Population Health
Health Promotion

Health Promotion Service

The Health Promotion Service is guided by the Health Promotion Service Strategic Plan (HPSSP) which is a plan for action aimed at improving and maintaining the health and wellbeing of people living in South West Sydney. It focuses on a number of risk factors important for the whole population and identifies particular groups at risk of chronic disease and injury. It also identifies population-based strategies to promote mental health and build healthy social and physical environments.

Targeted strategies have been identified to address the specific needs of disadvantaged communities and marginalised groups including members of the Aboriginal community, recent migrants and refugees, people living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas and people living with, or at risk of, mental illness.

Health is recognised as having multiple dimensions, encompassing physical, mental and spiritual aspects, and multiple determinants, including social, economic and environmental factors. The HPS seeks to promote health through the collaborative efforts of a range of government and non-government agencies, individuals and community groups.

By working in partnership, the HPS will deliver evidence-based and evidence building health promotion services to people living in SWS with a particular focus on:

  • Closing the gap in Aboriginal life expectancy by:
    • Promoting healthy weight
    • Reducing smoking-related harm
    • Strengthening protective factors for mental health
    • Reducing injury.
  • Promoting healthy populations by:
    • Promoting healthy weight in children 0-18 years
    • Reducing overweight and obesity
    • Reducing smoking-related harm
    • Strengthening protective factors for mental health
    • Reducing the rate of falls in older people.
  • Building and maintaining healthy environments by:
    • Promoting the design and development of healthy built environments
    • Building healthy food environments
    • Reducing the structural determinants of health inequity.

Key enablers have been identified to support this work. They are:

  • Fostering strong enduring partnerships
  • Investing in people, infrastructure and systems
  • Building evidence through strengthening health promotion research and evaluation.

 

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