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

Theme 2: Healthy Communities
Objective(s): Healthier communities as a result of effective and targeted health initiatives

 Strategies
       a.   Identify ways to better prevent, manage and control communicable diseases and address gaps and/or duplication of services
       b.      Use data from surveillance systems which monitor communicable disease occurrence to focus prevention, management and control
               activities
       c.      Disseminate information on communicable disease prevention programs to the community through a variety of communication
               channels
       d.      Improve health of target populations
       e.      Enhance community resilience to disaster events


Target Area:           2.1 Communicable Disease

Lead Agency:           Queensland Health

Aim:                   Better management of communicable diseases

 Actions                                              Council’s Role                    Key Partners                           Timelines

 a. Support and maintain systems to                   a. Partner with Qld Health              Queensland Health               a. Ongoing
    monitor communicable diseases                                                             Department of Aboriginal &
 b. Support Queensland Health to                                                               Torres Strait Islander
    disseminate information on                        b. Educator                              Partnerships                    b. Ongoing
    communicable disease prevention                                                           Department of Communities,
    programs to the community through a                                                        Disability Services & Seniors
    variety of communication channels,                                                        Central Queensland Wide Bay &
    including Noosa Council website,                                                           Sunshine Coast Primary Health
    community newsletters, and other                                                           Network
    media                                                                                     Neighbourhood &
 c. Minimise the impact of traveler/visitor                                                    Community Organisations
    borne diseases on the Shire                       c. Partner with Qld Health                                               c. Ongoing
                                                                                              Tourism Noosa
 d. Ensure that high risk businesses (e.g.

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