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Global Ideas, Local Innovations
Municipal Public Health Planning State Conference 2004
9 November 2004
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Overview
The Centre Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe, Victoria
This one-day conference coordinated by the Partnership Development Section, Public Health highlighted and celebrated leading edge work undertaken by Victorian local governments in planning for healthier environments.
The conference looked at current global activities related to healthy planning and the WHO Healthy Cities and Communities approach.
Victorian councils involved in the second round of Good Practice funding shared their experiences. Topics included: indicators of sustainability and health, integrated planning, collaborating with other councils and external partners, and community participation.
In the spirit of the Year of the Built Environment the conference also addressed current issues in the role of urban design and the built form in contributing to active, healthy communities.
Content
| Morning Plenary |
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Presenter |
| Welcome and overview |
 Monica Kelly, Manager Partnership Development, Department of Human Services (8kb, pdf)
Chair: Theonie Tacticos, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne (8kb, pdf) |
 Whole of council approach to public health planning: City of Greater Shepparton, Winner: Public Health Award for Innovation, 2003 (131kb, MS Powerpoint) |
Cr. Anne McCamish, Mayor (8kb, pdf)
Dennis Wapling, Manager Community Building & Development (9kb, pdf) |
| The global picture for healthy cities (80kb, MS Powerpoint) |
Dr Iain Butterworth, Visiting Senior Fellow, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University (13kb, pdf) |
Concurrent sessions |
Theme: Collaborating with other councils and external partners
Presentations:
- Healthier Communities: from town, to country, to coast (51kb, MS Powerpoint)
Presenter: South Coast Health Care, Bass Coast and South Gippsland Shire Councils (18kb, pdf)
- Grampians Pyrenees Healthy Communities Plan (1.3mb, MS Powerpoint)
Presenter: Ararat Rural Council, Pyrenees & Northern Grampians Shire Councils (14kb, pdf)
Facilitator: Neville Maddox, Public Health Manager, Hume Region, Dept of Human Services |
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Theme: Indicators of health and wellbeing
Presentations:
- Community Health, Wellbeing and Social Capital Indicators Project (155kb, MS Powerpoint)
Presenter: Colac Otway Shire Council (19kb, pdf)
- Healthy Environments to Look Forward To (1.8mb, MS Powerpoint)
Presenter: Port Phillip City Council (20kb, pdf)
- Indicators of community strength in Victoria (970kb, MS Powerpoint)
Presenter: Jeanette Pope, Department for Victorian Communities
Facilitator: Dr Michael Ackland, Manager, Health Surveillance & Evaluation, Dept of Human Services (8kb, pdf) |
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Theme: Community Participation
Presentations:
- Community Strengthening for Health (1.3mb, MS Powerpoint)
Presenter: Greater Dandenong City Council (23kb, pdf)
- Nillumbik Community Planning Think Tank – community consultation and capacity building (109kb, MS Powerpoint)
Presenter: Nillumbik Shire Council (22kb, pdf)
- DAREBINHealth Stories (624kb, MS Powerpoint)
Presenter: Darebin City Council (16kb, pdf)
Facilitator: Helen Jordan, Lecturer, Program Evaluation Unit, University of Melbourne (9kb, pdf) |
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Theme: Putting health on the agenda within council
Presentations:
- Integrating public health and strategic planning (49kb, MS Powerpoint)
Presenter: Stonnington City Council (21kb, pdf)
- Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: Developing community and staff in the municipal public health planning process (179kb, MS Powerpoint)
Presenter: Whitehorse City Council (10kb, pdf)
- The Future Together (68kb, MS Powerpoint)
Presenter: Mount Alexander & Central Goldfields Shire Councils (24kb, pdf)
Facilitator: Neville Kurth, Manager Health & Aged Services, City of Whittlesea (9kb, pdf)
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Afternoon Plenary |
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Presenter |
| Making a difference in the built environment |
Chair: Mike Scott, Director of Planisphere (10kb, pdf) |
| Changing rural and regional demographics and implications for health and land use planning (94kb, MS Powerpoint) |
Professor Trevor Budge, President, Planning Institute Australia (Victoria) (8kb, pdf) |
| An urban planner's reflections on Healthy by Design (Heart Foundation resource) (1mb, MS Powerpoint) |
Greg Pollock, Manager Planning, Beca Planning (8kb, pdf) |
| Health in public places–Launch of the Art and Environment Scheme report |
Dee Basinski, VicHealth
John McLeod, McLeod Nelson & Associates |
Conference documents
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