Australia: the healthiest country by 2020
National Preventative Health Strategy – the roadmap for action

Chapter 1: Building preventative health in Australian communities

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Table of contents

Chapter 1: Table of contents


1. Vision, purpose and call to action
    1.1 Making healthy choices easier choices
    1.2 Prevention is everyone’s business
2. Australia’s response to the call to action
    2.1 Feedback from consultations
    2.2 Building on current prevention activity
3. The need for action
    3.1 The burden of disease – a focus on obesity, tobacco and alcohol
    3.2 Outcomes for Australia
4. What we know: prevention works
    4.1 About prevention
    4.2 Prevention gets results
5. Taking action
    5.1 A phased approach
      Obesity
      Tobacco
      Alcohol
      Supporting infrastructure for all phases
6. A conceptual framework for the Strategy
    6.1 Influencing markets
    6.2 Inequities in health
    6.3 Developing effective policies
    6.4 Investing for maximum benefit
7. The roadmap for prevention
    7.1 The roadmap
    7.2 Principles
    7.3 Targets and indicators
    7.4 Staging change
    7.5 Strategic directions
      i. Shared responsibility – developing strategic partnerships
      ii. Act early and throughout life
      iii. Engage communities
      iv. Influence markets and develop connected and coherent policies
      v. Reduce inequity through targeting disadvantage
      vi. Indigenous Australians – contribute to ‘Close the Gap’
      vii. Refocus primary health care towards prevention
8. Ensuring effective implementation
    8.1 Building and sustaining infrastructure
    8.2 National Prevention Agency
    8.3 Social marketing
    8.4 Data, surveillance and monitoring
    8.5 National prevention research infrastructure
    8.6 Workforce development
    8.7 Future funding models for prevention
9. Conclusion – a call to action
References

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