BCHS Quality of care 2024 digital - Flipbook - Page 15
Services spotlight
A wealth of health promotion
BCHS’ passionate health promotion team implemented a range of health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals
across Bendigo reaching over 106,000 people.
The team’s priority areas included increasing healthy eating; increasing active living; reducing tobacco and e-cigarette
harm; improving mental wellbeing; improving sexual and reproductive health; climate health; and preventing all forms
of violence.
Community education
BCHS delivered more than 70 community education
sessions across 25 settings. We reached approximately
2,400 people aged from eight to 90+. Some of the
programs we delivered included:
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Smiles for Miles: 53% of early childhood services in
Bendigo are registered to this oral health initiative
with 3,976 children reached. Seven trainings were
delivered with 91 educators taking part.
Achievement Program: This program saw a first
in the Bendigo region with one workplace and two
primary schools achieving full health promotion
status by completing all health priority areas.
Across the year:
– Sixteen schools were actively engaged,
reaching 7,652 students.
– Nine early childhood services were actively
engaged, reaching 1,070 children.
Take the First Step: This program was launched
in March 2024 to increase healthy eating
and physical activity. Engagement from the
community was solid thanks to promotion of
the initiative on TV, local radio, static and mobile
billboards and screenings at Bendigo Cinema.
– Eleven workplaces were actively engaged,
reaching 1,286 staff members.
Pictured: Health promotion team members at the Take the First Step campaign launch
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