Centre for Health Promotion
As a health promoting
hospital the WCH is committed to promoting
health, preventing illness and providing health information for our consumers
and the community. This involves working in partnership with others to improve
the health and well being of women, children and young people.
The Centre for Health Promotion works in partnership to improve the health
of women and children in South Australia by
- Developing and delivering health promotion programs for the community
- Improving the Hospital's capacity to promote health
- Supporting community-based services in health promotion and disease prevention.
The Centre for Health Promotion has responsibility for:
- Leadership in health promotion across the Children, Youth and Women's Health Service
- Supporting health promotion as part of quality clinical care in acute and primary health care services
- Leading statewide health promotion strategies in promoting healthy pregnancy, breastfeeding and healthy weight for children
- Leading health promoting school, preschool and child care initiatives with a focus on healthy eating and physical activity
- The Hospital's Health Information Centre and community health information services.
Key directions for the Centre for Health Promotion
The Centre for Health Promotion will seek to
- Build an understanding of health promotion, its principles and effectiveness
- Build the capacity of others in health promotion and illness prevention
- Improve
the health of disadvantaged groups and communities
- Strengthen the focus on the development and implementation of strategies
in the early years of life (pre-birth to 5 years)
- Influence healthy public policy
- Strengthen research, evaluation and evidence-based planning of health promotion
- Diversify and maximise resources for health promotion
- Direct resources towards areas we can best influence.
Business Plan 2005-2006
The objectives of the Centre for Health Promotion's business plan
2005-2006 are:
1. Increase the capacity of services to promote the health and wellbeing of children, young people and women and reduce inequity.
- Support Children, Youth and Women's Health Service to promote health and wellbeing across the service.
- Increase access by families and communities to health information..
- Support schools, preschools and out of school hours care services to promote health and wellbeing in their sites.
- Support health agencies to rpovide health promotion support to schools.
2. Increase the capacity of services to promote healthy weight, healthy body image, healthy eating and physical activity in childhood and reduce inequity.
- Support education and care services to promote healthy eating and physical activity to families.
- Plan, implement and evaluate workforce development strategies for early childhood services, schools and out of school hours care services.
- Implement and evaluate a community development strategy.
- Support Children, Youth and Women's Health Service to promote healthy weight across the service..
3. Increase the capacity of services to promote healthy pregnancy, breastfeeding and maternal health and reduce inequity.
- Increase the number of babies being breastfed between birth and 12 months.
- Promote healthy pregnancy (addressing smoking, alcohol, diabetes); contribute to reducing the prevalence of low birth weight..
4. Contribute to promoting healthy pregnancy and childhood health and wellbeing for ATSI people.
- Develop sustainable partnerships with healthy, education and child care organisations providing services for Aboriginal children, young people and women..
- Increase the number of Aboriginal children and their families accessing our healthy weight programs.
- Increase the number of Aboriginal women and families accessing our healthy pregnancy and breastfeeding programs; contribute to reducing the prevalence of low birth weight.
5. Provide statewide leadership and undertake research and advocacy to promote women's and children's health.
- Communicate and market our work to health services, schools, preschools, out of school hours care and child care.
- Evaluate and report on our programs.
- Communicate the results of our work to policy makers, health professionals and the education and care sectors.
- Advocate for the health promotion for women, young people and children.
How to access the service
The Centre for Health Promotion is happy to hear from health professionals,
students and others with an interest in health promotion.
Information for Families
- Health information
brochures
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Resources/Publications
Developing quality consumer health information
Further health promotion resources
Hours
9am to 5pm Monday to Friday
Contact Information
Unit Head
- Dr Alison Smith
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Location
- 8th Floor, Samuel Way Building
Mailing Address - Centre for Health Promotion
- Women's and Children's Hospital
- 72 King William Road
- North Adelaide
- South Australia 5006
Phone/Fax/EmailPh (08) 8161 7777
Fax (08) 8161 7778
Email cywhs.healthpromotion@cywhs.sa.gov.au
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