| Organisation name |
Centre for Population Health |
| Organisation type |
Governmental organisation |
| Organisation fields |
- Health
- Food / Nutrition
- Interagency organisation
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| Description |
Delivers population health services and expertise in Western Sydney. |
| Commenced Work |
More than ten years ago |
| Type(s) of HBE Activity |
- Advocacy for healthy built environments
- Research to better understand healthy built environments
- Translating research into policy
|
| Key objectives of HBE activities |
- To improve people's physical health
- To increase people's physical activity level
- To strengthen social capital
- To reduce pollution from traffic
- To promote active transport (walking, cycling, public transport)
- To improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists
- To reduce crime through more people on the streets / passive surveillance
|
| The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to getting people active |
- Promoting walking for daily travel / recreation
- Promoting cycling for daily travel / recreation
|
| The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to providing access to healthy food |
- Mapping food service locations (including fast food outlets, access to fresh fruit and vegetables and vending machines)
- Advocating for controls on food advertising of fast food and exposure in public places
- Advocating/supporting facilities (e.g. water fountains, community gardens, fresh food markets and allotments, breastfeeding locations etc.)
|
| The organisation takes part in the following specific HBE activities |
Conducting research on fast food outlet density.
|
| Target Population |
- General population
- Children
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Older people
- Women
- Indigenous people
- People with disabilities
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| Geographic Focus of HBE activities |
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| Website |
http://www0.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/owner/poph.html |
