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Strategic Plan

Strategic Plan

This Strategic Health Plan is entitled Hauora Titiro Whakamua: Health Looking Forward. It is a chart for a voyage to a goal of oranga/wellbeing for all Te Tairawhiti people. The plan outlines the current status of the Te Tairawhiti population for health and independence then proposes the conceptual philosophy of AWHI as a way to move forward to achieve our goal.

The AWHI model structures action on health and independence from personal responses Au/me, through Whanau/family, to Hapu/community and Iwi/Te Tairawhiti. The model guides the vision for the Te Tairawhiti of the future. One in which:

• All people will choose to be smoke free.
  
• All children will be fully immunized.
  
• All people will have teeth free from decay.
  
• All babies will be fully breast-fed.
  
• All people will use safety belts in vehicles.
  
• All drivers will be without the influence of alcohol or drugs.
  
• All sex will be consensual and safe.
  
• All whanau/families will be free from violence.
  
• All people with impairments will lead independent inclusive lives.
  
• All people will be physically active.
  
• All people will be within their goal weight.
  
• All people will be free from mental illness.

To achieve the goal and create a Te Tairawhiti that embodies the vision, the plan recognizes eleven guiding principles that will be applied to all actions by Tairawhiti District Health (TDH):

1. Prevent ill health.

2. Reduce health inequalities.

3. Support whanauora.

4. The right care in the right place at the right time.

5. Optimize our resources.

6. Develop the workforce.

7. Work with other sectors, agencies and communities.

8. Implement continuous quality improvement.

9. Support people to live independently.

10. Local solutions.

11. Monitor health improvements.

Analysis of the Health Needs Assessment for Te Tairawhiti and feedback from stakeholders has identified four top health gain priorities. These are:

• Reduce the rate and effects of heart disease and stroke.
  
• Reduce the rate and effects of diabetes.
  
• Reduce the rate and effects of cancer.
  
• Reduce the rate and effects of severe mental health and addictions.

To achieve the goal, visions and action on the health gain priorities there are seven service development priorities:-

• Primary health care
  
• Population health
  
• Child and youth health
  
• Older persons health
  
• Elective services
  
• Pacific health services
  
• Rural health