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Policy Development Handbook

This handbook was developed to help determine the different types of public health policies possible under South Australia’s innovative public health legislation.
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In 2011, South Australia became the first state in Australia to include non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention provisions in its Public Health Act. This means South Australia’s Minister for Health and Wellbeing is empowered to declare an NCD and issue a code of practice to prevent or reduce impact. However, these provisions have not yet been activated.

The NCD-prevention provisions are the first attempt to transform a core piece of public health law in response to Australia’s chronic disease epidemic. This is significant in stemming chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular disease and some cancers.

This handbook has been designed to support the public health law project throughout the process of policy development and includes:

  • The South Australia context, including sociodemographic and socioeconomic analyses and South Australian population health risk factors
  • Summary of existing regulatory interventions in South Australia
  • Legal brief of the key features of the South Australian Public Health Act, and key opportunities for developing regulatory interventions to support Wellbeing SA’s NCD-prevention agenda.

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DATE 22 Dec 2022

TYPE Reports

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  • Dr Jan Shanthosh

    The George Institute for Global Health
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  • Maddie Heenan

    The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre
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  • Professor Stephen Jan

    The George Institute for Global Health
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  • Martyn Ralph

    The George Institute for Public Health

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  • Regulation and governance ,

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.

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The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre is funded by the NHMRC, Australian Government Department of Health, ACT Health, Cancer Council Australia, NSW Ministry of Health, Wellbeing SA, Tasmanian Department of Health, and VicHealth. The Australian Government also contributed through the Medical Research Future Fund. Queensland Health became a financial contributor in 2022. The Prevention Centre is administered by the Sax Institute.

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