Inspiring a - Healthy Cities Illawarra

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Lindsey Harrison, President Healthy People Illawarra Healthy People Illawarra is proud to be the disease prevention partner of Healthy Cities Illawarra. Healthy People Illawarra has had a busy year. This year our activities have focussed on areas that are our real strengths, as well as national priorities: nutrition and food security, active living, sexual health and tobacco control. Highlights have been: the growth and expansion of food and nutrition programs: o Stir It Up!, a program developed in partnership with the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Services, is now seen as a model on how to develop partnerships with other organisations, volunteers and disadvantaged women to improve knowledge of nutrition and skills in preparing nutritious meals. o We have provided funding and assistance to 9 local schools to continue school breakfast programs set up by HPI and produced a manual for schools on how to set up and operate a school breakfast program o In the Shoalhaven, primary school children are learning to cook nutritious meals at school for their families and how to grow vegetables to put into the meals. o We provide the secretariat for the Illawarra Food Fairness Alliance Our sexual health program has developed a number of partnerships to address areas of sexual health, including prevention of HIV/ AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI). The programs have specifically addressed targeted CALD youth and has contributed to knowledge of sexual health through community stalls and events. Our continued involvement in promoting physical activity and in tobacco control programs. Healthy People Illawarra has had input into the Organisation Review conducted by Healthy Cities Illawarra. Our Management Committee have been in active discussion with the HCI Management Committee to identify how to best structure our organisation to continue to promote the health and wellbeing of the people of the Illawarra. Annual Report 2010 -2011 Page | 3
Healthy Cities Illawarra The goals of Healthy Cities Illawarra are: 1. To use local, community based approaches to strengthen and support local initiatives in communities with particular health needs. 2. To enhance the capacity of local communities to address their specific health issues 3. To initiate, develop or have input into social and health policy which creates greater equity in health outcomes 4. To provide an independent forum for the development of co-operative approaches to regional health issues 5. To advocate for an environment that is ecologically sustainable and conducive to good health 6. To initiate, develop and support community based environmental initiatives 7. To enhance the capacity of other organisations and individuals to understand and apply Healthy Cities Principles Priority issues: Environmental Health Community Building Healthy Urban Design Community Safety Healthy Ageing Development of the Healthy Cities Movement Annual Report 2010 -2011 Page | 4
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