Healthy Environments

Locational Disadvantage

SWSLHD is home to several low-income suburbs which experience disadvantage.
Health Promotion is committed to working to minimise inequality of opportunity, and many programs are based in areas of locational disadvantage in order to:

• To form partnerships to maximise shared resources
• To work with communities to identify and solve local problems.

Examples are: working in Warwick Farm to map safety concerns and form an action group with local residents; developing a comprehensive approach to food security encompassing social inclusion and pathways to employment in Warwick Farm and Fairfield; working with interagencies in Claymore, Rosemeadow and Ambervale to address specific local issues.