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Our Work - Health Promotion
Projects
Culturally and Linguistcally Diverse (CALD) Child & Family Working Group
In Victoria local government, community and women's health and primary care partnerships are required by legislative or funding agreements to develop three or four year strategic public health/ integrated health promotion plans for their communities.
A unique opportunity emerged for us post June 2009 when the planning cycles in Kingston and Bayside aligned for the first time. This presented an exciting opportunity to undertake a truly collaborative planning process, to ensure common health and wellbeing priorities and effective integrated health promotion activity across Kingston and Bayside.
As a result of this collaborative planning process, the Kingston Bayside Health and Wellbeing Strategic Directions 2009-2013 were developed. The Strategic Directions state the 'Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing' as one of three strategic priorities for Kingston and Bayside as well as outlining key population groups and priority neighbourhoods which include children and families and the Clayton South / Clarinda area.
A Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Child and Family Working Group was formed to address this key priority. A literature search was conducted to develop a sound project rationale in order to best meet the needs of this key community.
Download Project Rationale & Literature Review...
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Oral Health Literacy
The Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership with member agencies, Bentleigh Bayside Community Health and Central Bayside Community Health Services initiated a project to identify whether the provision of clear and simple written material would improve oral health literacy of key oral health promoting messages. This model is being used in an attempt to address the gap in available resources targeting oral health promotion in adults compared to children. The outcome of this project will contribute to the evidence base in oral health promotion. In particular, the value in using Community Health Dental Health Services, as a setting to reach those people who may be among those who have the highest levels of oral health disease.
Oral health surveys were disseminated to adult dental clients on the waiting list at Bentleigh Bayside Community Health and Central Bayside Community Health Services. Dental health information was mailed to 500 clients in addition to the survey. The educational material increased the level of knowledge regarding oral health practices, when compared to a second group who did not receive this information. It can be concluded that by providing oral health information, awareness of good oral health practices is increased. Due to the lack of information available to adults in the community regarding oral health care, more resources need to be developed and more education delivered to prevent oral health diseases in the adult population.
Download Oral Health Literacy Project– Empowering Adults to Make Healthy Choices FINAL REPORT 2011...
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Problem Gambling
Gambler's Help Southern previously developed and implemented a Women's Health and Wellbeing Program targeting Vietnamese and Cambodian women in the City of Greater Dandenong that has been running since 2003/2004.
This program consisted of six information sessions presented over a six-week period. Each session has a particular focus on a health and wellbeing related topic and includes a guest speaker from various organisations. One of the sessions in each program is dedicated to gambling in Victoria.
The evaluation of this program has demonstrated positive outcomes in terms of increased knowledge, increased awareness of local services and increase social connections in the community. The model was presented and accepted by the Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership member agencies, because while providing a vehicle for raising awareness of gambling in Victoria, it allowed for the needs of the community to be identified and addressed through the remaining information sessions and provided an opportunity for social participation and connections within the community.
The program was adopted and modified to pilot with a group of multicultural women from Clayton South and Clarinda during 2009. The program successfully engaged 15 women from diverse backgrounds to attend a four-week program with positive outcomes.
A gap was identified by the partnership regarding the needs of multicultural men in the Clayton South and Clarinda area. The model has not been used previously with men. Using a similar approach the Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership decided to pilot the model with Multicultural Men during 2010.
The Department of Justice Problem Gambling Primary Care Partnership Program has been identified in the Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership Integrated Health Promotion Plan for 2009-2012 under the priority area 'Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing'. See attached action plan for 2009/2010. Project management and governance arrangements are in accordance with all Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership projects. A Problem Gambling Working Group has been established to manage the implementation and evaluation of the project and reports to the Mental Health Promotion Committee.
Australian Health Promotion Association - 20th National Conference
Cairns Convention Centre | 10-13 April 2011
Successful Partnership Projects With CALD Communities
Kingston Bayside PCP and Gambler’s Help Southern
MyTien Lam, Gambler’s Help Southern, VIC and Terry Lazzarotto, Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership, VIC
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Conference program...
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Talking Realties
Talking Realities is an innovative, school based, peer education program originally developed in South Australia.
The program grew out of a desire by young mothers to pass onto other young people, information about what it’s really like to be a parent at a young age.
The program recruits, supports, trains and employs young parents (under 23 years) as peer educators to present the program to other young people.
KBPCP purchased the program in 2004 with funds provided by School Focused Youth Services and modified it in response to local needs and circumstances. With ongoing funding, the program was conducted through KBPCP until 2009 when it then transferred to Lantern.
An evaluation of the program is available for download below.
Talking Realities…..young parenting: A peer education program.
An evaluation of three years of implementation in Victoria, 2005-2008...
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