The NHMRC is keen to ensure that the Australian community has the best opportunity to participate in developing NHMRC reports. This page lists the closed public consultations.
It is NHMRC policy that all publications are assessed for currency and relevance at least at 5-yearly intervals. The following publications now need to be assessed.
Submissions closed on 30 September 2005.
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is Australia's peak body for the provision of advice on standards to improve individual and public health, the consideration of ethical issues in health and medicine, and fostering medical research in the interest of improving health standards for all Australians.
It is NHMRC policy that all publications are assessed for currency and relevance at least at 5-yearly intervals. The following six (6) publications now need to be assessed.
- Toxicity assessment for carcinogenic soil contaminants - 1999
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of uncomplicated lower urinary tract symptoms in men (LUTS) - 2000 - 2nd Edition
- Effectiveness of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) in obstructive sleep apnoea in adults - 2000
- Nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - An information paper - 2000
- Postnatal Depression: A systematic review of published scientific literature to 1999 - An information paper - 2000
- Joint Statement and recommendations on vitamin K administered to newborn infants to prevent Vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infancy (Booklet) - 2000
You are invited to make a submission to the NHMRC about the currency and relevance of any of the above publications. Submissions should address the following issues:
- the strengths and weaknesses of the existing publication;
- issues that have emerged since the publication of the document; and
- any other issues that you think are relevant to this assessment.
Your submission should be evidence-based and references, where appropriate, should be provided.
Following assessment, some of these publications may be withdrawn.
How to make your submission
You can make your submission in writing, by email or by audiotape. Please include your name and address or phone number at which we can contact you.
Please send your submission by post or e-mail to:
The Project Officer
Publications Review
Health Advisory Section
National Health and Medical Research Council (MDP 24)
GPO Box 9848
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Email: hac.nhmrc@nhmrc.gov.au
Tel: (02) 6289 9593
Fax: (02) 6289 9197
The closing date for submissions is Friday 30 September 2005.
Further information
You may obtain a copy of the documents either by downloading them from the NHMRC website on the links above, or by contacting the Project Officer as above.
If you would like your submission to be treated as confidential, please indicate this clearly (for example, by marking your written submission 'CONFIDENTIAL').
Submissions may be subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.