Keeping People Healthy

NSW Health is committed to promoting good health through raising awareness of healthy choices, preventing ill health, and improving the overall health and wellbeing of the community. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to keep people healthy and well, and this is reflected in our approach to addressing chronic and other health conditions. A person-centred approach, and recognition of the broader influences affecting health, ensures we provide care that works for and is likely to deliver the best outcomes for that person.

This award acknowledges innovative projects and programs which promote:

• reducing negative health impacts through improvements in environmental health
• providing people with accessible information to support individuals, families and communities to make healthy lifestyle choices
• closing the gap in Aboriginal health outcomes by prioritising care and programs for Aboriginal people
• improving lifestyles by targeting public health priorities such as tobacco, drugs and alcohol use, physical activity and attaining healthy weight, infectious disease, oral health, diabetes prevention, and addressing harmful risk factors
• identifying and improving health outcomes for at risk groups, e.g. children, youth, older people, workers and disadvantaged groups
• primary, secondary and population health prevention
• the integration of the CORE values in promoting healthy living
• preventing, preparing, and responding and recovering from pandemic and other threats to population health
• working collaboratively across health disciplines with partner agencies and organisations to address social determinants of health, and improve health outcomes for patients.