Integrated Health Promotion Seminar 3: Addressing health inequalities
Date published: 2009-07-23 15:32:05
Date: 12.30pm to 1.30pm, Thursday 20 August 2009.
Venue: Conference Facility, Level 1, Room 2, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (back building).
Topics
- Improving health inequalities using the VicHealth equity tool, 12.30pm to 1.00pm
Reducing health inequalities remains a key priority for primary care across the state. Everyone involved in health promotion plans require new approaches that link our health activities with the wider influences on health such as education, housing and employment. In 2008, the Banyule Nillumbik Primary Care Alliance trialled the VicHealth equity tool to see if it could play a role in increasing the focus on equity amongst local Primary Care Partnership (PCP) member agencies. This presentation will discuss the outcomes from the trial and the implications for PCPs and their member agencies with a particular focus on how the lessons learned apply to PCP integrated health promotion plans.
Presenters: Mark Boyd, Director - Cities for Safe and Health Communities, ICLEI Oceania and Julie Watson, Executive Officer - Banyule/Nillumbik Primary Care Alliance.
Lead Agency: Banyule/Nillumbik Primary Care Alliance.
- Addressing health inequalities, 1.00pm to 1.30pm
Whitehorse Community Health Service began working with residents in a public housing community in 2003 in recognition of the health inequality that exists in the public housing. An early consultation with community members identified lack of access to opportunities for physical activity as one of the key health issues and the local neighbourhood environment as a key barrier. Through partnership with local agencies, community members have successfully achieved improvements in the local neighbourhood and further commitment to a ten year plan for upgrading local amenities and parkland.
Presenter: Olive Aumann, Health Development Manager, Whitehorse Community Health Service (WCHS).
Lead agency: City of Whitehorse, Wesley Harrison Housing Support, Mitcham Community House.
To view the first seminar DVD and obtain further information go to the PCPs website.
- To develop a greater understanding of health promotion and how it improves the health and wellbeing of Victorians (particularly disadvantaged and hard to reach populations).
- To discover the impacts achieved through investment in Community and Women's Health and Primary Care Partnerships health promotion work.
- To gain knowledge about primary and secondary prevention as well as disease management and tertiary prevention.
For more information, please contact:
Katie Larking or Sue Psalios
Tel: Katie 0422 538 801 or Sue (61 3) 9096 8478
Web: http://www.health.vic.gov.au/pcps/hp/events.htm#primaryhealth
Email: katie.larking@dhs.vic.gov.au
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