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A group of health professionals in Sunderland are holding an event aimed at the over 65's to raise awareness of "falls" and "falls Prevention".

This initiative will take place in the "Market Square" at the Bridges Shopping Centre in Sunderland between 10am and 2pm on the above date...

The event will promote activities that older people can do to remain independent in later life and inform them of how to reduce their risk of falling and fractures. This will include a health check, advice and information from a multi disciplinary Team.

Several key organisations are supporting the day including Age Concern, Sunderland Carer's Centre, Community Furniture service, Home Improvement Agency and several others.

The poster for the event can be downloaded HERE (125k). If you have any other queries in the meantime then please call Christine Pigford (Sunderland Falls Co-ordinator) on 0191 5026912.
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We look forward to seeing you on the day!

This year’s campaign will be encouraging mothers from low-income backgrounds to initiate and continue to breastfeed their baby. The campaign focuses on encouraging women to access the support that will help them to breastfeed for longer, and the strapline, ‘Breastfeeding: every day makes a difference to your baby’, reflects the message that each day a women continues to breastfeed is another day the child receives important health benefits from its mother’s milk.

What’s going on in Gateshead!

Bosom Buddies celebration evening at Pelaw Social Club
Friday 16th May
7pm – 11pm with disco, buffet and raffle.
Tickets £4.00 available from Heather Stone at Felling Children’s Centre
Tel: 433 5639

“Buddies at Saltwell Park” – Saltwell Towers
Saturday 17th May
10 am – 4 pm
Information stands, colouring activities, craft, raffle, music and movement, face painting, raffles.
Contact Felling Children’s Centre
Tel: 433 5646

Our friends at Gateshead City Learning Centre are hosting a Xmas Craft Fair on Saturday and Sunday 1st/2nd December, 9.30-4.00pm at Gateshead CLC, Unit 13, The Watermark.

That's just along from Tyne Tees TV and close to the MetroCentre.

There's over 40 stalls of goodies and gift ideas - glass, wood, art/photos on canvas, jewellery, embroidery, confectionery, cards and papercrafts and lots more. Bring your purse/wallet!

Special appearances from Sam and Zozo (African Master Drummers) and maybe, just maybe, Santa Claus...

Free Entry. Free Parking. See you there!

We are a partnership project called Link Up in Gateshead which aims to bring a range of preventative services for people over 50 who live in Gateshead.

The activities are free and availalbe to anyone in Gateshead over 50.

I have attached a leaflet for the information on our lifestyle matters courses. CLICK HERE FOR LEAFLET

We are also organising the following programmes:

Link Up to Health and Wealth Drop into our Health and Wealth Checks for individual information and advice from the Community Health Team and Pension Service. 22nd May 2007, 10 - 12am Blaydon Library and 5th June 2007 2 - 4pm Cromer Avenue Church Low Fell

Link Up to Seven Steps to Healthy Eating Come to our eight week FREE course or to find out more call the team on 4332092. Wednesday 30th May 10 - 11am Birtley Library and Monday 4th June 10 - 11am Whickham Library

Penny Gray
Project Manager

26th March 2007 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Venue: The Community Room, Bensham Hospital

This seminar is the third in a series (the first was the Evaluation Seminar and the second was on Community Development) and is about Behaviour Change. It is aimed at the wider public health workforce who already have a basic knowledge or who are interested in finding out more about Behaviour Change.

People who are interested should register their interest with Emma Cowan on emma.cowan@ghpct.nhs.uk or 0191-4971515. Please note that numbers are limited so book early!

Watch LoFi version (Windows Media)

Watch HiFi version (Windows Media)

Sexual Health Awareness Week (12th to 18th February)
No Smoking Day (14th March)
Breastfeeding Awareness Week (13th to 19th May)
Cancer Prevention - Fruity Friday (25th May)
Heart Health Week (2nd to 10th June)
Immunisation Awareness Week (10th to 16th September)
World Mental Health Day (10th October)
Alcohol Awareness Week (10th to 16th December)

These health promotion campaigns will be promoted across the borough of Gateshead in 2007. To register to receive an awareness pack of resources please complete the attached Campaign Resources form.

Download campaigns and dates (PDF 70KB)
Download campaign resources order form (Word 30KB)

HIV is the fastest growing serious health condition in the UK. By December 2005 there were an estimated 65,000 people living with HIV, a third of whom were undiagnosed

In 2004 there were 7,275 new reported cases, which was nearly double the number reported for 2000 (3,851).

