ArticlePublic health nutrition2017
Is Aboriginal nutrition a priority for local government? A policy analysis.
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- Planning healthy food environments: An analysis of local government municipal public health and wellbeing policy in regional Victoria.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- Medicare policy changes to primary health care funding for Australia's indigenous Peoples 1996-2023: a scoping review.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- Missed opportunities for improving oral health in rural Victoria: The role of municipal public health planning in improving oral health.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe present study aimed to explore how Australian local governments prioritise the health and well-being of Aboriginal populations and the extent to which nutrition is addressed by local government health policy.
designIn the state of Victoria, Australia, all seventy-nine local governments' public health policy documents were retrieved. Inclusion of Aboriginal health and nutrition in policy documents was analysed using quantitative content analysis. Representation of Aboriginal nutrition 'problems' and 'solutions' was examined using qualitative framing analysis. The socio-ecological framework was used to classify the types of Aboriginal nutrition issues and strategies within policy documents.
settingVictoria, Australia. SUBJECTS: Local governments' public health policy documents (n 79).
resultsA small proportion (14 %, n 11) of local governments addressed Aboriginal health and well-being in terms of nutrition. Where strategies aimed at nutrition existed, they mostly focused on individual factors rather than the broader macroenvironment.
conclusionsA limited number of Victorian local governments address nutrition as a health issue for their Aboriginal populations in policy documents. Nutrition needs to be addressed as a community and social responsibility rather than merely an individual 'behaviour'. Partnerships are required to ensure Aboriginal people lead government policy development.
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