Health Promotion

What is Health Promotion?
Health Promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.

Priority Areas
· Organisational Development
· Physical Activity
· Mental Wellbeing and Social Connectedness

Our Mission
To embrace a population health approach to work with the community as partners in health and wellbeing
· Health Promotion Vision
· Priority Setting Process

Did You Know? Barwon Health 'Staying healthy at any age' fact sheets

The Community Engagement Committee, led by Barwon Health’s Chair, has determined the need for a series of health promotion fact sheets to engage and educate the community and to help people to lead healthier lives. A healthier community would help to ease the pressure on our health system.

The committee wanted to increase awareness of Barwon Health services and to provide an identifiable and tangible resource for the community. The fact sheets target specific key age groups, which people are more likely to identify with.

Each fact sheet will cover the following areas:

• Regional snapshot
• Common health issues
• Healthy living tips
• Barwon Health services
• Relevant services

The general key messages that will be incorporated over the next 12 months are:

· Barwon Health provides support for the community through every stage of life,

· That a healthy lifestyle helps to prevent chronic illness from childhood to aged,

· There are common health issues dependent on your age.