Preventive health
Much of Primary Health Tasmania’s work supports preventive health across all three levels: primary, secondary, and tertiary.
Much of Primary Health Tasmania’s work supports preventive health across all three levels: primary, secondary, and tertiary.
Disease prevention is a wide-ranging area, and applies to a lot of Primary Health Tasmania’s programs.
That’s why we’ve created an A4 visual resource to summarise how we support disease prevention.
The National Preventive Health Strategy 2021-2030 aims to improve the health and wellbeing of all Australians at all stages of life through a systems-based approach to prevention that addresses the wider determinants of health, reduces health inequities and decreases the overall burden of disease.
Primary Health Tasmania’s preventive health activities will be guided by the following priorities outlined in the national strategy:
Primary Health Tasmania’s work in primary prevention includes:
Primary Health Tasmania’s work in secondary prevention includes:
Primary Health Tasmania’s work in tertiary prevention includes:
Primary Health Tasmania also has a role in building and supporting the capacity and capability of the Tasmanian primary healthcare workforce to carry out preventive health work.
To do this, we develop tools and resources to support integrated care, such as the Moving on Up Framework and resources (which outlines best practice for supporting a young person with a chronic condition as they transition to adult care).
We also support workforce training and development, and provide connections between peak bodies, consumers, and the workforce itself.