Health Promotion Unit
The Health Promotion Unit is responsible for providing health promotion advice and developing health promotion policies and programs at the statewide level. We coordinate the involvement of population health services in national and state programs that have a health promotion focus. We also contribute health promotion expertise to the work of other parts of Queensland Health.
We build and maintain partnerships with other groups and organisations, with the aim of enhancing physical and social environments to better support health and to encourage Queenslanders to adopt healthy attitudes and behaviours.
Key functions
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Coordinate Queensland Health's health promotion policy and program responses to better:
- promote improved nutrition and increased levels of physical activity
- promote healthy weight
- prevent skin cancer
- prevent injuries and promote safety, with a focus on falls among older people and injuries to young children and toddlers
- promote better mental health and emotional wellbeing across the lifespan
- promote health in school settings
- support applied research through the operation of Health Promotion Queensland, an independent committee that provides advice to the Director-General.
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Build Queensland Health's capacity to provide statewide and area health services in health promotion planning, implementation and evaluation in accordance with national, state and departmental strategic directions and standards.
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Work collaboratively with other government agencies, sectors and non-government organisations to address departmental, state and national health priorities.
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Provide specialist health promotion expertise to other units and services within Queensland Health.
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Provide timely and accurate advice to the offices of the Minister for Health and Director General, the Chief Health Officer, the Senior Director of Population Health and other parts of Queensland Health. This advice will be provided through ministerials, briefings, speeches, media releases, submissions and other correspondence and communication.
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Represent Population Health Services and Queensland Health on various national and state forums and committees.
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Contacts
Telephone: +61 7 3234 0593
Facsimile: +61 7 3220 0708
Postal Address: GPO Box 48, Brisbane Qld 4001
Street Address: Queensland Health Building, 9th floor, 147-163 Charlotte Street, Brisbane Qld 4000
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