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Terms of Reference

SIGNAL is the public health nutrition sub committee of the National Public Health Partnership Group (NPHPG). The core business of SIGNAL is to further the implementation of Australia’s national public health nutrition strategy - ‘Eat Well Australia’ - and to strategically manage national nutrition promotion priorities.

SIGNAL provides a mechanism to ensure that government responsibilities in public health nutrition are consistent, coordinated and collaborative. SIGNAL provides the means to establish the broad commitment of all jurisdictions to public health nutrition objectives.

A reporting relationship to the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (AHMAC) exists through its status as a sub committee of the NPHPG. The New Zealand Ministry of Health has observer status on SIGNAL.

Terms of Reference

1. Promote and support the goals and objectives of the national public health nutrition strategy, Eat Well Australia.

2. Provide advice on priority public health nutrition issues to the NPHPG, including public health nutrition intelligence, research and intervention programs.

3. Provide advice to the NPHPG on the development and implementation of Eat Well Australia.

4. Monitor and report on the impact, effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of Eat Well Australia.

5. Ensure comprehensive responses between the NPHP members in developing and implementing a workprogram consistent with Eat Well Australia, particularly in relation to jointly funded projects and agreed national programs.

6. Monitor and report to the NPHPG on the impact, effectiveness and efficiency of all programs instituted by SIGNAL.

7. Promote ways in which NPHP members address public health nutrition issues in a collaborative, effective and equitable manner.

8. Promote integration across all parts of the food system by:
   
   

   • liaising and collaborating with other NPHP working groups and other relevant government policy and strategy groups;

   • providing a forum for liaising and consulting with other sectors and organisations, for example, NGOs, food industry and consumer organisations; and

   • providing a forum for information sharing in relation to public health nutrition between members of the NPHP.
     

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