2020-02-11 S&O Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Community Health and Wellbeing Plan 2019-2024

      unhealthy eating and physical inactivity
      tobacco smoking
      unsafe sun exposure.

Queensland Health has developed individual strategies to improve these behaviours over the next
4 years.


7.4      Local Governments role in the protection of public health
Local Governments have a range of statutory and non-statutory responsibilities to manage public
health, improve people’s quality of life and enhance community resilience. In this context a council
can use one or more of the following strategies to achieve desired public health outcomes.

      Partner – developing formal and informal relationships and alliances and working with
       others to achieve common goals;
      Provider – offering a range of services, support, infrastructure and facilities to
       individuals and groups;
      Planner – proactively planning for services and infrastructure, which respond to current
       and future needs and requirements;
      Advocate – raising awareness of State and Federal governments and other
       stakeholders of the issues and needs residents and businesses, as well as initiating or
       supporting campaigns and programs for positive change; and
      Regulator – providing governance and regulatory controls such as local laws and
       health and planning controls.
      Educator - raise community awareness and promote behavioural change
      Employer – has a responsible employer, council has a role to manage the health and
       safety of its employees

Noosa Council’s Statutory Role in Public Health Management

In Queensland, local government has direct public health responsibilities under the following
legislation:
     Food Act 2006
     Public Health Act 2005
     Public Health (Infection Control for Personal Appearances) Act 2003

Local government also has an important role in ensuring public health outcomes in the following
areas of legislation.
    Disaster Management Act 2003
    Environment Protection Act 1994
    Building Act 1975
    Sustainable Planning Act 2009
    Biosecurity Act 2014; and
    through the implementation of its own Local Laws

Noosa Council’s Non-Statutory Role in Public Health Management

The Queensland Health Report Public Health Management and Local Government Corporate
Planning March 2007, requires local governments to use community engagement and regional
health data to identify (PHM) strategies that protect and promote health. Typically, these relate to
health promotion and community development type activities. Council’s Social Strategy is an
example of this approach.
Some examples of non-statutory Public Health Management activities are as follows:



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