Action plans

Page contents: Action Plan for January 2007 - June 2008 | Progress report

Victorian Women’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy Action Plans showcase a range of departmental and funded agency initiatives to improve women’s health and wellbeing. Initiatives will focus on the three priority action areas of mental health and wellbeing, sexual and reproductive health and social connectedness.

Action Plan for January 2007 - June 2008

The Action Plan for January 2007- June 2008 profiles 66 initiatives that the Department of Human Services and its funded agencies are implementing, across health, aged care, disability, mental health and drugs services, housing, and children’s, youth and family services.

Action Plan for January 2007- June 2008 (575kb, pdf)

Progress report

The Victorian Women’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy (VWHWS) Stage Two January 2007 – June 2008 Action plan progress report profiles the progression and demonstrated benefits of the initiatives documented in VWHWS Action plan January 2007 – June 2008.

The sixty five initiatives range from statewide projects to local grass roots/self help actions operating in a variety of settings throughout 2007 and 2008 .

Demonstrated benefits to women’s health and wellbeing include:

• Improved physical, social and emotional health and wellbeing
• Improved responsiveness of services to women’s needs
• Safer and more secure environments
• Stronger community connections
• Greater capacity to support family members
• More employment and training opportunities
• Greater capacity to self care and seek support for depression and anxiety
• More informed sexual health choices.

Download report:

Victorian Women’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy (VWHWS) Stage Two January 2007 – June 2008 Action plan progress report (128kb, pdf)

Download sections of the report:

Key successes: Victorian Women’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy (VWHWS) Stage Two January 2007 – June 2008 Action plan progress report (40kb, pdf)

Mental health and wellbeing - Victorian Women’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy (VWHWS) Stage Two January 2007 – June 2008 Action plan progress report (58kb, pdf)

Sexual and reproductive health - Victorian Women’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy (VWHWS) Stage Two January 2007 – June 2008 Action plan progress report (50kb, pdf)

Social connectedness - Victorian Women’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy (VWHWS) Stage Two January 2007 – June 2008 Action plan progress report (47kb, pdf)

For further information, please contact:

Meg Gulbin
Diversity Unit, Social Policy Branch
Department of Human Services
Telephone: (61 3) 9096 8611
Fax: (61 3) 9096 8899
Email: Meg.Gulbin@dhs.vic.gov.au

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