Building capacity for effective
health promotion action
in the Eastern Metropolitan Region
Action Plan July 1999 - June 2002The Eastern Metropolitan Region, Department of Human Services (the Department), recognises that a more integrated and coordinated approach to health promotion and illness prevention is critical to the long term well-being of the community. This plan illustrates the Department’s commitment to strengthen regional health promotion action in partnership with service providers.
The plan aims to facilitate the integration of health promotion principles and practice into the regions core activities and to strengthen regional coordination and capacity to prevent disease and injury and promote good health.
The regional health promotion action plan was developed via an extensive literature review, investigative projects and an extensive consultation process with the regions health promotion practitioners and service providers, culminating in the regional Health Promotion Forum held in March 1999.
The purpose of developing this plan is to have an agreed understanding of health promotion and a strategic coordinated approach to health promotion action across the region. The plan is focused on the foundations or infrastructure required for the region to effectively plan, purchase and deliver health promotion action.
This document is not the creation of a new concept for regional health promotion, rather it is building on the good work that is already being carried out in the region. The emphasis is on collaboration and partnerships and the way this approach can strengthen health promotion action.
The successful implementation of the plan strongly relies on a commitment to work collaboratively and a partnership approach to health promotion. It is hoped that this action plan will assist in developing future innovative health promotion activities across all sectors.
