Merry Christmas from CO-OPS
The CO-OPS Secretariat would like to wish all CO-OPS network members a merry and safe Christmas and New Year period.
We look forward to a very successful and busy 2010.
Please feel free to continue with email and website enquiries and staff will respond in a timely manner after the Christmas/New Year break.
Staff changes
Many of our network members will know that our administrator, Emma Smitten, will be on maternity leave from mid December.
The CO-OPS Secretariat would like to wish Emma and her growing family good luck over the next few months. Emma is an invaluable member of the CO-OPS team and will be sorely missed in her absence
back to top CO-OPS National Workshop 2009
The CO-OPS Secretariat, with assistance from Steering and Advisory Committee members, successfully hosted the second annual CO-OPS National Workshop at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, on November 26th & 27th 2009.
Ninety five delegates from around Australia heard 15 case studies, 3 plenaries and enjoyed networking and project workshop sessions.
The majority of oral presentation slides and posters from the workshop are now available for download from the CO-OPS website...more
We were extremely happy with the attendance and participation and feel that we were able to offer all who attended something to take away and apply to their projects/role in community-based obesity prevention. Feedback was really positive and will assist CO-OPS in making next years workshop even more beneficial to participants.
The case studies presented were a great way of informing participants of projects that are happening throughout Australia and ways they have faced challenges. In addition, 25 case studies were presented as posters displayed throughout the two days.
One of the first tasks for the Secretariat in the New Year is to document all workshop case study summaries in a case study book.
back to top Online discussion forums now live on the CO-OPS website!
The CO-OPS Secretariat is very happy to announce that the discussion forums are up and running on the website and we encourgage all network members to log on and contribute
These are your place to discuss anything to do with community-based obesity prevention with others in the CO-OPS network.
The discussions will be monitored by the CO-OPS Secretariat and we will endeavour to ensure all of your questions are answered. All users can begin new topics/questions within each of the forums, however if you have an idea for a new forum, please contact admin@co-ops.net.au
back to top Evidence Summaries now available on the CO-OPS website!
Consultations with CO-OPS network members suggested that many felt uncertain about the accessibility of evidence in various content areas. It was agreed that CO-OPS would develop a set of tailored Evidence Summaries to support decision-making.
At the National Workshop in October 2008, three sites were selected to further explore topics of interest and collaboratively develop Evidence Summaries in partnership with a team lead by Professor Elizabeth Waters at the University of Melbourne.
The set of three Evidence Summaries is now complete and available for download from the CO-OPS website.
For access to the summaries click on the topics below, (please note that you will need to login to the CO-OPS website to access these resources):
QUEENSLAND - Tropical Population Health Services, Population Health Queensland and Queensland Health, MacKay
Topic: Remote and rural issues in the prevention of obesity for pre-adolescents and adolescents
SOUTH AUSTRALIA - eat well, be active, Southern Primary Health and Noarlunga
Topic: Achieving equity in community-based obesity prevention interventions for children and adolescents
TASMANIA - Department of Health and Human Services, Hobart
Topic: Considerations regarding harm minimisation for obesity prevention policies and programs for pre-adolescents and adolescents
back to top Case Studies: A focus on Queensland
A central aim of CO-OPS is to share information on different obesity prevention initiatives throughout Australia. The CO-OPS newsletter will highlight activities in different states. This edition focuses on Queensland.
We would like to congratulate the Queensland Government which was awarded for getting 'off the couch' and taking action to help curb Australia's obesity crisis at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) in Melbourne in October. The Queensland Government was presented with the ANZOS 'Gold Medal Award' for the second consecutive year at the 'National Couch Potato Awards'.
Current Queensland programs highlighted in this edition are listed below.
Eat Well Queensland Update
Eat Well Queensland (EWQ): 2002-2012 Smart Eating for a Healthier State is the first public health food and nutrition strategy developed for all Queenslanders...more
Smart Choices - Healthy Food and Drink Supply Strategy for Queensland Schools
Offering healthy food and drink choices to students in Queensland schools is key to better nutrition of children, to providing an environment that supports a healthy lifestyle and to promoting healthy weight...more
Early life nutrition in Queensland
Queensland Health supports the WHO and the NHMRC infant feeding recommendations of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, the introduction of appropriate solid foods around six months of age and continued breastfeeding for at least 12 months...more
Healthy Lifestyles in Queensland
Queensland Health’s, Public Health Nutrition team have been working towards reducing the risk factors for chronic disease such as overweight and obesity; physical inactivity and unhealthy eating patterns in order to achieve...more
SPOTLIGHT: Increase fruit and vegetable consumption - Go for 2&5®
Queensland Health’s four year Go for 2&5® fruit and vegetable social marketing campaign started in October 2005 to help reduce the risks of obesity, poor nutrition and chronic disease throughout the state...more
Queensland Health approach to addressing inactivity and sedentary behaviours
The amount of physical activity required for health benefit, in contrast to fitness, has been nationally defined for adults as at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on most days of the week and for children and adolescents, 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity daily...more
Nutrition and healthy weight intervention in Queensland
The central strategy for preventing chronic disease, as recommended by WHO, is to develop population wide approaches which are combined with interventions for individuals...more
SPOTLIGHT: Physical activity promotion program - 10,000 Steps Rockhampton
In 2001 a two year whole of community project to increase physical activity in Rockhampton was launched as a partnership of Queensland Health, universities and The Heart Foundation...more
back to top
|
