CEHI - Centre for Enabling Health Improvement

Sunderland Men's Health Launch Event

Monday 6^th February 2012

12pm to 3pm

Stadium of Light

Sunderland Men's Health Steering Group invites you to the official launch of the men's health network across Sunderland. This will give participants the opportunity to become aware of the current work around men's health and become involved in unravelling issues endeavouring to narrow the gap of male life expectancy and develop sustainable working.

Event is at the Stadium of Light Sunderland in the Riverside room

Monday 6^th  February 2012

Arrival and lunch at 12 noon

Launch will begin at 12:45pm

Finish at 3.00pm

RSVP by 27th January 2012 to Menshealth@sotw.nhs.uk  or call Janice Ellison on 0191 529 7199

Know Your Numbers! Week is a national annual campaign run by UK charity the Blood Pressure Association which increases public awareness of issues surrounding blood pressure and offers free blood pressure checks to members of the public. This year's event takes place from Monday 12 - Sunday 18 September.

NHS South of Tyne and Wear and South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust is participating in this year's event as a great opportunity to reach people who wouldn't usually get a blood pressure check. Staff can come along to drop in sessions at their workplaces. Staff can contact the NHS Health Checks Specialist Nurse Practitioner, Simon Ayre, for times and dates on 0191 5025050.

More information from the Blood Pressure Association

If you would like more information about high blood pressure, please visit the our website at www.bpassoc.org.uk or you can also call our Information Line on 0845 241 0989.

Check out if your lifestyle is effecting your blood pressure by taking this quiz!

As part of the National Men's Health week, Sunderland Men's Health Network are having a Health Campaign TODAY from 10am to 4pm
outside Marks & Spencer (Sunderland High Street West) promoting healthy living for men

What's happening?
10am: Official opening by the Deputy Mayor of Sunderland, Cllr Ian Kay

· Meet former Sunderland Players or get heard on Radio Sun Fm

· Enjoy a penalty shootout wearing drunk simulation glasses

· Men's health checks will be available with experts assessing       lifestyle

· Free blood pressure tests and Body Mass Index (BMI) calculations

· Stalls on alcohol, smoking, sexual health, Stroke & Cancer    awareness and much more.........

· Free Non Alcoholic Cocktail and Fruit

Throughout the day you can come to any of our stalls and receive FREE health information

If you stop by you could win free tickets to see The Kings of Leon tonight or tickets to a Sunderland Game

If your interested in getting involved with men's health, email menshealth@sotw.nhs.uk or call Yusuf on 0191 52972

Diabetes UK National Diabetes Week 2011

'Let's Talk Diabetes'

In the UK, diabetes affects approximately 2.8 million people. More than one million people in the UK are thought to have undiagnosed type 2 diabetes with 6000 of these individuals living across the NHS South of Tyne & Wear area. Daily, around 84 people are diagnosed with diabetes and 28 people die from this disease.

Diabetes UK's National Diabetes week 'Let's Talk Diabetes' is taking place from 12^th to 18^th June and is being supported by NHS South of Tyne & Wear's Wellbeing Team with a week of drop-in sessions for all the Trust's staff. Drop in Schedule.doc 

All members of staff can come along to this confidential drop-in to have their questions answered, learn more about the causes and how to lower the risk of developing diabetes for themselves or their family and friends.

Free blood glucose checks will also be available. Click on the link below to see how the check is carried out.

Diabetes Week.wmv

For more information please contact Simon Ayre on:

0191 5025050 or simon.ayre@sotw.nhs.uk

National Diabetes Week official Website:

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Get_involved/Diabetes-Week/

Sunderland Public Health are hoping to set up a new support group in a bid to raise male life expectancy on Wearside.

NHS South of Tyne and Wear is looking to establish a Men's Health Network to help make men more aware of illness and other issues.

Men aged over 40 are being encouraged to get involved in the initiative, with 15 already recruited.

Yusuf Meah, promoting health practitioner for Sunderland at NHS South of Tyne and Wear, which covers Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust (TPCT), explained the reasons behind creating the network.

