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Annual Report 2002-03 ANNUAL REPORT 2002-2003 3520 VCH AnnRep_03_FA.qxd 17/10/03 4:46 PM Page 3 Young people: A target group for health promoting programs Cover Image: During a person’s life, participating in healthy environments will encourage good health Chair’s Board of CEO’s Investments Case studies Social connection report governance report at a glance 04 06 08 10 12 14 Participation Diversity Healthy Health Funded projects Financial environments inequalities statements 18 22 26 30 38 63 www.vichealth.vic.gov.au 03 3520 VCH AnnRep_03_FA.qxd 17/10/03 4:46 PM Page 4 Over the past year VicHealth has seen a range Though we farewelled three Board members of healthy changes. Some of these have been at the changeover, we welcome five new Some Major Achievements – 2002-2003 at the operational level, involving an exhaustive appointments, to include replacements for CHAIR’S REPORT planning and consultative process with all staff intercurrent vacancies. David Hill replaces Walking School Bus Program expands members, aligning structure with function. Rob Burton as the Director of the Cancer From four local councils and 13 schools to Inevitably, as with all such processes, job Council of Victoria; Glenn Bowes, previously 33 local councils and 145 schools the Walking descriptions change and people move on: to Director of the VicHealth Centre for Adolescent School Bus Program promoted physical activity Yvonne Robinson, Julia Shelley, Sue Murray Health, and then CEO of the Royal Children’s and mental health and wellbeing. and Nita Eng I would like to offer the VicHealth Hospital, now Stevenson Professor of Board’s thanks for the work they have put in, Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne; Campaign to promote mental health and the successes that they have brought to Leanne Grantham, Telstra Business Woman of and wellbeing the organisation. the Year 1997 and former CEO of Melbourne Launch of phase 2 of Together We Do Better 2002 World Masters Games (with Leanne and In terms of the Board, the changes have been campaign promoted participation with a media Lindsay Gaze we’re well on the way to even more marked. Apart from our political campaign throughout Victoria that reached becoming a major basketball strength); Judith party member appointees, the term of office 96% of Victorians aged 18 and above during Slocombe, Telstra Business Woman of the Year of all VicHealth Board members expired on the April – June launch period. 2001, founder of Victorian Veterinary Pathology 31 March 2003. We advertised in late 2002, Services and now a senior manager with receiving 90 expressions of interest, from which Research and Fellowship Program Gribbles; and John Howie, Managing Partner 11 candidates were interviewed by a panel VicHealth now invests in eight senior research of Howie & Maher, Solicitors, and Director of including departmental and VicHealth fellows, 10 public health research fellows and VicSport. A great team, broadly representative representatives. The panel’s recommendations eight public health scholarships to investigate and already committed to the things VicHealth were conveyed to the Minister on 3 January. health issues and provide more evidence for stands for. our program development and training. This As noted elsewhere in the annual report, the Though new staff and Board members are the is in addition to ten NHMRC Scholarships mills of God ground very slowly, and while an life blood of any organisation, public or private, that receive additional VicHealth funding. orderly hand-over was completed at the end of some degree of corporate memory is also by March, we were technically inquorate until late most accounts a good thing. To this end we Leading the Way July. The retiring members included all three of have been successful in our representations to Resource package including training for local our political colleagues over many years – Ron the Minister to institute a system of staggered government designed to build healthier Best, who had served since VicHealth’s appointments, so that the Board can be communities has now been taken up by 70% inception; Gerald Ashman; and Jenny Lindell. refreshed in terms, say, of two new of Victorian Councils after being launched in Our new Members of Parliament, elected at a appointments each year. Tim Jacobs and I 2001-2002. joint sitting when Parliament resumed early in sought reappointment for one year only, and the year, are Maxine Morand, MLA for Mount will thus retire as of 31 March 2004; already Research symposium Waverley, from the Labor Party; Hugh there have been over 50 expressions of interest Over 200 people attended VicHealth’s two-day Delahunty, MLA for Lowan, from the National for the two places – in arts, and in health – Public Health and Health Promotion Research Party; and Bill Forwood, MLC for Templestowe, with interviews scheduled for November 2003. symposium in March 2003. from the Liberal Party. To these three new I would thus like to take this opportunity to members, thank