Objectives

The objectives of the NSW Office of Preventive Health (OPH) are to: 

• Manage the planning, implementation, support and evaluation of priority state-wide preventive health programs;
• Report on outcomes of NSW priority-funded preventive health programs, including economic analyses;
• Facilitate preventive health research and knowledge translation into policy and practice;
• Support the NSW Local Heath District-based health promotion workforce to deliver key state-wide preventive health programs; and
• Provide high level evidence-based advice to the Ministry of Health on matters relating to delivery of preventive health programs and strategies.

There are four major components of the NSW Office of Preventive Health.  They are the Healthy Children Initiative, the Healthy Worker Initiative, the Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service, and Evaluation and Special Projects. The Office evaluation and special projects team works with the other three teams to support new and innovative projects and ensure systems and mechanisms to evaluate programs are in place, and outcomes reported and disseminated.

An external Advisory Committee meets quarterly and provides strategic advice to the Office. This includes representatives from the South West Sydney Local Health District, the Universities of Western Sydney, Sydney and Newcastle, the Ministry of Health and the NSW Health Promotion Leadership Group.