Sydney is in the state of New South Wales (NSW); depending on the level or type of contact your student is after the following information may be useful: 1) NSW Health Dept. divides NSW into 17 Area Health Services - about 6 - 8 are in the Sydney metropolitan area,a are number are rural locations etc. Each Area Health Service has a Health Promotion Unit that works at local level (contact the Health Promotion Co-ordinator of each Area Health Service, see Sydney White Pages telephone directory under NSW Health Dept.) 2) NSW Health Dept has a Health Promotion Strategies Unit within the Centre for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (contact Lyn Stoker, NSW Health Dept Nth Sydney - white pages again.) 3) The National Centre for Health Promotion is at Sydney University, as you probably know (contact Professor Don Nutbeam) 4) Both Sydney University and the University of New South Wales have a Masters in Public Health that may well have lots of health promotion people and projects of interest to your student. ********************************************************* Lesley Dawes Manager Research and Evaluation Centre for Education and Information on Drugs and Alcohol (CEIDA) Private Mail Bag 6 Rozelle. NSW. 2039 phone : 02 9818 0409 fax : 02 9818 0441 email : [log in to unmask] **********************************************************