| Organisation name |
Hunter New England Local Health District |
| Organisation type |
Governmental organisation |
| Organisation fields |
- Health
- Physical activity / Exercise / Sport
- Food / Nutrition
- Interagency organisation
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| Description |
This organisation provides population health services including health promotion, preventive care, health protection, Aboriginal health, health statistics and many other specialised services within these parameters. |
| Commenced Work |
Five to ten years ago |
| Type(s) of HBE Activity |
- Policy development
- Advocacy for healthy built environments
- Research to better understand healthy built environments
- Translating research into policy
- Capacity building / staff training
- Information resource
- Tools for practitioners
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| Key objectives of HBE activities |
- To improve people's physical health
- To increase people's physical activity level
- To strengthen social capital
- To promote active transport (walking, cycling, public transport)
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| The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to getting people active |
- Other
- Other - Encouraging the use of active transport etc for health.
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| The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to strengthening and connecting communities |
- Advocating for places where people can meet and connect
- Input into planning processes that advocate for and strengthen social connectivity
- Influencing the location of facilities within a community to ensure they are convenient, central and clustered with other facilities
- Promoting interaction in public spaces including gardens, town squares, parks and lively streetscapes
- Encouraging supportive social networks within neighbourhoods and participation in decision-making
- Influencing proximity to places of employment
- Other - Encouraging the inclusion of principles of liveability into planning
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| The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to providing access to healthy food |
- Advocating for public transport measures that support access to healthy food (e.g. schedules and timetables and routes, space to store parcels en route, shopping shuttles, home delivery services and/or support for local corner shops and convenience stores)
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| The organisation takes part in the following specific HBE activities |
Was working on Liveable Communities Project but it is no longer funded.
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| Target Population |
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| Geographic Focus of HBE activities |
- Other - HNE Local Health District.
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| Website |
http://www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/ |
