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Table 1 Summary of HPC:BAEW communities

From: Community-based interventions for obesity prevention: lessons learned by Australian policy-makers

Intervention Community

Community characteristics

Primary target group

Secondary target group

Budget

Funding timeframe

Cardinia Shire Council/South-East Healthy Communities Partnership

Urban; high level of socio-economic disadvantage

Primary school-aged children, 5-12 years

Families, carers, older adults and seniors

$637,000

Apr 2007-June 2010

Kingston Bayside PCP

Urban; culturally and linguistically diverse; high level of socio-economic disadvantage

Children 0-12 years

Families, carers, older adults and seniors

$637,000

Apr 2007-June 2010

Campaspe PCP

Rural; high level of socio-economic disadvantage; high proportion of young people

Secondary school-aged children, 12-18 years

Older adults

$637,000

Apr 2007-June 2010

Westbay PCP (HealthWest Partnership)

Urban; culturally and linguistically diverse; high level of socio-economic disadvantage

Secondary school-aged children, 12-18 years

Young people newly arrived from overseas

$637,000

Apr 2007-June 2010

Southern Grampians and Glenelg PCP (SGG)

Rural; culturally homogeneous; ageing population; high level of socio-economic disadvantage

Working adults

Wider community

$637,000

Apr 2007-June 2010

Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative

Regional; Aboriginal community; high level of socio-economic disadvantage

Whole of community*

 

$392,000

Oct 2007-June 2010

  1. * This later moved to a heavy emphasis on increasing physical activity in children and adolescents