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Aboriginal communities - northern unincorporated region of SA - Aboriginal environmental health

About Public Health SA

Aerobic sand filter

Aerobic wastewater disposal systems

AIDS

Air - exposure to ozone, benzene, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide (enHealth Council publications)

Arthritis

Asbestos - cleanup of buildings after fire - asbestos in the non-occupational environment (enHealth Council publication)

B
 

Birthing choices

Blackwater collection, treatment and disposal systems

Blood lead monitoring

Body piercing - health risks - Advice - Guidelines

Breast cancer - BreastScreen SA - Breast x-ray - cancer statistics

Bromine Disinfection Code - Advice on disinfection - Swimming and recreational waters

C
 

Cancer screening - breast - cervix

Cancer statistics - Annual Cancer Reports: 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999

Centre for Population Studies in Epidemiology (now called "Population Research and Outcome Studies")

Cervix Cancer Screening Program (SA Cervix Screening Program)

Child lead absorption related to activity patterns/exposure in the home (enHealth Council publication)

Choices for antenatal and birthing care

Cigarette (tobacco) advertising

Communicable Diseases Index ~ Communicable Disease Control Branch ~ You've Got What? ~ factsheets on prevention and control of notifiable and other infectious diseases in children and adults (Index of commonly used disease names & useful links) - Sexual Health

Contaminated Sites publications

Contaminated land

Country antenatal & birthing services

D
 

Diabetes Clearing House - diabetes publications

Diet foods - labelling

Dirty food premises

Diseases - infectious - communicable - DH branch - notifiable diseases summary - list of notifiable diseases in SA - Sexual Health

Drought Package

Drugs - restricted/illegal

Drugs & poisons licences

E
 

Environmental Health Service - Environmental Surveillance Section

Environmental radiation

Epidemiology Branch

Events - Mass gatherings - Safe and Healthy Mass Gatherings - A Medical, Health and Safety Planning Manual for Public Events - Manual 2 - Australian Emergency Manuals Series (PDF 411k) ~ Management of public health & safety at public events (DH) (PDF 689k)

Exclusion from childcare, preschool and school

F
 

Fifth disease (human parvovirus infection, parvovirus B19 infection, slapped cheek, slapped face, erythema infectiosum)

Fleas and diseases carried by fleas - Public health pests (enHealth Council publication)

Floods - public health issues (enHealth Council publication)

Folate

Food Act 2001

Food Authorities - all states of Australia

Food complaint

Food hygiene - disease prevention

Food labelling for retail sale - Labelling of meat and meat products

Food legislation - Food Act 2001

Food poisoning - Preventing food poisoning in the home

Food premises

Food recalls

Food Safety Standards

Food Safety Training

G
 
Gardening - health risks, Enjoy gardening without the risk of Legionella

Greywater collection, treatment and disposal

H
 

Hairdressing Guideline - Advice

Handrails - preventing falls in the home

Hazardous Substances

Headlice - Headlice Index

Health foods - labelling

Health Monitor

Health Omnibus Survey

Health promotion in schools

Hearing loss

Hepatitis C - Questions & Answers - Information in 18 languages

HIV ~ Meeting the Challenge ~ Fourth South Australian HIV Strategy 2002-2005 - Sexual Health

Homebirth

Home made foods - labelling for sale

Human remains - disposal of

Hydrotherapy Pools Code - Advice on disinfection - Swimming and recreational waters

I
 
Immunisation Index ~ information for the public and providers including vaccine safety, adverse reactions, immunisation schedules, forms, specific campaigns, statistics, publications, providers' manual (SDOs)

Indigenous environmental health (enHealth Council publications)

Infectious diseases - You've Got What? ~ factsheets on prevention and control of notifiable and other infectious diseases in children and adults (Index of commonly used disease names & useful links)

Infectious diseases - World Health Organisation Report on Infectious Diseases: Removing Obstacles to Healthy Development

Infectious diseases - A summary of notifiable diseases in SA - Sexual Health

Injury prevention

Insecticide use

J  
K  
L
 
Lead - environmental - blood lead testing - Pt Pirie Environmental Health Centre services - Child lead absorption related to activity patterns/exposure in the home - Monograph

Legionella - Enjoy gardening without the risk of Legionella - Ice machines - Control of Legionella (enHealth Council publication)

Legislation - for State & Commonwealth legislation go to the Parliament of South Australia website or the Australian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) website.

