Keeping People Healthy

​​​​​NSW Health is committed to keeping people healthy by investing in ways we can prevent ill health and tackle health inequality in our communities.   

Some 38 per cent of the disease burden is preventable and due to modifiable risk factors, such as tobacco use, being overweight or obese, high blood pressure or poor diet.*​

Addressing some of these health issues as part of everyday clinical practice, will strengthen the opportunity for people to benefit from wellness no matter​ what age, and relieve some pressure on the system.

This award acknowledges innovative, high-quality and evidence-based initiatives that:

• embed evidence-based prevention in clinical service 
• use evidence to inform high value prevention 
• establish the mandate for preventative care in clinical service 
• embed prevention approaches within our clinical services such as enhancing access to screening services, adjusting referral pathways and reviewing models of care
• improve lifestyles by targeting public health priorities such as childhood obesity, physical activity, smoking cessation, diabetes prevention, immunisation, drug and alcohol use, infectious diseases and oral health
• prevent, prepare, respond and rec​over from emerging threats to population health
  
• work collaboratively across health disciplines with partner agencies and organisations t​o address so​ci​al determinants of health and improve health outcomes for patients.​​​
  

*AIHW, Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015​​​