Change Champions Workshop November 26, 2004

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Change Champions Workshop
November 26, 2004

• A Future Vision
• Heather Gray
• Chief Executive

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• A Vision for Health
• Health is improved
• Good health is available to everyone
• The health system makes a real contribution to
  improving health
• When people do get sick or become injured, our
  services are responsive and compassionate.

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• 19 of women smoke in the second half of
  pregnancy
• Pregnancy Outcome Unit, Department of Health 2002
• 18 of South Australias 4 year olds are
  overweight or obese
• Public Health Information Development Unit 2004
• 14 of children and adolescents in Australia have
  mental health
• problems
• The Mental Health of Young People in Australia
  National Mental
• Health Strategy 2000
• The infant mortality rate for Indigenous infants
  is two and a half
• times greater than for non-Indigenous infants
• ABS The Health and Welfare of Australias
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait
• Islander Peoples 2003
• 36 of deaths for 15-24 year olds are caused by
  transport
• accidents
• ABS 2002.

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Birth weight of Aboriginal babies equals other
SA babies
Aussie kids now in the world top 5 for fitness
Premier Stevens announces state target for
reduced smoking among young
Healthy minds- SA youth rank second best in
mental health
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Improved health and improved health care for
women, children and young people
Mission and Strategy
Organisational Culture
Systems and practices
Leadership
Partnerships
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Developing the culture of our region

• Ensure managers and senior staff role model the
  behaviours
• we want
• Shift resources to deliver the mission and
  strategy
• Match staff rewards and incentives to the mission
  and values
• Develop performance indicators that will measure
  the actions
• and behaviours we want eg what gets measured gets
  done
• Ensure recruitment, selection, and promotion of
  staff
• reflects our desired culture and mission.

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• Our Values Principles
• Participation and Collaboration
• Equity
• Diversity
• Respect
• Care and Compassion
• Innovation and Creativity
• Accountability and Effectiveness

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Our Values Principles Our Actions
Participation Collaboration Expand community participation structures and mechanisms. Actively involve communities, community groups and other regions in strategic and service planning. Develop meaningful, robust partnerships and strategic alliances with other regions to deliver state-wide services.
Equity Improve access to services and programs including to prevention and health promotion. Prioritise the Aboriginal Health Strategy. Support intersectoral action on the broad determinants of health. Work in partnership with community groups in order to gain access to and the trust of disadvantaged groups.
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Our Values Principles Our Actions
Diversity Develop a Diversity friendly health service strategy. Recruit and develop the Aboriginal workforce. Provide cultural competency training for staff. Pilot new approaches to cater for diversity e.g. maternal care for refugee women.
Respect Develop and maintain organisational culture that reflects trust, courtesy, cooperation, sensitivity and open communication.
Care and compassion Focus on the individuals experience in the redesign of service delivery. Recognise and reward compassion and care in staff recognition programs.
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Our Values Principles Our Actions
Innovation Creativity Expand and support applied research and evaluation research to support practice. Reward staff innovation and leadership in PHC. Strengthen Public Health Population Health research, evaluation and information management.
Accountability Effectiveness Develop public accountability processes in conjunction with communities e.g. a public report card. Demonstrate sound clinical and corporate governance, through openness, probity and efficient use of resources. Use evidence and evaluation to support decision making.
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Change Champions Workshop

• Thank you