Primary Prevention
The South Coast Prevention Team is a result of a strong commitment by Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service and South Gippsland Hospital to work collectively across the sub-region with pooled health promotion resources. This model provides clearer policy direction and delivers better alignment of prevention work to the broader health agenda across the sub-region.
The South Coast Prevention Team take a place-based, population wide approach to primary prevention that recognises that people and places are inter-related and that places where people spend their time – such as workplaces, schools and early childhood services - play an important role in shaping their health and wellbeing.
We work with partners to identify health priorities for our community, with consideration of local health and wellbeing data, Community Health – Health Promotion program guidelines, the Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2023-27 and extensive community consultation. The priority areas set the direction for sub-regional health and wellbeing efforts for the coming four years, via the Healthy Communities Plan 2021-2025.
Our Story and Priorities
Our Story: Community Health and Wellbeing Profile provides the health and wellbeing data of our community along with this animated video.
In line with the Community Health - Health Promotion Program Guidelines focus areas, the South Coast Prevention Team will focus its effort on:
Outcome: Our community has healthy lifestyles
Area of focus: Increasing healthy eating
Area of focus: Increasing active living
Outcome: Our community is protected from harm to their health
Area of focus: Reducing tobacco and e-cigarette related harms
Outcome: Our community is respectful and free from family violence
Area of focus: Deliver a whole of the community approach to family violence.
Key to the delivery of the work is a platform of strong and effective partnerships. These partnerships span public health services, local governments, local public health unit, schools, outside school hours care, early childhood services, sporting clubs, state agencies, water corporations and community-based organisations.
