The Youth Educating Peers (YEP) Project was a two-year participatory action research project that aimed to investigate the value of peer based programs in youth sector settings for sexual health and blood borne virus education and promotion. In partnering with six WA youth agencies to trial the development of these programs, the Project also aimed to get sexual health back on the agenda for the WA youth sector.

The final report of the research is now available for download on the YACWA website http://www.yacwa.org.au/content.php?CID=117.

Limited hard copies of the report are also available. Please contact Olivia Knowles on pso@yacwa.org.au if you would like to receive a copy.

Queer Corner is an ongoing project of Western Primary Health Care Services at the Central Northern Adelaide Health Service, and was devised by Lauren Riggs. The Queer Corner model is an email-based information sharing and awareness-raising tool that aims to inform health and community service workers about issues experienced by GLBTIQS communities, and to increase workers' ability to challenge homophobia and heterosexism in their workplaces (e.g. among staff, clients or patients, and community members).

This report from Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) shows that Indigenous-led health care initiatives often get the best results. The stories demonstrate that progress in improving Indigenous health is achieved when there is significant engagement with the Indigenous communities concerned and appropriate funding and support provided.

Read the full text of Success stories in Indigenous health (PDF file).

Source: Australian Policy Online

This housing backgrounder was developed by the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) Citizens for Mental Health project.  Through a series of consultations with a range of voluntary sector organizations, housing was identified as a key determinant related to the mental health of every community. This backgrounder provides a tool in support of efforts to improve the mental health of all, including those with mental illness, by ensuring access to safe, affordable and appropriate housing as individual circumstances necessitate.

Read the full report at http://www.cmha.ca/citizens/ENG_Housing_FINAL.pdf.

This income security backgrounder was developed by the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) Citizens for Mental Health project : a two year project which came to a close in May 2004.

Through a series of consultations with a range of voluntary sector organizations, income security was identified as a key determinant related to the mental health of every community.

Read the full report at http://www.cmha.ca/citizens/CMHA_income_ENG_1.pdf.