• Statewide implementation of the Live Life Well @ School (LLW@S) program in New South Wales, Australia, has enhanced health promotion initiatives in the school setting over time • LLW@S monitoring data demonstrate high reach to schools with disadvantaged populations, in remote areas and with a high proportion of Aboriginal students • A dedicated implementation workforce has been continually funded since 2011, allowing local health promotion staff to target schools and tailor LLW@S strategies to the local context, to support achievement of the desirable practices
The allocation of a significant amount of new funding for health promotion in Australia through the National Partnership Agreement on Preventive Health (2009-14) created a unique opportunity to implement a comprehensive approach to the prevention of chronic diseases and demonstrate significant health improvements. Building on existing health promotion infrastructure in Local Health Districts, the NSW Ministry of Health adopted a scaled-up state-wide capacity-building model, designed to alter policies and practices in key children's settings to increase healthy eating and physical activity among children. NSW also introduced a performance monitoring framework to track implementation and impacts. This paper describes the model that NSW developed for monitoring state-wide programs in the Children's Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Program and presents the model's application to early childhood education and care and primary school settings, including current results. This approach to monitoring the scaling up of program implementation at the state-wide level has potential for more widespread application in other policy areas in NSW.
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