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NHPA’s
What are they?
• National Health Priority Areas (NHPAs) are diseases and conditions
chosen for focused attention at a national level because of their
significant contribution to the burden of illness and injury in the
Australian community.
The eight NHPAs identified for particular attention are:
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Arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions
Asthma
Cancer control
Cardiovascular health
Diabetes mellitus
Injury prevention and control
Mental health
Obesity.
What is the government doing to
improve Australia’s health?
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The Commonwealth and the States have agreed to a Health Prevention National
Partnership, with the Commonwealth providing funding of $448.1 million over
four years, and $872.1 million over six years starting from 2009-10 to improve the
health of all Australians. This funding could support the following elements:
increased access to services for children to increase physical activity and improved
nutrition;
provision of incentives for workplaces and local communities to provide physical
activity and other risk modification and healthy living programs;
increased public awareness of the risks associated with lifestyle behaviour and its
links to chronic disease;
a national social marketing campaign; and
enabling infrastructure, including a national preventative health agency,
surveillance program, workforce audit, eating disorders collaboration, partnerships
with industry and a preventative health research fund, leading to better oversight
and research into prevention, leading to improved outcomes.
What is the government doing to
improve Australia’s health?
• This funding will lead to reductions in the proportion of
people who smoke, are at unhealthy bodyweight, and/or
do not meet national guidelines for physical activity and
healthy eating.
• Specifically, governments commit to:
• increase the proportion of adults and children with healthy
body weight, reduce rates of obesity and avert new cases
of diabetes in adults each year;
• increase the proportion of children and adults meeting
national guidelines for physical activity and healthy eating;
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• reduce the proportion of adults smoking daily, averting
premature deaths and ameliorating costs.
Why is Cardiovascular disease a NHPA?
• Cardiovascular disease is the largest cause of premature death in
Australia. Although death rates for cardiovascular disease have
declined considerably in recent decades, it continues to be one of
the biggest health problems requiring attention in Australia. Its
health and economic burden continues to exceed that of any other
disease.
• Improved treatment and management of risk factors for
cardiovascular disease may also result in the burden of death and
disability to shift to older age groups. This age-associated shift in
disease focus, in combination with growing number of older
Australians, is likely to add considerably to health care costs over
the next several decades. This will also require a stronger focus on
the prevention of disability and enhancement of the quality of life
in the ageing population, in addition to the continued emphasis on
avoiding premature mortality.
Why is Cardiovascular disease a NHPA
• The major, preventable risk factors for
cardiovascular disease are:
• tobacco smoking
• high blood pressure
• high blood cholesterol
• insufficient physical activity
• overweight and obesity
• poor nutrition
• diabetes.
Why is cancer a NHPA?
• Cancer has a major impact on the Australian community, in terms of
morbidity, mortality and costs. In 2004, more than 488,000 new
cases of cancer were diagnosed in Australia. About 390,000 of
these cancers were of less threatening types of non-melanocytic
skin cancers (NMSC). Based on current incidence, it is estimated
that 1 in 3 males and 1 in 4 females in Australia will be directly
affected by cancer (excluding NMSC) before the age of 75.
• More than one-third (34%) of all persons who died in 2005 had a
malignant cancer. There were 38,838 deaths directly attributed to
cancer (21,860 males and 16,978 females), and a further 5,361 had
a malignant cancer as a secondary cause of death. Of deaths caused
directly by cancer, lung cancer accounted for 22% of all cancer
deaths among males, followed by prostate cancer (14%) and
colorectal cancer (11%). Breast cancer (16%) and lung cancer (16%)
were the leading causes of cancer deaths in females, followed by
colorectal cancer (11%).
Health promotions for NHPA’s
• Cancer control:
• Pink Ribbon day, Relay for life, Daffodil day
• CVD:
• The heart foundation tick
• Obesity:
• 2 & 5 ( 2 fruit and 5 veg), Measure Up