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    Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing plan

    Page URL: https://www.wodonga.vic.gov.au/Services/Safety-Health-and-Wellbeing/Municipal-Public-Health-and-Wellbeing-plan

    Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing plan

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    zOpt_iStock_000015855418_demographicsUnder the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008, Wodonga Council is required to prepare a Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan every four years or include strategies to promote public health and wellbeing and address environmental health dangers into the overall Council Plan.

    Recognising the inherent role health and wellbeing has in all that council does, Wodonga Council has chosen to integrate our Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan into the Council Plan for the third time. Having an integrated plan ensures a high-level engagement and commitment across all council departments and drives collaborative action for improved health and wellbeing outcomes. 

    Wodonga Council’s Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan addresses health and wellbeing priorities for the community and takes in to account certain population groups that experience poorer health and outcomes. The priority areas for the next four years are:

    Health and wellbeing priority areas Guiding principles
    • Support individual mental wellbeing and community resilience
    • Prevent violence against women by promoting gender equality
    • Support healthy, active lifestyles
    • Support community agility in adapting to climate change
    • Increase access to appropriate affordable housing
    • Promote access to services and public transport
    • Foster diversity and inclusion
    • Resilience
    • Equity
    • Safety
    • Access
    • Inclusion
    • Participation
    • Diversity
    • Freedom
    • Community connection

    The plan has a key focus on prevention with the aim of creating meaningful and sustainable improvement for the health and wellbeing of Wodonga’s population.

    The Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Outcomes Framework

    To progress health and wellbeing commitments within the plan, council has developed the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Outcomes Framework.

    The framework emphasises the importance of working in partnership and creates a shared agenda to improve health and wellbeing in Wodonga.

     
    Disability Action Plan

    The Victorian Disability Act 2006, section 38, requires all councils to develop a disability action plan.

    To ensure the principles of access, equity and inclusion are considered in all responsibilities, activities and services of council, the council has elected to articulate its commitment to disability in the Council Plan and integrated Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan.

    The council's Disability Action Plan Implementation Framework details how we will fulfill strategic commitments to improve access and inclusion and continue to promote community participation and inclusion and outlines the priorities of the council to improve access to its services, programs, communications and infrastructure.

     

    Community Health Conversations

    The council is exploring podcasting as a new way to connect with our community and have open conversations about the issues that matter to you when it comes to public health.

    The themes of our episodes will align to the priorities outlined in the council’s Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing plan Ideally we’ll be talking to a range of voices – from experts to members of staff – to make sure the conversation stays relevant, useful and informative.

    We’d love to hear from you what you think of this platform and any feedback that can help shape what it becomes.

    This is just the beginning, we’re learning as we go and your feedback will help guide this projects evolution.

    To provide feedback, email Cassie Elliott, Population Health and Wellbeing Coordinator at cassie.elliott@wodonga.vic.gov.au

     

    Wodonga's health and social wellbeing statistics

    The council has developed an outcomes framework for the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan to monitor the council’s goals, objectives and indicators and to evaluate the impact of preventative strategies with all level of government, partners and stakeholders and the broader community to ensure improved health and wellbeing outcomes for all.

    Health and wellbeing fact sheets