Health Promotion Action Plan 2009 - 2012
Introduction to the Cancer Society of New Zealand 2009-2012 Action Plan for Health Promotion
Since 1991 National Strategic Plans for Health Promotion have provided the framework and set the direction for health promotion activity at a national, and more recently divisional, level. With the development of the New Zealand Cancer Control Strategy (Minister of Health 2003),the New Zealand Cancer Control Action Plan 2005-2010 (Ministry of Health 2005) and the Cancer Society of New Zealand National Strategic Plan (CSNZ 2006) the health promotion strategic direction document has been renamed the Health Promotion Action Plan. The format is based on the Cancer Council Australia National Cancer Prevention Policy 2007-09 (The Cancer Council of Australia 2007).
The Health Promotion Action Plan incorporates the agreed objectives of the Cancer Society of New Zealand (CSNZ) Strategic plan and reflects alignment with the Cancer Control Strategy (CCS) and the Cancer Control Action Plan (CCAP). To ensure congruity with all documents, health promotion work has been incorporated into the two relevant CCAP /CSNZ Strategic plan goals of:
Goal 1: To reduce the incidence of cancer through primary prevention, and
Goal 2: To ensure effective screening and early detection to reduce cancer incidence and mortality.
