Organisation name |
South Western Sydney Local Health District |
Organisation type |
Governmental organisation |
Organisation fields |
- Health
- Physical activity / Exercise / Sport
- Food / Nutrition
- Urban / town planning
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Description |
This organisation works collaboratively with other agencies, government departments, clinical services and communities to provide health promotion services and develop and advocate for health policies. |
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
- Provision of physical infrastructure
- Workplace initiative (e.g. end of trip facilities)
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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 reduce pollution from traffic
- To promote active transport (walking, cycling, public transport)
- To improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists
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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
- Promoting use of public transportation for daily travel
- Providing public open space
- Improving safety from traffic for pedestrians and cyclists
- Improving connectivity
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The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to strengthening and connecting communities |
- 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
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The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to providing access to healthy food |
- Advocating/supporting facilities (e.g. water fountains, community gardens, fresh food markets and allotments, breastfeeding locations etc.)
- Supporting local food production (e.g., through zoning and land use regulation)
- 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 |
Participation in active travel project.
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Target Population |
- General population
- Adults
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Geographic Focus of HBE activities |
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Website |
http://www.swslhd.nsw.gov.au/ |