| Organisation name |
The Heart Foundation NSW |
| Organisation type |
NGO |
| Organisation fields |
- Health
- Physical activity / Exercise / Sport
- Food / Nutrition
- Urban / town planning
- Transport
- Other - Advocacy
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| Description |
For more than fifty years, the Heart Foundation has been dedicated to making a difference to the heart health of all Australians. We do this through funding vital research, developing guidelines for health professionals, supporting patient care and helping Australians to live healthier lifestyles. With regard to active living and the built environment, we want more Australians to be more active. With regard to nutrition, we want a healthier food supply. In particular we want more Australians eating less saturated fat and less salt. |
| Commenced Work |
More than 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
- Education - formal courses
- Capacity building / staff training
- Information resource
- Guidelines for practitioners
- Tools for practitioners
- Workplace initiative (e.g. end of trip facilities)
- Other - Collaboration with other stakeholders in this sector.
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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)
- To improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists
- To reduce crime through more people on the streets / passive surveillance
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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
- Reducing urban sprawl
- Providing public open space
- Improving connectivity
- Improving accessibility
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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 equitable access to community facilities
- Encouraging supportive social networks within neighbourhoods and participation in decision-making
- Influencing proximity to places of employment
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| The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to providing access to healthy food |
- Advocating for controls on food advertising of fast food and exposure in public places
- 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 |
The Heart Foundation is a partner in 2 ARC linkage grants, the Sit stand study @ work, supports the Premier's Council for Active Living, is instrumental in the Healthy Built Environments Program, development of Heart Foundation policies and papers (eg. urban density/ connected streets/ walkability tools and Healthy Spaces and Places).
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| Target Population |
- General population
- Children
- Adults
- Older people
- Women
- Indigenous people
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| Geographic Focus of HBE activities |
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| Website |
http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/Pages/default.aspx |
