Semantics matter for our kids health
Attending a recent RESPOND workshop left me shaking my head about the words and images we are using to get the change we want in our community. First up, what a great initiative by Deakin Uni to support communities in NE Vic to understand the range of social, economic and environmental variables affecting childhood obesity which community-led collaboration could address. I left inspired, but that’s a solutions focused blog for another day. Now to the head shaking. I’ve banged on a bit in other Blogs about Municipal Health and Wellbeing Policies (MHWP) and the 13 social determinants of health (SDH) - Food insecurity is one (and my interest of course). So a quick look over the RCOW Corporate structure shows the Manager of Community Services being responsible for a bag of areas that I’d call Community Health and Wellbeing, and they’re responsible to the Director Community and Infrastructure. So who in the tangle of roots of corporate structure is responsible for the Health and We...