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sMaking Prevention Everybody's Business: 2008 NSW Health Awards

Measuring a baby in a rural settingThe familiar saying that ‘prevention is better than cure’ is strongly supported by clinical evidence. But putting prevention into practice is not easy and benefits are not always immediately apparent. Reducing risk factors such as smoking, obesity, risky drinking and stress requires sustained action by individuals, families, communities and governments. Similar effort is needed to increase protective factors such as good nutrition, physical activity, healthy environments and supportive relationships.

What NSW Health is striving for in 2010 is a health system that directs greater effort and investment towards improving health and preventing illness while continuing to treat illness effectively. This will require new strategies for health promotion and illness prevention, which are supported by structural changes such as legislation, regulation and environmental changes.  The principle of prevention will be embedded into NSW Health’s service delivery.

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Winner

  • Improving Hand Hygiene - The Children's Hospital at Westmead
    Program to reduce the spread of serious germs, including healthcare associated infections, by increasing good hand hygiene in all clinical areas to 80 % by June 2007.

Finalists

  • Inpatient Falls - A Hospital Wide Approach to Prevention - South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
    A program describes using evidence based approaches both in falls prevention and change management techniques that has ultimately led to a significant reduction in the commonest reported hospital adverse event.

  • Physical Activity Leaders Network - Greater Southern Area Health Service
    The Physical Activity Leaders Network (PALN) is a support strategy designed to train and support community volunteers to deliver effective fall-safe physical activity classes in areas with low population density.

Entries

  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Program - Greater Western Area Health Service
    Action through the local community resulted in a self-funded program of ultrasound-based screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm on eligible members of the community.

  • Access to Parenting Education - Greater Western Area Health Service
    A parent education program for parents with children at risk of harm and parents who have lost the care of their children.

  • Infant Mental Health - Getting in Early - Greater Southern Area Health Service
    Development of a clear pathway for referral and defined treatment for severe mental health problems in children who had not reached school age.

  • Move to Improve - Sydney South West Area Health Service
    Implementation of a falls prevention and exercise promotion program for patients with neurological conditions.


  • Preventing Child Obesity - NRG@OOSH Project - South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
    NRG@OOSH is an innovative health promotion project aimed at preventing child obesity through increased opportunities for good nutrition and physical activity for children 5-12 years attending out of school hours (OOSH) care services.


  • Shaking Your Baby is Just Not the Deal - The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
    This project developed a targeted education strategy to disseminate information about the impact of infant shaking and positive and safe strategies to respond to a crying baby.


  • Tooth Smart Prevention Clinic - Sydney West Area Health Service
    A clinic was developed to reduce the incidence of repeat dental treatment under a general anaesthetic for high risk children and improve the oral health of the family.

  • Triple A: The Adolescent Asthma Action Program - Sydney West Area Health Service
    The Triple A (Adolescent Asthma Action) program was implemented across schools in Auburn (western Sydney). It is an innovative, peer-led approach, to improve asthma self-management in young people.

 
 
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