Health and Wellbeing Queensland (HWQld) is Queensland’s first dedicated health promotion agency.
The presentation, delivered by HWQld Chief Executive Dr Robyn Littlewood, will discuss how the agency is Making Healthy Happen for all Queenslanders through prevention, partnerships and people.
To achieve better health for all Queenslanders, HWQld is focusing on obesity prevention through nutrition, physical activity and wellbeing, while taking an equity lens to everything it does.
HWQld is working to help identify the specific shifts and most valuable interventions that will have the greatest impact, acknowledging that responding to the diverse needs of a geographically dispersed population will require different solutions for different communities. We know the things that impact health the most can also sit outside of health. Food insecurity remains a problem for our First Nations communities, as does equity. There must be a focus on supporting women in our regional and remote communities as much as there is in metropolitan areas.
We also know Australian women are reporting poorer health outcomes in response to COVID-19, and outcomes are even worse for priority groups of women including our First Nations and gender and sexually diverse populations. In the past 12 months women have come up against uniquely difficult challenges, so HWQld’s Queenslandher campaign promotes women’s wellbeing by amplifying the voices of women who have stood tall in the face of adversity. Improving women’s health and wellbeing is beneficial to the entire population.
HWQld’s prevention programs offer a range of healthy lifestyle options. Queensland women have taken up the challenge to improve their health with programs such as My health for life, 10,000 Steps and QCWA Country Kitchens, as well as through HWQld’s Boost your Healthy campaign