Tim for his outstanding contributions to New Board members who already have made lively and substantial the organisation, and most particularly for the The successful orientation of eight new contributions to the VicHealth Board, a very insights he brought to the Board in terms of Board members during 2002-2003. sincere welcome; and to the retiring elected internal operations and external networking. members, our very sincere thanks. I would also like to take this opportunity, in Out of School Hours program We also farewelled three of our longest-serving my last report as Chair, to thank Rob Moodie The Out of School Hours Pilot Program – appointed members – Robert Burton, upon his and his staff for the passion, the commitment a joint initiative between VicHealth and the resignation as Director of the Cancer Council of and the effectiveness which they bring to Australian Sports Commission designed to Victoria; Helen Herrman, from the Department health promotion in Victoria – and, it must increase physical activity - was launched in of Psychological Medicine at St Vincent’s be said, nationally and internationally – and August, 2002. Targeting primary-school-aged Hospital; and Graeme Ryan, formerly Dean of to commend to the Minister and Parliament children there are already 30 after-school care the Faculty of Medicine at Melbourne University, of Victoria this fantastic initiative, now in the services running the program in Victoria. and CEO of the Inner Health Network. All three full flight of its maturity. of these very highly qualified medical Children of parents with a mental illness practitioners contributed in myriad ways over VicHealth, the Mental Health Branch of DHS, the years – to the research program and to and beyond blue: the depression initiative mental health promotion, in particular. To them, partnered to fund two projects that will and to the continuing appointed members on contribute evidence to the area of supporting Professor John Funder Chair the Board – Jane Fenton, Tim Jacobs, Elaine children of parents with a mental illness. Canty, Belinda Jakiel and Lindsay Gaze – VicHealth owes a considerable debt of thanks. “Over the past year VicHealth has seen a range of healthy changes”. 04 VICHEALTH ANNUAL REPORT 2002-2003 www.vichealth.vic.gov.au 05 3520 VCH AnnRep_03_FA.qxd 17/10/03 4:46 PM Page 6 LINE 1 L – R: PROFESSOR JOHN FUNDER, MS JANE FENTON, PROFESSOR GLENN BOWES LINE 2 L – R: MS ELAINE CANTY, MR HUGH DELAHUNTY, HON. BILL FORWOOD LINE 3 L – R: MR LINDSAY GAZE, MS LEEANNE GRANTHAM, PROFESSOR DAVID HILL LINE 4 L – R: MR JOHN HOWIE, MR TIM JACOBS, MS BELINDA JAKIEL VICHEALTH BOARD OF GOVERNANCE LINE 5 L – R: MS MAXINE MORAND, DR JUDITH SLOCOME Chairman Mr Lindsay Gaze Ms Belinda Jakiel Professor John Funder Lindsay Gaze is coach of the Melbourne Belinda Jakiel is a Wotjobaluk woman born John Funder is a senior fellow at Prince Tigers in Australia’s National Basketball League and raised in Ballarat. She currently works Henry’s Institute of Medical Research at (NBL), a member of the Sport Australia Hall as business manager at Athlete Development Monash Medical Centre and a Professorial of Fame Board, and one of Australia’s most Australia, is a qualified teacher, and an elite Fellow at the Centre for Neuroscience at the prominent and experienced coaches. athlete. Her professional experience has University of Melbourne. He was Director of the He represented Australia in basketball as involved extensive work with young people, Baker Medical Research Institute, working in a player in three Olympics and as a coach Indigenous communities and high-risk groups. the areas of endocrinology and cardiovascular in four Olympics. disease, 1999-2001. He holds a number of Ms Maxine Morand national and international positions in the Ms Leeanne Grantham medical research area. Maxine Morand, MLA for Mount Waverley, Leeanne Grantham is the former CEO of is a Labor Party member of State Parliament. Ms Jane Fenton the Melbourne 2002 World Masters Games Maxine has spent her working life in public and the Women’s National Basketball League health. She spent some years in public Jane Fenton is the principal of Fenton and was National and State Telstra Business hospitals, before taking a research position Communications, a strategic communications Woman of the Year in 1997. at the Cancer Council of Victoria, working in consultancy. She is a fellow of the Public behavioural research. Maxine worked for three Relations Institute of Australia, a Life Governor Professor David Hill years as an advisor to the previous Minister of Very Special Kids and a Director of the for Health before being elected to Parliament Murdoch Children‘s Research Institute. David Hill is Director of The Cancer Council of in 2002. Victoria. He is one of Australia’s leading public Professor Glenn Bowes health researchers, and is widely regarded as a Dr Judith Slocombe leading international expert in social marketing Glenn Bowes is Stevenson Professor and Head, and public health campaigns.
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