Portland District Health Annual Report 2007 - South West Alliance of ...
Portland District Health Annual Report 2007 - South West Alliance of ...
Portland District Health Annual Report 2007 - South West Alliance of ...
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<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Community <strong>Health</strong><br />
and Corporate Services<br />
5,534 HACC DIRECT<br />
CONTACT HOURS<br />
2,740 COUNSELLING AND<br />
SUPPORT CONTACT<br />
HOURS<br />
825 YOUTH WORKER<br />
DIRECT CONTACTS<br />
184,457 MEALS SERVED<br />
13,573 MEALS ON WHEELS<br />
DELIVERED<br />
98.12 EFT<br />
761 DENTAL TREATMENTS<br />
<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> aims to work<br />
with individuals,<br />
community groups,<br />
schools and<br />
workplaces to<br />
enhance individual<br />
health and wellbeing<br />
by providing health<br />
promotion programs<br />
to our community.<br />
COMMUNITY HEALTH<br />
Community <strong>Health</strong> and Primary Care services are seen as an area <strong>of</strong> future growth for<br />
<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>Health</strong>. These services include community nursing, counselling, dental<br />
clinic, drug and alcohol, health promotion, maternal and child health, podiatry, speech<br />
pathology, occupational therapy, dietetics, physiotherapy and diabetes education.<br />
Moving beyond the traditional treatment <strong>of</strong> illness and injury and with an emphasis<br />
on health promotion, efforts are centred primarily on the social, physical, economic<br />
and political factors that affect health, and include such activities as the promotion <strong>of</strong><br />
physical fitness, healthy living and good nutrition.<br />
<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>Health</strong> aims to work with individuals, community groups, schools<br />
and workplaces to enhance individual health and wellbeing by providing health<br />
promotion programs to our community.<br />
Over the past 12 months, services within the division have been integrated and various<br />
initiatives implemented to facilitate improved service delivery.<br />
<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>Health</strong> employed a second speech pathologist to assist with the large<br />
workload and waiting list in Speech Pathology. A full-time Occupational Therapist,<br />
based in <strong>Portland</strong> was also recruited during the year.<br />
The demands <strong>of</strong> chronic illness management such as diabetes has seen the<br />
implementation <strong>of</strong> a project to enhance self-management by diabetic clients.<br />
Public dentistry continued to be an area where <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>Health</strong> has struggled<br />
to secure staff, resulting in longer than usual waiting lists. An innovative solution to the<br />
dental recruiting issue saw the employment <strong>of</strong> four visiting dentists to provide services<br />
on a rotational basis. The Dental Clinic has also secured the services <strong>of</strong> dental<br />
therapist Karen Madden, who is credentialed to provide a range <strong>of</strong> services to children<br />
and young adults.<br />
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