TAKE PART IN THE GATESHEAD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENSUS
– WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND THE BOROUGH

Gateshead Public Health Partnership is undertaking a census of community development activities across Gateshead. Many groups and individuals have already been approached directly and have returned their completed forms. But, we haven’t been able to personally contact everyone out there.

If you haven’t been approached then please help us to make sure your work is recognised in the census. You can help by downloading and completing the census form below and then return it to the address on the form by the end of August.

Time is running out – don’t delay.!! Please post any questions, queries or comments on the weblog or contact jackie.gray@ghpct.nhs.uk

Download community development census form (Word: 44KB)

Choosing Health - Getting it going in Gateshead

an hour to walk, talk and be informed

- Health walk in your area

- Talk to the Director of Public Health

- Get information about health to support you in your work

18th July 10.00 – 11.00 Drop in Centre, Hookergate School Conference Room

18th July 12.30 – 13.30 Kibblesworth Millenium Centre

18th July 14.30 – 15.30 Whickham Library

19th July 10.00 – 11.00 Walk in Centre, Bensham

19th July 14.00 – 15.00 Pelaw Surgery

These events launch the 2005 DPH Annual Report

Download DPH Annual Report 2005 (PDF: 1.5MB)

22nd – 28th May is Cancer Prevention Week, with the highlight of the campaign being Fruity Friday on Friday 26th May. The focus of the campaign this year is the 5 A DAY message, and how eating more fruit and vegetables can reduce your risk of cancer.

If you would like copies of campaign materials to help promote this campaign message, please contact the Health Promotion Resources Service for Gateshead on 0191 433 5684.
If you are doing anything for the campaign or if you have any comments about the resources…please let us know.

Our health, our care, our say: implementing the white paper
Advance notice of regional workshop for the North East
Monday 3 July 2006, Samsung Centre, Teesside
More details

Dear colleague,

The evaluations for the above journey have been collated.

Your journey today!

Your postcards!

If you have any comments, please follow "comments" link below

Regards

Clare Ross
Secretary for Health Promotion

The Choosing Health Events Group are having a Reunion!

We are going to be looking at our journey so far, sharing your travel stories, and viewing your holiday snaps!

If you would like to join us then please fill out the invite with your details and send it to - Clare Ross (details in letter below).

Invitation Letter

programme

" A Carnival of Achievement and Success"

THEME: Choosing Health............Enabling Health................Enabling me

You can find more information about the Virtual Studay Day Below

CEHI Virtual Study Day

Gateshead Health Trainer Partnership

A powerpoint presentation by: Pat Elms, Nicoll Loyd and Trevor Hopkins

Download Presentation [Powerpoint: 22.5MB]

Reflections on a Healthy Communities Beacon Year

Powerpoint Presentation by Trevor Hopkins and Nicoll Loyd

Download Presentation [Powerpoint: 15.4MB]

Sexual Health Awareness Week, February 13-19th 2006

Mark Lambert video contribution now available for viewing.

View Mark Lambert video: (hi-band - windows media - 11mins)

Choosing Health identifies the need to make "every contact a health improving contact".

As part of its ongoing consultation on the needs of staff, CEHI is asking in relation to sexual health the following questions.

1. What training do you need?
2. What kinds of activities or information would it be useful to share between practitioners, teams, services and organisations?
3. What sorts of information, data or advice would it be helpful to access?
4. What kind of support or training do you need in order to make best use of the weblog?

We'd be grateful if you could take time to consider the above questions and then use the COMMENTS link below to add your responses.

[Thanks to the very many of you who attended today's event and who took time to comment via the blog.
We have now reset our comments facility. To comment further you now need to register with TypeKey. Just click comments and follow the instructions.]

Choosing Sexual Health Seminar – Improving Sexual Health
7th December 2005 – 9.30am – 1.00pm
The Regus, Maingate, Kingway North, Team Valley Trading Estate

The morning will be a mix of presentations and workshops.

The presentations aim to provide participants with a clear picture of what initiatives are on the horizon for Sexual Health and a clear map of the work that is already in place, including an overview of current frameworks to support practice.

