Health promotion

We 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 plays an important role in shaping their health and wellbeing.

Our approach

We work with partners to identify the health priorities for our community, with consideration of local health and wellbeing data, community consultation, the Community Health – Health Promotion Program Guidelines 2025 – 2029 and the Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2023 – 2027.

Improving the health and wellbeing of our community is a long-term goal that requires collective effort with partners and multiple interventions. We recognise that delivering multiple and mutually reinforcing interventions and ‘joined-up’ action through cross-sector efforts enables sustained impact.

Key to the delivery of the work is a platform of strong and effective partnerships. These partnerships include Public Health Services, Community Health and Social Services, Local Governments, Local Public Health Units, Gippsport, Community-Based Organisations, Early Childhood Services, Outside School Hours Care and Schools.

Our Priorities 

In line with the Community Health - Health Promotion Program Guidelines 2025 – 2029, our primary prevention and health promotion efforts focus on three health priority areas:

• Increasing Healthy Eating
• Increasing Active Living
• Reducing Harm from Tobacco and E-Cigarette Use

We recognise the additional benefits related to improving health and wellbeing beyond the health priority areas, including tackling climate change in its impacts of health and mental wellbeing. Therefore, we take a co-benefits approach to support achieving multiple health and wellbeing outcomes, demonstrating a holistic approach and engagement of partners and the community. 

Social determinants such as socio-economic status, gender and discrimination impact health inequalities. We recognise this and apply an intersectionality lens to our work, providing more support to settings and population groups that may experience greater challenges.   

For more information, please contact us. 

Phone: 0409 978 861
Email: prevention@basscoasthealth.org.au