Health Improvement Strategic Drivers

The Health Improvement Department's key projects have been developed to implement various different strategies, groups and policies. These include:

Accident prevention:

Chronic Disease Management and Cancer Prevention:

Making Chronic Conditions Count (IPH, 2010)
Fair Society Healthy Lives - The Marmot Review (2010)
Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Heart Failure in Northern Ireland (CREST, 2005)
Fit Futures Strategy (2007)
A Strategy for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Malignant Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers in Northern Ireland (1997)
Regional Cancer Framework: A Cancer Control Programme for Northern Ireland (1996)

Community Food and Nutrition:

DHSSPS Investing for Health
DHSSPS Fit Futures
DHSSPS Priorities for Action
Western Trust Feeding policy for the first five years
Western Trust Food and Nutrition Policy
A Fitter Future for All – Northern Irelands Obesity Prevention Strategic Framework 2011-2021

Drugs and Alcohol:

New Strategic Direction for Drugs and Alcohol 2006-2011 The New Strategic Direction on Drugs and Alcohol (2006-2011) is a five year plan for Northern Ireland that aims to reduce the level of alcohol and drug related harm
Hidden Harm action plan The Hidden Harm strategy was launched in 2008 to address the problem of children and young people living with parents or carers who misuse alcohol and drugs.
Priorities for Action Targets including:
- Reduce the proportion of adults who binge drink by 5% (to 36%)
- Reduce the proportion of young people who drink/get drunk by 10% (to 50%)
- Reduce the proportion of young people taking illicit drugs by 5% (to 5.8%)
- Reduce the number of children at risk from parental alcohol and/or drug dependency.

Health Promoting Service:

Regional Investing for Health Strategy (DHSSPS, 2002)
Northern Ireland Workplace Health Strategy (DHSSPS, 2003)
Promoting Mental Health Strategy And Action Plan 2003-2008
Regional Sexual Health Strategy and Action Plan
Suicide Prevention Strategy
‘Protect Life’ A Shared Vision The Northern Ireland Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan 2006-2011
Fit Futures: focus on food activity and young people (2006)
NICE Guidelines – Obesity (2006)
Food and Nutrition Strategy (1996)
Healthy Mouth Healthy Body – NI Oral Health Strategy (2007)
Delivering Better Oral Health (2007)
The State of Our Health (WHSSB, 2006)
Priorities for Action (2006)
A Healthier Future (2005-2025)

Mental Health and Wellbeing:

Mental Health Promotion Strategy
Suicide Prevention Strategy
Hidden Harm Strategy
Sexual Health Promotion Strategy
Physical Health Promotion Strategy
Building the Way Forward in Primary Care’ DHSSPS
Primary Care & Older People Strategic Plan 2008-2011
A Healthier Future : A twenty year vision for health and wellbeing in Northern Ireland (2005-2025)

Neighbourhood Health Improvement Project (NHIP):

People and Places Together tackling disadvantage, building communities: a Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal

Obesity:

Sexual Health:

Smoking Cessation:

DHSSPS Five Year Tobacco Action Plan (2003 – 2008)
Western Tobacco Control Group Action Plan
PFA Target – By March 2011, reduce to 21% and 25% respectively the proportion of adults and manual worker subset who smoke

Suicide Prevention:

‘Protect Life’ A Shared Vision, the Northern Ireland Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan 2006-2011
The Bamford Review into Mental Health and Learning Disability in Northern Ireland (2005)