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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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Adolescent girls playing AFL on a field

How will you move today? Free and low-cost ideas for teens

We all know that being active is good for us, and finding ways to move that you enjoy makes it easier to

Healthy eating
Two stuffed zucchini slices topped with vegetables, cheese and fresh herbs

Nutrition tips for vegetarian, vegan and plant-based diets 

Thinking about eating vegetarian, vegan or plant-based for a day, a week, or full-time? A Vegetarian diet can increase your veggie intake and even help with the

Kids
Woman sits on couch scrolling her phone

Beat the scroll: Simple ways to break free from your phone

We live in a digital age where our phones are woven into nearly every part of daily life—from work and

Healthy eating
Tradie sits on the back of his ute holding a salad wrap for lunch

Healthy and easy lunchbox ideas for tradies

Long days on site, early starts, and limited access to kitchens or power can make eating well feel like a

Physical activity
Three people run with surfboards into the ocean

8 ways Queenslanders are moving more and living healthier  

Every day, Queenslanders are finding ways to get physically active for their health and wellbeing. Australian adults should be aiming for 2.5 hours or more of

Healthy eating
Roasted vegetables coming out of the oven

Practical ways to add more veggies into your day

According to the 2022 National Health Survey, Australians are consistently falling short when it comes to meeting their daily vegetable

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