ArticleHealth promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals2025
Planning healthy food environments: An analysis of local government municipal public health and wellbeing policy in regional Victoria.
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- Supporting Healthier, Sustainable and Equitable Food Environments: A Rapid Review of Australian Local Government Action.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Mapping the Healthiness of Community Food Environments and Their Association With the Socioeconomic Index for Areas (SEIFA) in the South Coast of NSW.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Article
- 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
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issue addressedWhile there has been an increased focus on how local governments can support the creation of healthy food environments through healthy public policy, little is known about how this is reflected in public health policy in regional areas. The aim of this study was to understand how improvements to the food environment are prioritised, implemented and evaluated by local governments in regional Victoria.
methodsUsing a qualitative descriptive approach, content analysis was undertaken of Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plans and Council Plans from 10 regional local governments in Victoria, Australia.
resultsSeventeen policy documents were analysed including 10 Council Plans, 6 Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plans and 1 Food Systems Strategy. Findings highlight regional public health and wellbeing plans have very few concrete actions in place to improve food environments.
conclusionThere is an opportunity for Australian regional local governments to include in their public health and wellbeing plans a greater emphasis on supporting healthy food behaviours, and therefore seeking opportunities to improve food environments through clearly aligned priorities, objectives, actions and measures of success. SO WHAT?: Improving the quality of public health and wellbeing plans can support local government to use policy to drive improvements in food environments leading to improved health and wellbeing for regional communities.
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