Taking Preventative Action
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Table of contents
- Investing Today to Benefit our Future Health
Introduction from the Minister 
1. Preventative Health Taskforce- 2. Preventative Health Action - Overview
- 2.1 The Commonwealth Government's Response
- 2.2 Addressing the Recommendations
- 2.3 Critical Infrastructure
- 2.4 World's Strongest Tobacco Crackdown
- 2.5 Addressing Alcohol Misuse, Especially Binge Drinking
- 2.6 Tackling Obesity
- 2.7 Building on Broader Government Support of Children and Low Income Communities
- 2.8 Prevention for Indigenous Australians
- 2.9 The Way Forward
3. The Case for Prevention- 4. Critical Infrastructure Recommendations
- 5. Obesity Recommendations
- 5.1 Recommended Key Action Area 1
Drive environmental changes throughout the community which increase the levels of physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour - 5.2 Recommended Key Action Area 2
Drive change within the food supply to increase the availability and demand for healthier food products, and decrease the availability and demand for unhealthy food products - 5.3 Recommended Key Action Area 3
Embed physical activity and healthy eating patterns in everyday life - 5.4 Recommended Key Action Area 4
Encourage people to improve their levels of physical activity and healthy eating through comprehensive and effective social marketing - 5.5 Recommended Key Action Area 5
Reduce exposure of children and others to marketing, advertising, promotion and sponsorship of energy dense nutrien-poor foods and beverages - 5.6 Recommended Key Action Area 6
Strengthen, upskill and support the primary healthcare and public health workforce to support people in making healthy choices - 5.7 Recommended Key Action Area 7
Address maternal and child health, enhancing early life and growth patterns - 5.8 Recommended Key Action Area 8
Support low income communities to improve their levels of physical activity and healthy eating - 5.9 Recommended Key Action Area 9
Reduce obesity prevalence and burden in Indigenous communities and contribute to "close the gap" - 5.10 Recommended Key Action Area 10
Build the evidence base, monitor and evaluate effectiveness of action - 6. Tobacco Recommendations
- 6.1 Recommended Key Action Area 1
Make tobacco products significantly more expensive - 6.2 Recommended Key Action Area 2
Increase the frequency, reach and intensity of social marketing campaigns - 6.3 Recommended Key Action Area
End all forms of advertising and promotion of tobacco products - 6.4 Recommended Key Action Area 4
Elimate exposure to second-hand smoke in public places - 6.5 Recommended Key Action Area 5
Regulate manufacturing and further regulate packaging and supply of tobacco products - 6.6 Recommended Key Action Area 6
Ensure all smokers in contact with health services are encouraged and supported to quit, with particular efforts to reach pregnant women and those with chronic health problems - 6.7 Recommended Key Action Area 7
Work in partnership with Indigenous groups to boost efforts to reduce smoking and exposure to passive smoking among Indigenous Australians - 6.8 Recommended Key Action Area 8
Boost efforts to discourage smoking among people in other highly disadvantaged groups - 6.9 Recommended Key Action Area 9
Assist parents and educators to discourage use of tobacco and protect young people from second-hand smoke - 6.10 Recommended Key Action Area 10
Ensure that the public, media, politicians and other opinion leaders remain aware of the need for sustained and vigorous action to discourage tobacco use - 6.11 Recommended Key Action Area 11
Measure progress against and towards targets - 7. Alcohol Recommendations
- 7.1 Recommended Key Action Area 1
Improve the saftey of people who drink and those around them - 7.2 Recommended Key Action Area 2
Increase public awareness and reshape attitudes to promote a safer drinking culture in Australia - 7.3 Recommended Key Action Area 3
Regulate alcohol promotions - 7.4 Recommended Key Action Area 4
Reform alcohol taxation and pricing arrangements to discourage harmul drinking - 7.5 Recommended Key Action Area 5
Improve the health of Indigenous Australians - 7.6 Recommended Key Action Area 6
Strengthen, skill and support primary healthcare to help people making healthy choices - 7.7 Recommended Key Action Area 7
Build healthy families and children - 7.8 Recommended Key Action Area 8
Strengthen the evidence base - 8. Next Steps and Timeline