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In December 2005, the Queensland Strategy for Chronic Disease 2005-2015 (PDF 868 kB) was released by the Queensland Government to provide direction on what we should be doing to reduce chronic disease.
The following chronic diseases have been identified as the focus for initial action:
It is envisaged that increased coordination and integration across services and sectors, and the implementation of evidence-based management programs will yield better health outcomes for a much broader range of chronic diseases.
The immediate underlying lifestyle and behavioural risk factors for the chronic diseases being addressed through the strategy are:
A number of principles underpin the strategy, including Principles for Psychological Health and Principles for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The following overarching principles underpin the development and delivery of all components of the strategy:
While chronic disease is common in all sections of the Australian society, the burden of disease is not shared equally across all population groups. The following population groups have been identified for a particular focus under the strategy:
The Queensland Conceptual Framework for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management (PDF 238 kB) combines the Comprehensive Model of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control developed by the National Public Health Partnership (NPHP) in 2001 and a chronic disease care model adapted from Wagner, the World Health Organization, Improving Chronic Illness Care (ICIC) and the New South Wales model for chronic care.
The conceptual framework illustrates the interventions required across:
It also illustrates the system elements that enable the interventions to be effectively implemented:
The University of Queensland has developed an evaluation framework for the strategy and is currently undertaking components of the evaluation process.
The evaluation will track change across time in key outcome areas and will allow comparison within the state between place-based initiative communities and other communities. The evaluation will use existing state and national data sources wherever available and will supplement these data with new surveys and studies.
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