Move and Measure it! ECHO® Series
Supporting Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Branch workforce to deliver physical activity promotion.
In collaboration with The University of Queensland, and the Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drug (MHAOD) Branch, Health and Wellbeing Queensland is launching a Move and Measure It! Project ECHO® series.
This series aims to enhance participants’ skills to measure and support the improvement of physical activity of consumers in line with the recently launched Physical Activity Cascade of Care within MHAOD services. Participants will learn the key principles of physical activity promotion, including identifying barriers and enablers to measuring physical activity, providing brief interventions, and fostering a sustainable culture of movement behaviour change within their workplaces.
Target Audience: All members of the MHAOD workforce have a vital role in supporting consumers to move more and sit less, For this pilot series registration is open to all MHAOD staff (nurses, allied health, medical, peer workers, recreation officers, and rehabilitation therapy aides).
Panel members: Exercise Physiologist, Physiotherapist & Physical activity researcher, Representatives from the MHAOD lived experience workforce.
This series will be conducted in partnership with Nutrition Australia Qld.
Participants will gain a thorough understanding of key nutrition phases for children aged 0-5 years. This series will equip participants with strategies and confidence to respond to common nutrition issues they come across in their work.
Target Audience: Early childhood staff , playgroup facilitators, and community workers working with children aged 0-5 years.
Panel members: NAQ nutritionist, Health and Wellbeing Queensland, Child Health Nurse and guest presenters.
This ongoing series is conducted in partnership with Children’s Health Queensland and The University of Queensland.
Childhood overweight and obesity affects 1 in 4 Queensland children and is associated with poor long-term health, emotional and social outcomes. It often affects whole families, and primary health professionals are well placed to deliver holistic care for the entire family, with treatment safely delivered in primary care with specialist support.
Target Audience: clinicians including GPs, nurses, medical specialists, and allied health professionals working in childhood overweight and obesity prevention and management.
Panel members: general paediatrician, paediatric dietitian, physiotherapist and guest presenters.
ConnectingQ ECHO® Series
Join the ConnectingQ ECHO® Network to connect, learn and share knowledge with professionals working to support sustainable active and healthy communities across Queensland.
This ongoing series is conducted in partnership with ConnectingQ.
- Be empowered to lead initiatives that support active and healthy communities
- Engage in learning opportunities and peer support with people from a range of sectors, disciplines and regions of Queensland to address complex challenges effectively
- Enhance your prevention capability to enable effective local action for healthy communities
Creating active and healthy communities means finding new and innovative ways of working together across different sectors and areas across Queensland.
Target Audience: We welcome registrations from practitioners from local government, community, and health sectors that have a shared objective of creating active and healthy communities.
This series has been designed in partnership with South West Hospital and Health Service (HHS) and Health and Wellbeing Queensland for South West health professionals.
Applying the 5A’s (Ask, Assess, Assist, Advise and Arrange) framework in preventative healthcare in alignment with the preventive care in general practice clinical guidelines to support adult health care in the region.
Target Audience: Registration is open to all health professionals (GPs, nurses, allied health) within the South West HHS region.
Panel members: Exercise Physiologist, Senior Social Work, Senior Medical Officer, Community Nutritionist/Dietitian and guest contributors.
Explore our past learning series
This series was conducted in partnership with Monash University, The University of Queensland, Menzies School of Health Research, Outback Stores, The Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation, Refresh Centre of Research Excellence, and Murtupuni Centre for Rural & Remote Health.
Participants were given insight into 9 key areas for working together with remote stores business owners and operators to build nutrition workforce capacity to facilitate positive, sustainable change, as well as enable monitoring and evaluation using the Store Scout app.
Target Audience: community dietitians and public health nutritionists working in remote communities.
Panel Members: health and nutrition manager, nutritionist, research fellow, associate professor public health nutrition, senior lecturer public health nutrition, program advisor nutrition strategy, PhD candidate and guest presenters: senior policy officer, group merchandise and IT manager.
For further information please email echo@hw.qld.gov.au
This series was conducted in partnership with Queensland Association of School Tuckshops (QAST).
Participants learned how to review their current tuckshop menu, explored the benefits of Smart Choices, developed skills in community engagement, designed and marketed their new menu, and learned how to create a sustainable tuckshop that benefited the whole school community.
Target Audience: QAST members: tuckshop convenors, operation managers, P&C members, principals.
Panel members: QAST Dietitian, QAST Executive Services Manager, Queensland High school and primary school tuckshop convenors, Department of Education representative.
For further information please email echo@hw.qld.gov.au
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Last updated 15 May 2025
