Audit of DHCS Health Promotion Interventions 2004 05

An Audit of Health Promotion Interventions 2004/05 in the four Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services program areas of Alcohol and Other Drugs, Mental Health, Preventable Chronic Disease and Child and Family Health. Prepared by Paula Convery Health Promotion Strategy Policy Officer March 2005 BACKGROUND In order to progress health promotion reform following the DHCS restructure of 2003 an audit of current DHCS health promotion interventions was proposed. The audit was planned as part of the Health Promotion Evidence in Policy and Practice Project (HPEiPP), a project developed following the restructure and endorsed by the CEO, whose primary aims are to improve coordination and effectiveness of DHCS health promotion interventions through increased use of evidence. HPEiPP is focused on the key program areas of Alcohol and Other Drugs, Mental Health, Preventable Chronic Disease and Child, Youth and Family Health. The aim of the audit is to profile the status of health promotion interventions across these four key program areas. Figure 1 illustrates the context of the audit within the HPEiPP project. Figure 1: The place of the health promotion interventions audit in integrating Health Promotion Evidence into Policy and Practice. Appraisal/audit ofprogram interventions Research Gaps What works, what doesn’t Policy & ...