Our mission is to transform the way chronic disease is addressed.
We are getting systemic drivers of disease on the agenda, putting the community in the centre of the problem-solving process and facilitating cross-sector collaboration.
We do this in three main ways:
Changing the Conversation around Chronic Disease
Managing chronic disease is a costly business. Australia spends $44bn annually on chronic disease management, and yet only $89 per person on prevention – despite researtch showing that up to 70% of health outcomes are driven by our lifestyle choices.
We are putting the systemic drivers of disease on the agenda, ensuring that local communities are at the centre of the problem-solving process and shifiting the focus from symptoms to causes.
Facilitating Collective Impact
We build coordinated movements around a specific problem or local communities. Using a systems thinking approach, we co-design and mentor community-led solutions that better leverage existing infrastructure and resources to create connected and responsive health ecosystems.
We’re on the path to learning how to be an excellent national backbone organisation, supporting effective collective impact solutions.
Mentoring and Consultancy
Bespoke arrangements with community sector partners looking to strengthen their orgnisatiosn in the following areas:
- Communications strategy / effective communications
- Organisational strategy and leadership
- Program design
- Fundraising and finance
- Project management training
We have 14 years of experience in delivering, accelerating, incubating and mentoring community wellbeing projects.
Current Projects
Tackling Asthma in Vulnerable Communities
with Asthma Australia and the Federal Department of Health
10% of the Australian population suffers from asthma, but when working with vulnerable communities, common approaches such as disease management education and provision of medication are less successful. One Health is working in partnership with Asthma Australia over 4 years, to pilot a collective impact approach to tackling asthma is a disadvantaged community.
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Achieving Wellbeing for Refugees & disadvantaged migrants in Brisbane
with World Wellness Health and Medical Clinic
Refugees, people seeking asylum and disadvantaged migrants have limited access to the health care they need to be well-integrated in our communities. They often have complex health problems and fall through the gaps due to language and cultural barriers. In partnership with the local refugee community and Brisbane refugee health and social services, we are creating collective impact solutions to their most pressing problems.
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Past Projects
OHO's mission is no less than
Health for All.
OHO is the largest organisation of its kind in the world and a registered associate of the United Nations DPI