Health Promotion

Integrated Health Promotion Catchment planning

Integrated Health Promotion (IHP) Catchment Planning is an initiative of Department of human Services (DHS). IHP Catchment Planning aims to:

• Move towards a population health approach to health promotion program delivery.
• Strengthen collaborative partnerships.
• Improve the quality of integrated approaches to health promotion planning, implementation and evaluation.

Vision Statement

The Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership will work collaboratively to empower communities Of Kingston and Bayside to optimise their health. Embracing the Social Model of Health, the Partnership will deliver quality Health Promotion Initiatives.

Summary Statement of Primary Care Partnership

The Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership members consider that the alliance is one of cooperation where integrated health promotion is a priority. There is a high level of trust between partners and the capacity to enhance the members for mutual benefit and a common purpose.

Department of Human Services

More information about Primary Care Partnerships can be found on the Department of Human Services, Victorian Government Health Information – Primary Care Partnerships webpage.

Supporting Rationale

Definition: Mental Health is the embodiment of social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Mental Health provides individuals with the vitality necessary for active living, to achieve goals and to interact with one another in ways that are respectful and just.

Goal:    To strengthen family and community connections in the Kingston Bayside Communities.

Target Groups: People aged 65 years and over and/or who have an age related disability

Young people: pregnant and parenting young women, secondary school students, homeless or ‘at risk’.

Objectives: By June 2009, Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership will have increased awareness about the relationship between teenage parenting and social connectedness in young people attending secondary schools in the Kingston Bayside area.
By March 2007 Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership will have identified two strategies to increase social connectedness of homeless and ‘at risk’ young people living in Kingston and Bayside.
By June 2007 Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership will identify two strategies to address social isolation in older people living in the Kingston and Bayside area.

Definition:
Physical activity is all movements in everyday life, including work, recreation, exercise, and sporting activities.  (World Health Organisation, 1997)

Goal:
To improve participation in physical activity in the Kingston and Bayside communities.

Target Group: 

• Planned Activity Group (PAG) clients/participants
• People with low participation rates in physical activity within Kingston and Bayside communities.

Objectives:

• By June 2007 people attending PAGs participating in the ‘Well for Life’ project in Kingston Bayside area, will have increased their participation in physical activity.
• By June 2007, the Kingston Bayside PCP will have identified at least one group that has limited access to physical activity opportunities in the Kingston Bayside area.

Definition:
Healthy eating is more than just eating nutritious foods. It also encompasses the inherent cultural, economic and social factors of buying and preparing food, and sharing it with others.”

Food security is regarded as the state in which all persons obtain nutritionally adequate, culturally acceptable, safe foods regularly through non-emergency resources. Food security broadens the traditional concept of hunger, embracing a systematic view of the causes of hunger and poor nutrition within a community while identifying the changes necessary to prevent their occurrence.

Goal:
To improve healthy eating in the Kingston and Bayside communities.

Target Group:
Kingston and Bayside communities (specific population groups to be identified in the planning process once partnership developed)

Objectives:

• By June 2007, Kingston/Bayside PCP will have agreed to work on a number of contributing factors that impact on food choices for people living in Kingston and Bayside.
• By December 2007, Kingston/Bayside PCP will have identified evidenced based strategies to promote healthy food choices for specific population groups.
• By December 2008, Kingston/Bayside PCP will have implemented at least 3 strategies identified in 2007.
• By December 2008, Kingston/Bayside PCP will have reviewed the food and nutrition plan and identified the objectives and strategies for 2009.

Funding information

Definition:
Participation occurs when consumers, carer’s and community members are meaningfully involved in decision making about health policy and planning, care and treatment and the well-being of themselves and the community. It is about having your say, thinking about why you believe in your views and listening to the views and ideas of others. In working together, decisions may include a range of perspectives.
Department of Human Services, (2005) Doing it with us not for us, Melbourne

Goal:
Community members are meaningfully involved in decision making and in the planning and delivery of health promotion activities.

Target Group:
Kingston Bayside PCP member agencies

Objectives:

• By October 2007 Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership will have a clear framework to support embedding community participation in health promotion activities.
• By March 2008 Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership will have reflected on the implementation and revised the Community Participation framework.

Mental Health and Community Connectedness

This working group started as the Depression and Older Persons Working Group under the priority area of mental health and wellbeing in the first Community Health plan. Due to the change of focus and structure the group has changed its name and is now more inclusive of population groups. The aim of this working group is to look at social inclusion and social isolation.

The group has produced a logo for use by agencies. Guidelines for use of the logo can be found here.

Future Focus for Youth

Future Focus for Youth Working group formed in late 2006. This group came together due to strong interest and commitment to “at risk” youth, particularly youth that were homeless or at risk of being homeless. Since forming the group has worked hard developing a partnership. The first activity was to do a Capacity Inventory of agencies. The next step was to do a focus group with young people. This has provided the group with a lot of information which they now have to work through and establish their direction. Young people have joined this group as community representatives. These are the first community representatives in any for the working groups except. These young people need continued support in their role and this is to be provided by their agency.

Talking Realities

Talking Realities ….young parenting is an innovative school based, peer education program developed in South Australia. The program trains young parents as peer educators to share their stories and experiences with other young people and in so doing offers a realistic awareness of the potential short and long term consequences of pregnancy and parenting at a young age. Kingston Bayside PCP purchased the program in 2004 with School Focused Youth Services funding, following which 3 year funding until June 2009 was secured through Dept Family, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. To find out more click here

Initiatives developed with KBPCP and now agency responsibility:

Physical Activity

Active for Life

Physical activity has been a priority in its own right since 2004. Prior to this it was connected to Mental Health and Well Being and this is when Southland Striders was first established. Physical Activity remains a priority for the 2006-2009 Community Health Plan.

Projects include:

Go for your life
Well for Life
Falls Prevention
Active Living
Physical Activity Service Directory

Initiatives developed with KBPCP and now agency responsibility:

Initiatives developed with KBPCP and now agency responsibility: