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CEO’s report

The third year of our Action Agenda for Health Promotion has brought plenty of opportunities for VicHealth to continue building on a strong position and solid fundamentals as a leading health promotion organisation.

Chair's report

November 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the first World Health Organization conference on health promotion held in Ottawa, Canada. The resulting Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion heralded the ‘new public health’ movement, emphasising that health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health.

Preventing tobacco use

3-year priority 2013–16: More people living smoke-free and less harm among resistant smokers.

Preventing harm from alcohol

3-year priority 2013–16: More people actively seeking the best ways to reduce alcohol-related harm.

Promoting healthy eating

3-year priority 2013–16: More people choosing healthy food options and water

Improving mental wellbeing

3-year priority 2013–16: Build stronger approaches to resilience, focusing on young people.

Healthy communities

VicHealth’s Healthy communities integrated theme supports our role in creating supportive places where people live, learn, work and play to improve health outcomes for all Victorians.

Preventing harm from alcohol

Alcohol is second only to tobacco as a preventable cause of death and hospitalisation. VicHealth works to build better attitudes, social norms and behaviours through social marketing, community engagement and partnerships.

Preventing tobacco use

VicHealth was founded with the objective of ending smoking-related illnesses and we continue to work with our partners to achieve the aim of preventing tobacco use.

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Mental wellbeing

VicHealth has a multi-layered approach to improving mental wellbeing and resilience in young Victorians through education, community, online platforms, workplace partnerships and the arts.

2015: The year so far

It is an exciting time for VicHealth. We continue to lay the building blocks of significant change: change that will encourage one million more Victorians to lead healthier lives.