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Vehicles are provided from the ACT Department of Community Services and Health pool when staff are working at clients' workplaces.
3. DUTIES OF STAFF
(a) Health Risk Management Service
- counselling clients on lifestyles
- monitoring lifestyles
- working with the food industry, other health professionals, educators and community groups to encourage healthy behaviours, for example, increasing availability and consumption of low salt food.
(b) Health Assessment Team
- organising and implementing health management policies in workplaces
- working with management to encourage health promotion policies in the workplace
- conducting health and fitness assessments for the general public
- producing resource materials to support the above activities.
4. REFERRALS FROM MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
(a) Health Risk Management Service
- in 1988-89 401 new clients were referred to the service of which 232 referrals came from medical practitioners (58 per cent).
(b) Health Assessment Team
- the predominant mode of referral is through public awareness and self-motivation; referral by a medical practitioner is not required for this preventive strategy.
Canberra Tourism Development Bureau
(Question No. 17)
Mrs Nolan asked the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education, upon notice, on 25 July 1989:
(1) How many people are employed by the Canberra Tourism Development Bureau.
(2) How many are in administrative roles.
(3) How many are in purely marketing promotional roles.
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