The Victorian Population Health Survey (VPHS) is an annual survey run by VicHealth to track the health and wellbeing of Victorians. Every 3 years since 2008, the survey has been conducted at an LGA level (n=400 sample per Local Government area) and this local data is often used by Councils to inform their health and wellbeing planning and track outcomes.

The 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017 data by LGA can be found here: VHISS

As you can see by the sequence of years, 2020 should have been the next round of LGA level surveying, however this didn’t occur due to COVID-19. Instead, a special COVID-19 version of the survey was run in 2020 at LGA level (The survey questions can be found at the end of this report).

If you want to see the results of this COVID-19 survey by LGA you can source the data through their dashboard here: https://vahi.vic.gov.au/report (Dashboard download at the bottom of the page), or request specific data through the VAHI Data Request Hub.

The next standard LGA level VPHS survey is scheduled to be conducted in 2023.

This information is correct as at 29 June 2022 based on information provided on the VPHS website and the VicHealth Health Intelligence Unit.

To date the COVID-19 Community survey has been collecting data from communities across 4 Council areas in Victoria.

Here is a quick snapshot of what we are seeing in the data to date.

For further information about the survey see https://asdfresearch.com.au/covid-19-survey/.

In light of the WHO classification of COVID-19 as a pandemic, ASDF Research has implemented the following risk management processes. These risk management processes do not impact on the scope of any current ASDF Research project commitments.

• In the interest of minimising public risk, until further notice, ASDF Research will not be undertaking any public-facing research activities. This includes face-to-face interviewing and on-location interviewing. Online surveys, mail-out surveys, and home-based office activities will continue uninterrupted.
• Face-to-face client meetings will be replaced with videoconferencing meetings.
• ASDF Research has the resources necessary to continue operations for 3 months without the need for utilising external supply chains.
• Networking with other Qualified Professional Researchers (QPR) will be maintained should the health of primary consultants be compromised, necessitating external assistance to meet project milestones. see COVID-19 IRG 16032020 (pdf, 61kb) for further information.
  
• Given the business is already home-based with high levels of data security measures in place, no additional data security protocols will be needed.

 For further information please contact us.

Here are some of the best practice response code sets for question design:

Satisfaction rating
Very satisfied
SatisfiedNeither satisfied nor dissatisfied
Dissatisfied
Very dissatisfied

Importance rating
Very important
Important
Moderately important
Of little importance
Not at all important

Quality
Extremely good
Above average
Average
Below average
Extremely poor

Excellent
Very good
Good
Fair
Poor

Safety
Very safe
Safe
Neither
Unsafe
Very unsafe

Frequency
Daily or most days
2-3 times a week
Weekly
Fortnightly
Monthy
Every 2-3 months
2-3 times a year
Annually
Less often
Never

sometimes the following code frame is used, but it is very subjective (that is, different people can interpret it in different ways) so is usually not advised.

Always
Most of the time
Occasionally
Rarely
Never

Interest
Extremely interested
Very interested
Moderately interested
Slightly interested
Not at all interested