Healthy Communities Unit We work with communities to create environments that HEALTH PROMOTION IS... promote health. the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their The Healthy Communities Unit recognise that health is health. It moves beyond a not just an outcome of individual behaviour choices. focus on individual behaviour We work with the whole of community in the places towards a wide range of social and environmental they live, learn, work and play. We develop, implement interventions. and evaluate health promotion initiatives using a range The World Health of strategies: Organisation, 2015. Health Policies Social Marketing Advocacy Health Education Structural and Workforce Development Environmental Strategies Community Engagement & Development Our priorities for 2017 to 2021 are: Prevention of Healthier Active Violence Against Eating & Living Women Our region covers the five local government areas of City of Greater Geelong, Colac Otway Shire, Golden Plains Shire, Borough of Queenscliffe and Surf Coast Shire. Our work is guided by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services through Integrated Health Promotion funding. We align our work with both regional and state priorities including The Victorian Public Health & Wellbeing Plan 2015 - 2019 and local Municipal Health and Wellbeing Plans. Together with other organisations in our region, who work in health promotion and prevention, we have moved towards a collective impact approach. This means that we align our efforts so we can achieve a greater impact on the health of our community. We work to We provide a We work at scale to We use systems reduce inequity, health sector increase our reach thinking and targetting our approach to and create greater collective impact interventions to support prevention in our impact approaches vulnerable populations region For up to date information about how we are working towards meeting our priorities visit www.barwonhealth.org.au/healthy-communities #HealthPromotionBarwonHealth .