Department of Health and Ageing State and Territory Governments Healthy Communities Initiative National Centre for Monitoring Cardiovascular Disease National Health and Medical Research Council Leisure Industry Food Service Sector Non Governmental Organisations Safe Work Australia Infrastructure Local Government Areas Support Media Campaigns Research National Heart Foundation National Stroke Foundation Department of Health and Ageing State and Territory Governments VIC, NSW, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT National Preventive Health Agency Pharmaceutical and Medicare Benefit Schemes

Local Government Areas Schemes like the Healthy Communities Initiative (HCI) provide funding for Local Government Areas (LGAs) to deliver effective community-based programs targeting the risk factors of chronic disease at a community level, including smoking, nutrition, alcohol and physical activity (SNAP) (DHA, 2012; ANPHA, 2009). This can translate to creating and promoting healthy transport options, housing and urban planning decisions that respond to local needs as well as partnerships with community groups and healthy agencies (Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), 2011). For example local walking groups, cooking classes, cycling paths and subsidised group exercise programs (MAV, 2011). Back to Flowchart

Infrastructure Investment is occurring in all stages of the cardiovascular disease timeline including prevention, early detection and best practice health care across the acute to palliative spectrum (DHA, 2009). Some examples include: $34 million project to support up to 7,500 rural nurses and 1,000 rural allied health professionals to access professional development courses (DHA, 2011c). Improving recruitment and retention of health professionals in a rural setting through incentives (DHA, 2009). $370 million project to establish 28 new GP Super Clinics and to upgrade around 425 existing general practices, primary health care and community health services, and Aboriginal Medical Services (DHA, 2011c). $1.6 billion project to establish and operate 1,316 new subacute care beds and bed-based equivalent community based services (DHA, 2011c). Back to Flowchart

Safe Work Australia SWA facilitates the delivery of healthy living programs in the workplace to improve the health and wellbeing of workers and reduce their risk of chronic disease (Safe Work Australia (SFA), 2012). Video 1: Work Health Check Campaign (Work Safe Victoria (WSV), 2010) If unable to view please follow link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxzpGtSMVDc Back to Flowchart

Federal Government Initiatives National Health and Medical Research Centre NHMRC invested more than $107 million in 2011 into cardiovascular disease research, which has translated into 590 active research grants (NHMRC, 2011). National Centre for Monitoring Cardiovascular Disease The National Centre for Monitoring Cardiovascular Disease analyses and reports on CVD trends, expenditure, prevalence and risk factors (DHA, 2011b). Pharmaceutical and Medicare Benefits Scheme $6 billion was contributed to the Pharmaceutical and Medicare Benefits Scheme to go towards treatment and management of CVD (DHA, 2011b). Back to Flowchart

Partnerships with NGOs Food Service Sector Government partnerships with the food service sector to offer healthy choices and minimise choices high in fat, sugar or salt (ANPHA, 2009). Leisure Industry Government partnerships with sport, recreation and commercial fitness businesses to increase physical activity in the community (ANPHA, 2009). Back to Flowchart