Healthy Weight 2008 - Australia's Future - The National Action Agenda for children and young people and their families
'Whole of Community' Demonstration Areas - (integrated actions from all the Settings implemented in discrete population areas as potential models for wider long term implementation in other communities and to enhance community ownership and capacity for sustained action-previous examples have been effective)
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Table of contents- Introduction
- Terms of reference for the National Obesity Taskforce
- National Obesity Taskforce Membership
- Scientific Reference Group
- Consultative Forum
- Strategic intent
- Goals
- Urgent need for action
- Guiding principles
- Framework for action
- Action strategies for children and young people (aged 0-18 years)
- Stakeholder support
- Success factors for implementation
- Settings Strategies
- Primary Care Services (including general medical proactice, community health centres, and other community-based and private sector services)
- Schools - Primary and Secondary (including public and private schools, and use of school facilities)
- Family and Community Care Services (including social work, child protection, juvenile justice, Centrelink, outreach services to vulnerable and disadvantaged groups
- Maternal and infant health (including hospitals, infant and child health clinics, community health services)
- Neightbourhoods and community organisations (including state/territory government, local government, community groups, recreation and sporting bodies, and private organisations)
- Workplaces (including government, private and non government work settings both formal and informal)
- Food Supply (including food producers, manufacturers, and retailers, eg supermarkets, markets, stores, and food service outlets eg restaurants, cafes and take-aways)
- Media and Marketing (including television, cinemas, videos, electronic games, print, internet and commercial advertising, marketing and promtions)
- Support for Families and Community-Wide Education (including public policy and support strategies for families, and planned mass media communication and education)
- 'Whole of Community' Demonstration Areas - (integrated actions from all the Settings implemented in discrete population areas as potential models for wider long term implementation in other communities and to enhance community ownership and capacity for sustained action-previous examples have been effective)
- Evidence and Performance Monitoring (including measurement, analysis, evaluation, policy and action research to inform planning and management, and enhance accountability)
- Coordination and Capacity Building (including strategic management, operational coordination, infrastructure support, community and stakeholder strengthening, and professional development)
Outcomes sought
- Improved understanding of ways to intervene effectively through innovation involving all sectors, organisations, population groups and methodologies.
- Increased encouragement and application of ‘good practice’ interventions across Australia through dissemination of the learnings from the ‘whole of community’ demonstration areas.
- Improved levels of commitment and investment across Australia through all jurisdictions actively participating in ‘whole of community’ demonstration areas.
2004 Actions
Health sector leadership:
- Select, designate and resource at least one ‘whole of community’ demonstration area in each State and Territory (including at least two Indigenous communities) which comprises comprehensive, community-wide interventions that are evaluated.
- Establish a network of demonstration areas, and through a planned and systematic mechanism actively exchange experiences, opportunities and results.
- Establish a professional support unit and clearinghouse, to provide technical assistance, training, analysis and evaluation of the demonstration areas.
- Initiate a proactive dissemination and professional development strategy to inform policy and interventions, and strengthen capacity throughout the whole of Australia.
Collaboration across sectors:
- Establish mechanisms to disseminate findings to other sectors particularly education and local government.
- Establish a pool of ‘local champions/leaders of good practice’ within demonstration areas to provide local support (eg skills and experiences) to a range of sectors.
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