He said: "Men in Sunderland have a lower life expectancy than the national average - 75.9 compared to 78.3 nationally.

"There are also unnecessary differences in life expectancy locally - a man in Washington South, for example, can expect to live until 83.7, whereas a Hendon man's average life expectancy is 14 years lower at just 69.7.

"Many of these premature deaths could be prevented - whether that be through making lifestyle changes such as losing weight, doing more exercise or stopping smoking - or by simply being more aware of the symptoms of certain conditions and visiting the doctor at an early stage.

"The network will look at all of the above and act as a forum for discussion and support."

Those wanting to join the network will be able to visit regular meetings across the city.

Advice from health professionals, on-the-spot checks and assessments will be available to determine how at risk men are of developing conditions such as diabetes or heart disease.

Guest speakers will give presentations on specific conditions and services.

Those interested in joining the network should call Yusuf on 529 7202 or email menshealth@sotw.nhs.uk

Sector 3 are one of several partners in"Health Stop", a new unit in the Metro Centre, where shoppers can drop in and get advice and information on all sorts of health issues.

Sector 3 will be talking to people about Brief Intervention for Smoking on Saturday 8th May between 10am and 1pm.  If you are at the Metro, why not drop in and see what's going on - or even better, get some info for someone who's thinking of quitting smoking.  Help is here! 

Follow the link below to download results from a study which looked at how Stop Smoking Services are being accessed in Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland. Are the groups of people who are most likely to smoke using the Stop Smoking Service?
As a result of this, is the service contributing to reducing health inequalities?

NB These are large files that may take some time to download

AreStopSmokingServicesBeingAccessedFairlyInGateshead2009.pdf (pdf, 17MB)

AreStopSmokingServicesBeingAccessedFairlyInSouthTyneside2009.pdf (pdf, 15MB)

AreStopSmokingServicesBeingAccessedFairlyInSunderland2009.pdf (pdf, 16MB)

Join National Wear Red Day on Friday 26 Feb or choose your own event - anything goes as long as it's red! For further information go to the British Heart Foundation's link below. There is also a free fundraising kit that has lots of posters, stickers, games, ideas and a little collection box. Send them your details below and they will send out your kit straight away.

Is your hubby a couch potatoe? Get him signed up now for a new weight management course at the Lyndhurst Centre, Wednesdays 6-8pm. Enrol now!

If you are interested in supporting health campaigns during 2010, please complete the Health Campaign Form, and return to the Public Health Improvement Information Team based at Clarendon.

The May 2009 newsletter is now available on the NHS Evidence national library for public health website

Archived newsletters are now at:
http://www.library.nhs.uk/publichealth/page.aspx?pagename=NEWSLETTER

Annual Evidence Update on Cardiac Rehabilitation (Cardiovascular Specialist Library)
http://www.library.nhs.uk/cvd

This is the second Annual Evidence Update on cardiac rehabilitation produced by the Cardiovascular Specialist Library with the results of new systematic reviews and other relevant information published since the first Annual Evidence Update in June 2008. There is also a "what's new" analysis discussing new evidence and its implications for clinical practice.

The April 2009 newsletter is now available on the NLH Public Health Specialist Library website or you can download it here.

Archived newsletters are now at:
http://www.library.nhs.uk/PUBLICHEALTH/ViewResource.aspx?resID=313467

Follow the link below to download a list of Gateshead Community Stop Smoking Drop-in sessions.

Gateshead Community Drop-in Clinics

Heart Health Month - February 2009

(Focusing on Cardiovascular Disease)

Health for Life Poster.pdf
Our message for this campaign is that even small changes to your lifestyle can make a big difference. Becoming more active, eating healthier, keep a check on your waist measurement, drinking alcohol sensibly, stop smoking and having a health check can all help to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease.

Copies of the health for life - cardiovascular poster and the BHF - Keep Your Heart Healthy Booklets are available in reasonably large quantities from the Public Health Improvement Team. The team are currently mailing out hundreds of packs to those individuals and organizations who have expressed an interest in the Campaign.

Contact the Team on:

283 1124 / 283 1125 / 283 1126

Or email healthinfo@sotw.nhs.uk