Healthy Families in the Shoalhaven

Strategies to address child obesity

Program Manager: Dr Liz Cuninghame
Program Co-ordinator: Teresa Masterson

People in the Shoalhaven are important especially their health and well being. Healthy Families in the Shoalhaven is a network of organisations who’s principle task is to promote community discussion and encourage local initiatives around childhood health and wellbeing. To have a positive impact on childhood health requires both changing practices at an individual, family, worksite and community level. The network aims to:

Build a supportive environment within the Shoalhaven through interventions and advocacy strategies such as healthy urban planning and
Shape attitudes in the Shoalhaven by raising awareness of factors that influence our children
Advance public policy to provide increased access to healthy food choices, increased opportunities for PA, and safe and healthy communities
Ensure a co-ordinated approach to planning, implementation and evaluation of initiatives across the Shoalhaven
Share information, resources, expertise, funding opportunities
To develop and promote joint preventive projects, programs and partnerships across the Shoalhaven
To provide support for individuals and organisations to promote healthy opportunities for children
To raise the profile of the network across the Shoalhaven