Evidence into Practice: SA Strategic Plan Overweight & Obesity Target

Seminar organised by the Department of Health, Health Promotion Branch on December 12, 2005

PRESENTATIONS (Adobe PDF)

1. Overweight and obesity and achieving the SA Strategic Plan target

Jim Birch, Chief Executive, Department of Health

Evidence to support why we need to be working in the area of overweight and obesity:

2. International and Australian Perspective

Mark Williams, Chief Project Officer, Physical Activity, Health Promotion Branch, Department of Health

3. The Picture of SA and the Regions

Anne Taylor, Manager, Population Research and Outcome Studies Unit, Department of Health

4. Data on South Australian 4 year olds

Bob Volkmer, Strategic Manager, Service Improvement for Children, Children, Youth and Women’s Health Service

5. What’s happening in Healthy Weight Promotion: Why we do what we are doing?

Michele Herriot, Director, Health Promotion Branch, Department of Health

6. Healthy Weight from perspective of Children, Youth and Women’s Health Service

Alison Smith, Director, Health Promotion, Children, Youth and Women’s Health Service

Presentation is on CYWHS healthy weight initiatives, focusing on children and families and other relevant and related statewide initiatives

7. Healthy Weight from a Community Perspective

Nadia Mastersson, Manager, Eat Well Be Active Community Programs, Noarlunga Health Service

The Eat Well Be Active Community program is based in 2 regions – Murray Bridge and Morphett Vale. This initiative is funded by Dept of Health over 3 years and is extremely important as it is part of building the evidence for healthy weight initiatives in this state. Through this project, links are being developed to other similar projects in other states across Australia
The focus of this presentation is on the community consultations the project has just completed, telling us what the people in these communities are saying they want to happen around healthy weight.

8. Regional action to support Healthy Weight Initiatives

Michele Herriot, Director, Health Promotion Branch, Department of Health

What might a population based regional approach look like?

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