Physical activity action plan

Building health through sport: our action plan to promote health through participation in physical activity.

The action plan outlines the role of VicHealth and its partners in the sport sector in promoting health. It details VicHealth’s activities for addressing priority areas of action in public health promotion.

Building health through sport draws on evidence-based research on participation in physical activity and health inequalities. The plan focuses on increasing participation rates among disadvantaged groups.

Our strategy for improving health through sport focuses on finding ways to enable the sport sector to lead and innovate. This approach will help us to increase opportunities for participation and social connection by creating sporting environments that are healthy, safe, accessible, inclusive and equitable for all in the community.

The action plan explores:

• the factors that contribute to health inequalities
• the ways health inequalities influence participation rates in sport and active recreation
• how other VicHealth focus areas integrate with our physical activity strategy
• how organised sport and physical activity help to build a healthy society. 

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