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Welcome to Health Issues Centre

Health Issues Centre is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that began in 1985 to promote equity and consumer perspectives in the Australian health system. Our mission is to improve the health outcomes for Australians, especially those who are disadvantaged. The focus of Health Issues Centre's work is mainly in Victoria but we take a national approach where appropriate. We work with a wide range of consumers, health providers, researchers, governments and other health organisations to achieve this through:

  • policy analysis and advocacy from consumer and equity perspectives
  • consumer-focused research
  • promoting and supporting consumer participation
  • disseminating information.


 CONSUMERS REFORMING HEALTH 2011 CONFERENCE
Health Issues Centre will host the inaugural international conference for community engagement in health care. The conference will run from 18th - 20th July 2011 with a Public Forum on Sunday 17th of July 2011 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Consumers Reforming Health 2011 is a forum developed specifically for those with interest in involving consumers in health policy and process. The conference upholds the essential principle that consumer participation is fundamental for health development, clinical governance, community capacity building and health outcomes.
The program aims to demonstrate and enhance this proposition by exploring the experiences, frameworks and practical strategies of participation in a number of health sectors among a diverse range of relevant stakeholders. It intends to broker some new learnings on core principles for future change.
For further information about the conference please go to the conference website.
 Consumers Reforming Health Conference
Abstract submissions for the conference are now open


Preventing Chronic Illness

The University of Queensland and Deakin University have released a groundbreaking report with dozens of recommendations that strongly support more spending on prevention, but also warn that not all prevention measures are wise investments.
The Assessing Cost Effectiveness of Prevention (ACE-Prevention) project is the result of five years of research, funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council. It is the most comprehensive evaluation of health prevention measures ever conducted world-wide, involving input from 130 top health experts.
Led by Professor Theo Vos from the University of Queensland and Professor Rob Carter from Deakin University, the research team assessed 123 illness prevention measures to identify those which will prevent the most illness and premature deaths and those that are best value for money.

The ACE-Prevention project was funded by the NHMRC and is supported by VicHealth, the Public Health Association of Australia and Lowitja Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research, (incorporating the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health).
 ACE Prevention - research report