Population Health and Strategic Direction

Centre for Population Health

The Centre is a new entity formed by the merger of the Centre for Public Health in the former Western Sydney Area Health Service and the Health Protection and Health Promotion Units from the former Wentworth Area Health Service.

The Centre for Population Health is responsible for a range of health promotion and health protection programs that include multi-disciplinary partnerships aimed at building individual, community and organisational capacity to improve and sustain health. These include:

Communicable Disease Control
Biopreparedness
Immunisation
Environmental Health and Regulation
Urban Development and Health
Chronic Disease Prevention including obesity prevention, community nutrition, physical activity and tobacco control
Injury Prevention including Older Persons Falls Injury Prevention and Aboriginal Safety.

The Centre also takes the lead role in maintaining some key health partnerships such as Local Government and Schools.

Management Team
NAME	POSITION	LOCATION
Assoc Prof Stephen Corbett	Transition Manager - Director Population Health	Cumberland Hospital
Dr Conrad Moreira	Transition Manager - Director Public Health, Deputy Director Population Health	Nepean Hospital
Ms Christine Newman	Transition Manager - Director Health Promotion, Deputy Director Population Health	Cumberland Hospital

Health Promotion

Purpose

Through collaborative action the health promotion team are committed to:

Preventing ill health;
Reducing health inequities; and
Achieving better health for all in Sydney West.

	Principles		Values
Working in partnership to unlock resources and build capacity; Focus on equity and social determinants of health; Critical, reflective and evidence based practice; Population health focus with a life course approach; Accountable for what we do; An environment that encourages innovation; and A team approach.		Integrity; Loyalty; Commitment; Respect for our staff, community, partners and collaborators; and Trust.

Programs/Projects

Obesity Prevention Program
Tobacco Control Program
Older People Falls Prevention Program
Equitable Communities Program
Aboriginal Safety Program
Workforce Development Program
Schools Partnership
Local Government Partnership

Health Protection

Health Protection refers to those activities which are primarily concerned with the exercise of legislation designed to “protect” the health of the public. The principal legislative instruments in NSW are the Public Health Act 1991 and various Regulations covering areas such as infectious diseases, drinking water, microbial control, swimming pools, disposal of bodies and tobacco control. Other important legislation includes the SmokeFree Environment Act 2000 and its amendments.

There are three key areas of work within Health Protection –

Program staff operate from offices in the Parramatta (Cumberland Hospital) and Penrith (Nepean Hospital) areas.

Publications

SWAHS Healthy Weight Strategy

SWAHS Local Government Partnership Consultations

Granville Health Impact Assessment Report 2006

The Katoomba Program: An equity strategy to address the social determinants of health Research and Evaluation Report 2003 - 2006 [PDF. Added 20th July, 2007]

Address

Nepean Hospital 1A Barber Avenue Kingswood NSW 2747 P.O. Box 63 Penrith NSW 2751	Cumberland Hospital, Gungurra Building 68 5 Fleet Street North Parramatta NSW 2151 Locked Bag 7118 Parramatta BC NSW 2150

Telephone (02) 4734 2022 Facsimile (02) 4734 3300	Telephone (02) 9840 3603, (02) 9840 3708 Facsimile (02) 9840 3608

PH&SD

Population Health and Strategic Direction

Centre for Population Health

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