6 The continuum of intervention for health and wellbeing Victorian schools, early education and care services and universal services like Maternal and Child Health have a key role to play in primary prevention and promoting the health of children and young people in their community. DEECD services also work with individuals to identify and respond to the additional needs of children, young people and families as soon as possible. The of intervention for health and is a model to help DEECD services see the multiple ‘continuum wellbeing’ opportunities for addressing health and wellbeing at the population and individual level. This model can support collaborative planning, help identify the core business of other services, identify gaps and duplication between services and support decision making about how best to use available resources. The spread of services across the levels can be tailored locally and regionally to match the health and wellbeing needs of the community and existing activity. DEECD services work in and across the continuum. These levels of intervention are represented in Figure 6.1 and described in the subsequent tables that also include the respective roles of services across the continuum. Figure 6.1 The continuum of intervention for health and wellbeing Complex 5% of intervention and population restoring wellbeing Approximately Early identification 15% and intervention of population Primary Approximately 80% prevention of population Focusing on promoting the health and wellbeing of all Victorian children and young people
6 The continuum of intervention for health and wellbeing Victorian schools, early education and care services and universal services like Maternal and Child Health have a key role to play in primary prevention and promoting the health of children and young people in their community. DEECD services also work with individuals to identify and respond to the additional needs of children, young people and families as soon as possible. The ‘continuum of intervention for health and wellbeing’ is a model to help DEECD services see the multiple opportunities for addressing health and wellbeing at the population and individual level. This model can support collaborative planning, help identify the core business of other services, identify gaps and duplication between services and support decision making about how best to use available resources. The spread of services across the levels can be tailored locally and regionally to match the health and wellbeing needs of the community and existing activity. DEECD services work in and across the continuum. These levels of intervention are represented in Figure 6.1 and described in the subsequent tables that also include the respective roles of services across the continuum. Figure 6.1 The continuum of intervention for health and wellbeing Complex intervention and restoring wellbeing Early identification and intervention Primary prevention 5% of population Approximately 15% of population Approximately 80% of population Focusing on promoting the health and wellbeing of all Victorian children and young people
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