitioners and policy-makers who plan and/or deliver services to children and families, especially within disadvantaged communities, with an understanding of how transport and disadvantage intersect and why some groups are especially vulnerable to transport disadvantage. AIFS (Aug 2011) Memorandum of Understanding Between Child, Youth and Family, New Zealand Police and  District Health Boards a new agreement to strengthen child protection NZ health (Aug 2011) Current trauma: the impact of adoption practices up till the early 1970s As past adoption practices cannot be "undone", one of the steps in the journey for both mothers and children given up for adoption is the choice around reunion AIFS (Aug 2011) Children Adopted from Foster Care: Child and Family Characteristics, Adoption Motivation, and Well-Being Overall, findings from the NSAP indicate that most children adopted from foster care are doing well and have parents who are satisfied with the adoption. However, there are some reasons for concern. Nearly half live in households with low incomes, and about one out of ten have parents who are more than 50 years older than the child. also Adoption Agreements, Adoption Subsidies, and Other Post-Adoption Supports US ASPE (May 2011) Progression post-16 for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities  evaluates the UK arrangements for transition from school and the provision in post-16 settings for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities up to the age of 25. also The green paper on special educational needs and disability UK Ofsted (Aug 2011) People with Learning Disabilities and the Criminal Justice System Guide about people with Learning Disabilities, including those on the Autistic Spectrum, who come into contact with the Criminal Justice System, Scotland (Aug 2011) Exploring the relationship between riot areas and deprivation Youth unemployment is not an excuse for looting, but we cannot ignore the fact that it is high in the places where the riots took place. UK IPPR (Aug 2011) The health impacts of housing: toward a policy-relevant research agenda final report AHURI (Aug 2011) Housing in the 21st Century...connecting to opportunity Housing South Australia is one of the major divisions in the DFC portfolio, but housing issues are critical across all areas of the department. SA Families (Aug 2011) UK migration: the leadership role of housing providers Migration policy often focuses on the number of new migrants entering the UK, but little is done to support neighbourhoods where migrants already live. Central government is withdrawing from these issues at a local level, placing more importance than ever before on regional and local leadership. UK Joseph Rowntree (Aug 2011)