Department of Human Services
Better health for all: Better health for all: Population-wide policy to reduce inequalities in healthPopulation-wide policy to reduce inequalities in health
VicHealth Forum14 April 2008
Dave TrudingerSocial Policy Branch
……for another discussionfor another discussion
Questions to focus…Questions to focus…
What creates effective
population-wide policy?
How can external actors influence population-wide
policy?
How close to effective
population-wide policy is Victoria?
Population-wide policyPopulation-wide policy
Population-wide policyPopulation-wide policy…context…context
Population-wide policy Population-wide policy …problem…problem
Population-wide policy Population-wide policy …solutions…solutions
Population-wide policy Population-wide policy …timelines…timelines
What creates effective population-wide What creates effective population-wide policy to reduce inequalities in health?policy to reduce inequalities in health?
How can external actors influence How can external actors influence population-wide policy?population-wide policy?
• The focus of advocacy• sequential• answers better than questions
• The value proposition of health promotion
• Know where value is added
• Policy resonance more important than policy primacy
What have we covered…What have we covered…
What creates effective
population-wide policy?
How can external actors influence population-wide
policy?
How close to effective
population-wide policy is Victoria?
Department of Human Services
Better health for allBetter health for all
