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Explore evidence, tools, programs and initiatives that support healthier, more active Queensland communities, or suggest your own resources and events to help grow shared knowledge and collaboration across the Network.
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Clinicians Hub

Resources and tools to support health professionals deliver preventative health care in their communities by engaging in conversations about positive
Case studies
Do you thing group

Case Study: Do Your Thing

Do Your Thing is an initiative of the ‘Building a Healthy Bundaberg’ Alliance (BaHB) with the ambitious goal of reducing
Evidence and tools
A family of 2 adults and 2 kids are preparing vegetables and a raw chicken in the kitchen.

Supporting people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities to make healthy choices

Teaching resources that support people from CALD communities to make healthy food choices and increase physical activity.
Evidence and tools
A mother and daughter drinking glasses of water behind a running kitchen tap.

Promoting healthy drinks resources

Promoting the message that tap water is safe to drink in Australia
Programs and campaigns
3 smiling children holding onto the edge of a swimming pool. One of the children is wearing swimming goggles on her head.

Healthy New Communities Project

Supporting people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities remain active and navigate the Australian food system
Case studies

Pick of the Crop

Resources to help schools get kids to eat more veg and fruit
Evidence and tools
A person is sitting on the floor with a laptop on their lap. They are surrounded y papers and a cup of coffee.

How supportive are workplace environments for sitting less and moving more?

A descriptive study of Australian workplaces participating in the BeUpstanding program.
Funding and grants
A woman is making notes in a notebook while sitting in front of a laptop

Funding finder

Innovative interactive map encourages region to get active
Evidence and tools
Cyclists ride on the bike path in the city by a river

Know your burb

Innovative interactive map encourages region to get active
Evidence and tools
A person is sitting in front of an open laptop with a notebook and pen.

Queensland Health Services Planning Portal

Interactive dashboards and reports for Queensland Hospital and Health Service regions.
Evidence and tools
People walking and bike riding along an exercise path in Cairns.

Australian Urban Observatory (AUO)

A digital liveability planning platform that transforms complex urban data into easily understood liveability maps across Australia’s 21 largest cities.
Evidence and tools
A woman wearing a bike helmet putting a bike into a bike rack

Street design manual: Walkable neighbourhoods

Practical guide for the design and development of Queensland’s residential neighbourhoods.

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Healthy eating
Person dips vegetable stick into dip

How to build a healthy snack when you’re time poor 

When your day is busy and meals feel rushed, having some go-to healthy snacks can make a real difference. You don’t need fancy ingredients or lots

Physical activity

How cardio and muscle strengthening activities work together for a healthier heart

Your heart is your body’s hardest worker. It’s a powerful muscle about the size of your clenched fist that keeps

Healthy eating
7 opened canned foods

Smart pantry cooking: Healthy meals using canned, frozen and long-life foods 

A well-stocked pantry has always been a quiet ally in the kitchen, but in times when fresh produce can fluctuate

Healthy eating
Young boy eats a banana while sitting in his father's lap

Teaching your toddler healthy eating habits 

Toddlerhood is a time when children learn about new foods and lifelong eating habits are established. These habits will enable them

Kids
Woman and kids go on a hike together

10 free or low-cost ways for kids and families to be active 

Healthy habits learned in childhood often stay with us into adulthood. This includes regular physical activity. Being active is important for children and

Healthy eating
Woman eating healthy vegetable and legume salad in the kitchen

5 common healthy eating hurdles and how to overcome them

Healthy eating is a long-term goal worth having. But everything worthwhile comes with a hurdle or two. Knowing what barriers

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