Outcomes Focused Teams
In line with the NZ Government's initiative of Managing for Outcomes, Public Health South's strategic planning identified five high level outcomes. These outcomes will be achieved by focusing our planning, delivery and performance on a "vital few" key areas of improvement. These priorities are aligned with the strategic plans of Otago and Southland DHBs, and with health sector priorities for our priority population groups as shown below.
Our Priority population Groups
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Children, youth and families |
Maori, Pacific and people in deprivation deciles 7 to 10 |
Rural communities |
Our "Vital Few" Outcomes
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Reduced impact/incidence of obesity and overweight |
Reduced impact/incidence of harm from alcohol and other drugs |
Reduced impact/incidence of smoking related disease |
Reduce impact/incidence of communicable disease |
Safer and healthier social and physical environments |
PHS Service Delivery Teams and Intermediate Outcomes
Public health staff have been structured into three teams. Each team has a programme of work with outcomes that can be achieved in the short to medium term, that will contribute to the long term outcomes.
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Settings and Lifestyle Team |
Communicable Disease and Food Safety Team |
Healthy Environments Team |
| Decreased obesogenic environments | Effective internal systems to investogate and manage disease outbreaks | Early Childhood Centres are safe physical and social environments |
| Improved food security for priority population groups | Reduced incidence and impact of vaccine-preventable diseases | Adverse effects of hazardous substances on people and communities are reduced |
| Increased breastfeeding rates | Reduced incidence and impact of blood-borne viral infections among injecting drug users | Lawful, hygienic and dignified disposal of the dead |
| Licensed premises minimise alcohol related harm through compliance with the Sale of Liquor Act | Effective drinking water programme to reduce enteric disease | The health and wellbeing of our environment is improved and protected |
| To reduce alcohol related harm in social settings | Effective investigation and management of biosecurity and incursions | Active Health Promoting Schools are developed |
| Reduced exposure to second hand smoke | Effective quarantne management | Increased resilience and social connectedness |
| Reduction in smoking initiation | Normalising healthy sexual behaviour | Reduced stigma and discrimination |
| Increased compliance with the Smokefree Environments Act | Reduced incidence of violence | |
| Suicide prevention |
Teams are multi-disciplinary, and maximise opportunities to combine the skills of different professional groups, such as health promotion advisers, health protection officers, team leaders and adminiistrative support. All three teams work across the Otago and Southland regions.