2018-12-11 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 11 - Draft Noosa Community Health & Wellbeing Plan 2019-2024

1. Executive Summary
The Community Health and Wellbeing Plan (the “Plan”) forms part of the Noosa Social Strategy,
and is to be read in partnership with Council’s Sustainability Principles, Environment Strategy,
Local Economic, Cultural and Sport and Active Recreation Plans.

This Plan aims to enhance the Noosa community wellbeing and quality of life by:
    promoting community understanding of the factors that influence community wellbeing and
       quality of life
    identifying health related issues specific to the Noosa population
    defining Council’s role in both the statutory and non-statutory areas of public health
       management
    identifying relevant stakeholders within the health sector, and
    developing a coordinated action plan with relevant stakeholders.

As a precursor to developing strategies and actions, Council in consultation with a group of
representatives from the health sector undertook a health needs assessment of the Noosa Shire
by:
     reviewing World Health Organization, Federal, and State health and wellbeing policies and
       strategies,
     conducting a demographic analysis, and
     examining relevant local data and statistics

This assessment identified a number of issues. These issues and subsequent management
strategies have been grouped into the following five themes:

Healthy Lifestyles

These are lifestyle issues targeting individual behaviors associated with diet, smoking, unhealthy
weight, sun exposure and substance abuse.

Healthy Communities

These are broad issues relating to the management of the community’s health rather than
individual health matters. They include communicable disease management, immunisation, child
and family health, vulnerable population groups, older age demographic, and the impacts of
disasters on communities.

Wellbeing

This area of focus is about general community liveability and connectedness. Key issues in this
theme include social connectedness, affordable housing, resilient families and communities,
mental health, and skills and employment.

Healthy Environments

This group of issues references how the built and natural environments impact on the health of
both individuals and communities more generally. They relate to land use planning, waste, water
and sanitation management, vector control, and food borne illness. There is also significant
research that connection to nature substantially improves one’s health and wellbeing.

Healthy Partnerships

Healthy partnerships examine how well key stakeholders work together to improve individual and
community outcomes. This theme looks at data sharing, service gaps, and strategic alignment.


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