Prevention

As part of our advocacy work, The Western Region Primary Prevention Taskforce recently worked together to identify what we need to protect and strengthen the prevention system in the west. As many of our partners have recently gone through a process of identifying health needs in order to build four year plans, we brought together […]

In a time when much of the public health sector’s efforts have been centred around topics such as testing, contact tracing and ICU capacity, let’s not forget the important role the primary prevention sector will need to play in the coming months.   HealthWest has a strong history of working alongside many of our members […]

Since 2017, HealthWest has facilitated the Western Region Primary Prevention Taskforce, which aims to strengthen collaborative, cross sector efforts across Melbourne’s west to promote the health and wellbeing of communities and prevent ill health before it occurs. promote the health and wellbeing of communities and prevent ill health before it occurs. Find out what the Prevention Taskforce has been […]

Thank you to the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation’s Sons of the West for writing this guest post on their men’s health program.   What is the Sons of the West? The Sons of the West is a free men’s health initiative aimed at addressing common health concerns of men living or working in Victoria’s west. […]

Thank you to Edmund Rice Services for writing this blog about their new community development project.   Edmund Rice Services is a community-based organisation which aims to support people living, working or visiting Mt Atkinson, a new housing development in Rockbank in Melbourne’s West. Once completed, Mt Aktinson will house 20,000 residents and provide approximately […]

Thank you to for Diabetes Victoria for writing this guest post on the upcoming Diabetes Expo. Diabetes Victoria is the leading charity and peak consumer body working to reduce the impact of diabetes.             Connecting the diabetes community at Diabetes Expo 2017 Diabetes Victoria will be connecting the diabetes community […]

Thank you to Bridging the Gap for writing this guest post on their programs and professional development:   What is Bridging the Gap? Bridging the Gap is a partnership response to health and health care inequalities for families of refugee background. Women of refugee background are less likely to access and remain engaged in pregnancy […]

Thank you to Tweddle Child and Family Health Service for writing this guest post on the Working Out Dads program. Tweddle offers interventions to infants, children and their families to promote the restoration of health and wellbeing where there is distress and disruption in the infant-parent relationship.                 […]

Thank you to Diabetes Victoria for writing this guest post on the Life! program. Diabetes Victoria is the leading charity and peak consumer body working to reduce the impact of diabetes. Statistics about type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke in Australia are alarming, and preventing these serious conditions has never been more important. Every […]

Thank you to for Sons of the West for writing this guest post on their men’s health program. Sons of the West is a Western Bulldogs community health initiative that is about supporting men living and working in Melbourne’s western suburbs to lead healthier lives. Above: Nathan Hrovat (Bulldogs), Alfred Ippolito (SOTW participant), Tom Liberatore […]