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Healthy Built Environment Activities in NSW: a Status Review June 2013 Healthy Built Environment Activities in NSW: A status review June 2013 Healthy Built Environment Activities in New South Wales: A status review Prepared by: The Healthy Built Environments Program (HBEP), City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of the Built Environment The University of New South Wales © Healthy Built Environments Program, June 2013 Copies of this report can be downloaded for free from the Healthy Built Environments Program’s web site: http://www.be.unsw.edu.au/programs/healthy-built-environments- program/reports Acknowledgements This report was prepared by HBEP Research Associate, Dr Jennifer Kent. Dr Klaus Gebel obtained UNSW ethics clearance for the project and administered the on-line survey. Ms Rhonda Matthews, Ministry of Health, provided useful comments on the survey questions. The project was overseen by HBEP Director, A/Professor Susan Thompson. HBEP Research Assistant, Ms Emily Mitchell, provided general assistance on different aspects of the project. Healthy Built Environment Activities in NSW, June 2013 i Contents List of Appendices ..................................................................................................................... iv List of Tables and Figures .......................................................................................................... iv List of Abbreviations .................................................................................................................. v Executive Summary .................................................................................................................... 1 1.0 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Scope ................................................................................................................................ 2 2.0 Method ................................................................................................................................ 3 2.1 Defining Healthy Built Environments (HBEs) Work ......................................................... 3 2.2 Initial Data Collection ....................................................................................................... 3 2.3 On-line Survey .................................................................................................................. 4 3.0 Results .................................................................................................................................. 6 3.1 Basic Characteristics......................................................................................................... 6 3.1.1 Organisational type………………………………………………………………………………………………6 3.1.2 Organisation field ...................................................................................................... 6 3.1.3 Involvement and non-involvement with HBEs. ........................................................ 7 3.2 Characteristics of HBE Activities ...................................................................................... 8 3.2.1 Length of time involved in HBE activities ................................................................. 8 3.2.2 Type of activity .......................................................................................................... 9 3.2.3 HBE domain ............................................................................................................. 10 3.2.4 Target demographic population ............................................................................. 12 3.2.5 Target geographic population................................................................................. 13 3.3 Management and Prioritisation of HBE Activities ......................................................... 13 Healthy Built Environment Activities in NSW, June 2013 ii 3.3.1 Evaluation and partnerships ................................................................................... 14 3.3.2 Measurements of success ....................................................................................... 14 3.3.3 Dissemination of results and information .............................................................. 15 3.3.4 Funding ................................................................................................................... 16 4.0 Key Conclusions ................................................................................................................. 17 4.1 Study Limitations ........................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Developing Knowledge of HBE Activities in NSW………………………………………………………17 4.2.1 Key conclusions – Developing knowledge of HBE activities in NSW ...................... 18 4.3 Identifying Gaps in HBE Activities Across NSW………………………………………………………….18 4.3.1 Domain focus .......................................................................................................... 19 4.3.2 Geographic focus .................................................................................................... 20 4.3.3 Demographic focus ................................................................................................. 21 4.3.4 Key Conclusions - Identifying gaps in HBE activities across NSW…………………………21 4.4 Information Sharing and Consolidation ......................................................................... 22 4.4.1 Key Conclusions – Information Sharing and Consolidation .................................... 23 References ............................................................................................................................... 24 Healthy Built Environment Activities in NSW, June 2013 iii List of Appendices Appendix 1: Membership of the HBEP Advisory Board ........................................................... 25 Appendix 2: Organisations active in the HBE area .................................................................. 26 Appendix 3: Ethics Approval .................................................................................................... 43 Appendix 4: Survey instrument ............................................................................................... 48 Appendix 5: Results from all survey questions ........................................................................ 63 List of Tables and Figures Table 1: Organisational type ...................................................................................................... 6 Table 2: Organisation field ......................................................................................................... 7 Table 3: Time involved in HBE activities by organisation type .................................................. 8 Table 4: Time involved in HBE activities by organisational focus .............................................. 9 Table 5: Type of HBE activity ................................................................................................... 10 Table 6: HBE by domain ........................................................................................................... 11 Table 7: HBE by domain and organisation type ....................................................................... 11 Table 8: Target demographic population of HBE activities ..................................................... 12 Table 9: Target demographic population of HBE activities and organisation type ................. 12 Table 10: Target geographic location of HBE activities and organisation type ....................... 13 Table 11: Perceived achievements from HBEs work ............................................................... 14 Table 12: Dissemination methods for HBE activity results and information .......................... 15 Table 13: Dissemination methods for HBE activity and organisation type ............................. 16 Table 14: Funding source ......................................................................................................... 16 Figure 1: Domain focus in research compared to HBE activities “on the ground” ................. 19 Healthy Built Environment Activities in NSW, June 2013 iv Abbreviations HBE Healthy built environment HBEP Healthy Built Environments Program LHD NSW Local Health District NGO Non Government Organisation NHF National Heart Foundation NSW New South Wales UNSW The University of New South Wales Healthy Built Environment Activities in NSW, June 2013 v Executive Summary This report has been prepared by the Healthy Built Environments Program (HBEP) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). It aims to ‘map’ the activities currently delivered in NSW to support a healthy built environment (HBE). In December 2012, 81 organisations considered as potentially active in the HBE area were invited to participate in an on-line survey about their work in these areas. Forty six responses were received, indicating a 57.5% response rate. Most organisations involved in HBEs are government agencies. Academic institutions, private organisations and NGOs are also active in this area. Most organisations have been working in activities related to HBEs for at least five years. Their work is often undertaken in collaboration with a network of other organisations. Although activities are generally connected to organisational priority areas, they are rarely
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