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

8. Priority issues
The following issues were identified by the Health Reference group as being of priority to the
Noosa Community in the development of this plan.

      Food safety
           o Particularly in restaurants and outdoor markets
      Vector control
           o Prevention of mosquito borne diseases
      Skin Cancer prevention
           o Lack of shade in public spaces and sport and recreation facilities
      Smoking
           o Promoting no smoking in all public places
      Violence and Domestic Violence
           o Particularly related to drug and alcohol abuse
      Aging population
           o Need to identify health risks for ageing populations
           o Social isolation
      Nutrition
           o Obesity
           o Diabetes
      Immunisation
           o Falling immunization rates on the Sunshine Coast are of concern
      Mental illness
           o Homelessness
           o Youth suicide
      Transport
           o Residents without private transport have difficulty accessing health services. e.g.
               travelling to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in Birtinya.
      Affordability
           o High costs of rent/accommodation
           o Increase in costs of living.
      Access to outreach and community health services
           o Access to information about health issues
           o Identifying where services are located in the Shire and what services are lacking
      Natural environment
           o The opportunity to better leverage health outcomes by using Noosa’s pristine
               natural environment, clean air, green space and waterways.
           o Promote the benefits of outdoor recreational activities.
      Employment
           o Diversification of the economy
           o Youth unemployment
           o Economic downturn can lead to redundancies triggering depression, alcoholism,
               domestic violence etc.
      Partnership approach
           o Health issues are best tackled proactively with a multi-agency approach
      Learning from others
           o Noosa can learn valuable lessons from the development of Community Health &
               Wellbeing plans and strategies in other states and regions particularly Victoria and
               WA.




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