Our Public Health Plan helps us promote health and wellbeing in our community. Council delivers a range of core functions and services that influence our community’s health and wellbeing. This Public Health Plan identifies those core functions and provides a framework to enhance the understanding of public health priorities for the City, consequently supporting improved public health and wellbeing outcomes for our Community.
Many of these functions and services are taken directly from, or refer to, Council’s existing suite of strategic plans. The Public Health Plan has been developed to align with health and wellbeing objectives set out in the Community Plan 2013 - 2027.
Council’s Public Health Plan was developed in reference to the inaugural State Public Health Plan (SPHP) 2019 - 2024, and its vision for "A healthy, liveable and connected community for all South Australians."
The State Public Health Plan’s vision is supported by the following 4 strategic priority areas:
- Promote: Build stronger communities and healthier environments
- Protect: Protect against public and environmental health risks and respond to climate change
- Prevent: Prevent chronic disease, communicable disease and injury
- Progress: Strengthen the systems that support public health and wellbeing
The City of Charles Sturt’s Public Health Plan 2020-2025 is a legislative requirement of the South Australian Public Health Act 2011.