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Get more information on two of our latest locally-driven research projects.

This project aims to develop a scalable and sustainable framework to re-orient local health services towards a whole of Mid North Coast Local Health District preventive health model.

This project involves a review of current preventive health initiatives across the whole LHD, a review of current literature and preventive health models and extensive consultation with managers, staff and other key stakeholders – to inform the development of a preventive health framework.

To address some of the underlying issues that contribute to childhood obesity in Kempsey, the BANDU project will commence in 2021, using the PICNIC program.

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