Reports

Research reports, policy resources and open data, written for government, industry and community partners.

1. Chandrabose, M., Gunn, L., Astell-Burt, T., Badland, H., Carver, A., Christian, H., Cleland, V., Edwards, N., Feng, X., Loh, V., Owen, N., Rachele, J. N., Sugiyama, T., Timperio, A., & Veitch, J. (2026). Walkability and the built environment: Increasing physical activity levels and improving heart health for people living in Australia [Evidence review]. National Heart Foundation of Australia.

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2. Foster, S., Kleeman, A., Lowe, M., Gunn, L., De Gruyter, C., Chandrabose, M., Alderton, A., Villanueva, K., Edwards, N., Mandzufas, J., Rachele, J. N., Reid, R. A., Astell-Burt, T., Feng, X., Owen, N., & Giles-Corti, B. (2025). Designing for density: Delivering healthy, higher-density neighbourhoods in Australia [Evidence review]. National Heart Foundation of Australia.

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3. Timperio, A., Lee, A., Gunn, L., Sahlqvist, S., Edwards, N., Jafari, A., Loh, V., Chandrabose, M., Debnath, A., Rachele, J. N., & Veitch, J. (2025). The heart of road use: A people-first approach that embeds health in transport planning [Evidence review]. National Heart Foundation of Australia.

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4. Reid, R. A., Mavoa, S., Foster, S., Gilmartin-Thomas, J., Rachele, J. N. (2024). Spatially consistent annual Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) data for Australian statistical areas, 1996 – 2021.

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5. Cronin, A., Maple, J., Stevens, D., Rachele, J. N., Venville, A., Gunawardana, M., & Willis, K. (2023). Extreme weather in Melbourne's West: Stories from culturally and linguistically diverse communities: Shedding light on the significance of weather and how extreme weather events impact communities in Melbourne’s West. Project Report. Institute for Health and Sport, Footscray, Victoria University.

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6. Ghandi, P. M., Rachele, J. N. (2020). Inclusive information and communication strategies for people with disability: a literature review. Victoria University.

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7. Rachele, J. N., Burke, K., Burn, G., Alisic, E. (2020). Making the City of Melbourne more inclusive for children and young people with a disability. University of Melbourne.

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8. Fortune, N., Badland, H., Clifton, S., Emerson, E., Rachele, J. N., Stancliffe, R. J., Zhou, Q., & Llewellyn, G. (2020). The Disability and Wellbeing Monitoring Framework and Indicators: Technical report. Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health, Melbourne.

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9. Rachele, J. N., Wiesel, I., van Holstein, E., de Vries, T., Green, C., & Bicknell, E. (2019). Making the City of Melbourne more inclusive for people with disability: info-graphic and executive summary. University of Melbourne.

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10. Rachele, J. N., Wiesel, I., van Holstein, E., de Vries, T., Green, C., Bicknell, E., & SCOPE (2019). A more inclusive City of Melbourne: Easy English version. University of Melbourne.

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11. Rachele, J. N., Wiesel, I., van Holstein, E., de Vries, T., Green, C., & Bicknell, E. (2019). Making the City of Melbourne more inclusive for people with disability. University of Melbourne.

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12. Rachele, J. N., Rozek, J., Villaneuva, K., Gunn, L., & Giles-Corti, B. (2017). Healthy Active by Design: Movement Networks. Heart Foundation of Australia.

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13. Mavoa, S., Badland, H., Learnihan, V., Boruff, B., Pettit, C., Astell-Burt, T., Feng, X., Hooper, P., Rachele, J. N., Eagleson, S., David, S., Giles-Corti, B. (2016). The Australian National Liveability Study final report: Development of policy-relevant liveability indicators relating to health and wellbeing and recommendations for their dissemination. McCaughey VicHealth Community Wellbeing Unit, The University of Melbourne.

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14. Washington, T. L., Heesch, K., & Rachele, J. N. (2013). Queensland Police Service: An evaluation of HealthStart 2012.

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