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

Theme 1: Healthy Lifestyles

Objective(s): Promote community awareness of healthy lifestyle options and enhance access to a range of public health and life skill programs

 Strategies
       a.   Provide and support programs that aim to reduce risk factors associated with preventable diseases identified by the Federal and State
            Governments
       b.   Support Queensland Health to disseminate information on positive health behaviours to the community through a variety of
            communication channels
       c.   Advocate for the development and implementation of public health and life skill programs to the State and Federal Governments
            where requirements or gaps are identified


Target Area:          1.1 Smoking

Lead Agency:          Queensland Health

Aim:                  Reduce the occurrence and impact of smoking on the community

 Priority Actions                                   Noosa Council’s Role            Key Partners                            Timelines

 a. Review and amend Council’s local laws           a. Regulator through Local         Queensland Health                   a. Medium
    which prohibit activities in Local                 Laws                            Department of Education
    Government controlled areas and                                                    Department of Aboriginal & Torres   b. Ongoing
    Roads to reduce the impact of                                                       Strait Islander Partnerships
    secondary smoking                                                                  Department of Health (Fed)          c. Ongoing
 b. Support programs that enhance                                                      Cancer Council
                                                    b. Educator                        Heart Foundation
    community awareness of benefits of
    being smoke free                                                                   Quitline
 c. Support the dissemination of                                                       No “durry for this murri”
                                                    c. Partner                                                              d. Short
    information on the dangers of smoking
    to the community through a variety of
    communication channels.



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