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Community awareness campaigns - designated pest control

Community awareness campaigns can be targeted to sections of the community, such as school children, or involve the community as a whole.  Awareness of a health issue can be generated by an event (eg. a community clean up), or built up over time through local and regional media.

Below are links to health promotion websites, local media outlets, and programs that encourage communities to participate in clean-ups or health promotion.

Briefing community representatives

Regularly briefing community representatives on local environmental health issues will help representatives make well-informed decisions, and strengthen support for an EHW’s programs and initiatives.

With each briefing an EHW should provide representatives with:

• a written summary of issues
• recommendations for appropriate action (where to from here)
• an indication of timeframes (when actions need to be started and finished).

Media

Some media may provide free publicity for community issues. However, because there is always strong competition for the limited free radio time or newspaper space, it is important that EHWs establish a relationship with local media outlets and understand their requirements (deadlines, formats, etc). Make sure you have the necessary approvals from your council and follow the correct procedures before starting any media campaigns.

Following are links to media that EHWs might find useful:

• Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association (BRACS)
• ABC Radio - Tropical North Queensland
• ABC Radio - North Queensland 
• ABC Radio - North-West Queensland 
• ABC TV (Qld) 
• Townsville Bulletin 
• The Cairns Post 
• 4TO Townsville 

State and national programs

• Keep Australia Beautiful - Tidy Towns 
• Green and Healthy Schools 
• Germ Busters - Schools program (Queensland Health)

School health promotion websites

School health promotion activities conducted by various state government agencies in Australia can be found at Health Promoting Schools.

Share your campaigning experience

If you have conducted a community awareness campaign, share your experience with your EHW colleagues. Please provide the Queensland Health Environmental Health Branch with summaries of your campaigns (aims, mechanics, and outcomes) so that they can be added to this website.

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