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“a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” SOCIAL HEALTH“a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

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a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

What do we mean by social health? The World Health Organisation defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”  

SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age are known as the social determinants of health. Things such as income and income distribution, education, employment and job security, food security, housing and social inclusion all have an impact on the social health of our communities.These social determinants are mostly responsible for health inequities - the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between communities.

“a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” PARTNER ORGANISATIONS“a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

Australian Croatian Community Services

Baptcare

City of Casey

 City of Greater Dandenong

Emerge Australia

mecwacare

Queen Elizabeth Centre

FMC Mediation and Counselling

MIND Australia

SCOPE

Bayside City Council

Bolton Clarke

 Campbell Page

Connections UnitingCare

Doveton Neighbourhood Learning Centre

Link Health and Community

 Kooweerup Regional Health Services

Monash Health

Motor Neurone Disease Association of Victoria

Shire of Cardinia

Southern Academic Primary Care Research Unit

South East Palliative Care

enliven is committed to working with partner organisations and our communities to address these health inequities.

CO - DESIGN

solutions to enhance social health with our partners and with our COMMUNITIES

 Most importantly, we identify issues and co-design solutions to enhance social health with our partners and with our communities.

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IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY

We work in a landscape of diversity and vulnerability with enliven’s south east communities being amongst the most diverse in Australia. enliven values and recognises the importance of diversity including race, culture, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age and physical abilities.  

CGD is the most culturally diverse locality in Australia with residents from 

160

DIFFERENT BIRTHPLACES

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Here’s a few statistics to describe the diversity within the south east. City of Greater Dandenong is the most culturally diverse locality in Australia with residents from over 160 different birthplaces. In September 2017, nearly 2000 asylum-seekers resided in Greater Dandenong.

40.5%

of Casey residents are born overseas

Speaking a language other than English

CASEY

has the 

LARGEST

number of 

Aboriginal & 

 Torres Strait Islander 

residents in the greater Melbourne area.

In Casey, overseas born residents constitute 40.5% of residents with 38% speaking languages other than English. City of Casey has the largest number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents in the greater Melbourne area.

CARDINIA

Current population

is expected to almost DOUBLE 

by 2036

0-9 year-old

making up

of their total population

Whereas in Cardinia the current population is expected to almost double by 2036 with 5 families moving into Cardinia Shire each day and 0-9-year-old children make up 16% of their total population. This diversity affords unique challenges for enliven as it continues to promote and strive for service access equity and service coordination for vulnerable populations in our region.

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Common agenda

STRATEGIC PLAN

Climate change resilience

Prevention of Family Violence

Mental Health and Youth Resiliance

Tackling Obesity

Improving the social health of vulnerable and diverse communities

Building strong and effective partnerships

Healthy workplaces

Improving service coordination