Lye water

M

Mass gatherings - Safe and Healthy Mass Gatherings - A Medical, Health and Safety Planning Manual for Public Events - Manual 2 - Australian Emergency Manuals Series (PDF 411k) ~ Management of public health & safety at public events (DH) (PDF 689k)

Meat labelling for retail sale

Mental health

Metals - exposure to metals - aluminium, copper and zinc (enHealth Council publication)

Methadone program

Model Standing Drug Orders

N
 
National Environmental Health Forum Monographs (now enHealth Council monographs)

Nits (headlice)

Noise - environmental noise - health effects other than hearing loss (enHealth Council publication)

NORTHWEST Health

Notification of communicable diseases

Notifiable diseases - A summary of notifiable diseases in SA - Notification of Communicable Disease - List of Notifiable Diseases

O
 

Onsite wastewater systems - alternative onsite wastewater systems

Osteoporosis

Overseas travel - vaccination

P
 
Paints - toxins - lead content - paint film components (enHealth Council publication)

Pap smears

Pesticide use in schools and school grounds (enHealth Council publication)

Pest control operators' licences - National Standard for Licensing Pest Management Technicians (enHealth Council publication)

Pests - public health pests – Lice, fleas, scabies, bird mites, bedbugs and ticks (enHealth Council publication)

Pharmaceutical - Services Section

Physical activity

Poison licences - Poisoning in South Australia - 2001 (PDF 496k) - Poisoning in South Australia - 2002 (PDF 277k)

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Pools - swimming pools and spa pools

Population Research and Outcome Studies

Port Pirie Environmental Health Centre - Services - Blood lead testing  

Pregnancy outcome statistics

Pregnancy Record (South Australian Pregnancy Record)

Public events - Safe and Healthy Mass Gatherings - A Medical, Health and Safety Planning Manual for Public Events - Manual 2 - Australian Emergency Manuals Series (PDF 411k) - Management of public health & safety at public events (DH) (PDF 689k)

Public health links on the Web

Q
 
Q fever
R
 
Radiation has moved to the Environment Protection Authority (radiation legislation, mobile phones, powerlines, phone towers, microwave ovens, electromagnetic/radiofrequency radiation, video display units, x-rays, uranium mining, nuclear wastes and licence forms and fact-sheets)

Guidance on the use of rainwater tanks (enHealth Council publication) - Advice

Reclaimed water reuse

Regional Services

Rivers - recreational waters

Rubbish - Advice

S
SA Cervix Screening Program

Safety in the home

Sand filters, aerobic - SAHC Code and application form

Sanitation & Personal Hygiene Code

SARS

Scabies

Selling cigarettes to children

Septic tanks - information

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

SERCIS - Social, Environmental and Risk Context Information System

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Services

Skin Penetration Guideline - Advice on health precautions - Tattooing & body piercing

Smoking & tobacco statistics - smoke-free dining areas - sale of tobacco products to minors (under 18) - point of sale tobacco advertising

Soil - contaminated soil (enHealth Council publications)

Spa pools - Guide for private spa pool owners - Water quality for heated spas (enHealth Council  publication) - Swimming and recreational waters - Advice on disinfection - Swimming Pool & Spa Pool Codes

Standing Drug Orders - vaccines

Survey methodology

Swimming and recreational waters - Private pools - Swimming Pool & Spa Pool Codes - Advice on disinfection

T
 
Tattooing - health risks - Skin Penetration Guidelines - Advice

Termite treatment - safety

Tobacco legislation - sale of tobacco products to minors (under 18) - point of sale advertising - smoke-free dining areas - statistics

Transport of radioactive material

U
 
Ultraviolet light (UV)
V
 
Vaccination - Immunisation Index ~ information for the public and providers including vaccine safety, adverse reactions, immunisation schedules, forms, specific campaigns, statistics, publications, providers' manual (SDOs)

Vermin

Vitamins

W
 

Wastewater management - approval for products for sale and use - wastewater systems for towns and other large developments

Waterslides - Advice on disinfection - Waterslides Code - Swimming and recreational waters

Water restrictions - Drought Package

Women's health

World Health Organisation Report on Infectious Diseases:
Removing Obstacles to Healthy Development

X  Xray - breast xray - Radiation has moved to the Environment Protection Authority  
Y
 

You've Got What? ~ factsheets on prevention and control of notifiable and other infectious diseases in children and adults (Index of commonly used disease names & useful links) - Sexual Health

Z  

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