Gateshead Centre for Enabling Health Improvement (CEHI) will be consulting on methods to support “making every contact a health improving contact utilizing the CEHI online resource available at www.gatesheadgrid.org/cehi

Workshops will support practitioners to recognize the skills they already have with their client group and look at simple ways of integrating sexual health into the conversations and interactions we have with service users.

There will be opportunities for action planning and structured networking with colleagues from your discipline and other areas.

Welcome...
We hope you enjoy the workshop - we encourage your participation.

This session will be blogged live...

OUR HOPES
- Space and Time to think, share and learn together
- Practical ideas to take away
- Surprise Ourselves?
- Get involved
- Convention at the door
- Anything else?

Let's blog!

What are your vile preoccupations?
Bin them!

Groups of 5 -
The Latest Plan
Read the brief - be radical
20 mins reflection - then flip OR blog your group's output

OK...

Issues...
Difficult, challenging...
relationships and knowledge (not knowing)...planning from scratch...an uncomfortable place to be...multiple scenarios present themselves...morals and beliefs (personal and organisational culture)...environment is important...
timeframes (important)....

create the right conditions to do challenging things together...

Gateshead Stuff
If this was the Choosing Health stratgey...
What would you add?
What would you do differently?

did the issues apply across?
more informed about CH...a belief in the product...passion...not everyone shares that belief/passion
doing things in a different way, welcoming new skills and competences...
needs an honest approach...need courage to re-vision and re-energise
need to sell to the commissioners and staff and customers
problem in getting buy-in for the "slightly different" approach...
needs to be in part bottom-up...

energy...from without and within (other agencies, vol sector)
approached as a new/real opportunity...
how did Ghd engage the workforce?
what falls off the end?

motivation...
ICT...
knowledge...

are we very good at selling Choosing Health?
what exactly are we selling...product/lifestyle/aspirations...

Qs
School Nursing team - issues?
Within BSF/PFI new builds...any consideration given to SN teams?
greater leadership in Healthy Schools initiative...

Beacon Council Healthy Communities Event

We welcome your feedback, opinions, ideas and questions...and we'd like to share them.

Simply click the comments hyperlink below and share your thoughts.

Thanks!

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Do you want to get your health messages across to the people to whom it really matters?

Do you want your service to reach the people to whom it would benefit most?

Do you want to know how social marketing works, and how it could help you acheive these goals?

If you agreed to any of these questions, then this event is for you. Please download file.

Opening Speech
'Selling the vision for public mental health'
Dr Mark Lambert, Director of Public Health, Gateshead Primary Care Trust

View Mark Lambert video: (hi-band - windows media - 06mins.23secs)

please note: sound interference on latter part of the clip

Why not continue Friday's conversation by using the CEHI online Forums?

Simply register and then follow or create new topics for discussion.

We welcome your opinions, ideas and questions.

The Choosing Health journey continues....

NB there has been a change of date from the previously advertised date of 20th September.

The next event on this journey will take place:
Date: Friday, 30th September
Venue: The Media Centre, Stonehills Complex, Gateshead
Time: 9.30 - 2.00pm (including lunch)

See below for draft programme and invitation letter. You can also
download the Mental Health Foundation Report 'Choosing Mental Health'
which gives the background and a response to the public health white
paper in regard to mental health.

Download Invitation Letter

Download Programme (PDF:130KB)

Download Choosing Mental Health Report (PDF:270KB

Stop Smoking!

The Choosing Health journey continues...........

The next event on this journey will take place on 11th July 2005 between 12noon - 4.15pm

Click below for draft programme

Download file

If you have not yet registered to attend this event please contact Shelagh Cockburn Tel 0191 4971516

So...here we are at the Renaissance Hotel, Manchester with Beacon Council colleagues, promoting Gateshead CEHI. We're going to blog the conference and invite feedback on the various workshops and key presentations.

Photos to follow....

Apologies...the July event will take place on the 11th and NOT the 14th as originally posted.

11th July
Smoking
Will include launch of the Director of Public Health's Annual Report on the health of the people of Gateshead.

Half Day sessions: times and venues to be confirmed.
Full details to appear here.

21st June
Sexual Health

11th July
Smoking
Will include launch of the Director of Public Health's Annual Report on the health of the people of Gateshead.

20th September
Mental Health & Wellbeing

25th October
Reducing Harm and Sensible Drinking (alcohol)

16th November
Inequalities

Tackling Obesity, Increasing Physical Activity and Improving Nutrition in Gateshead

Date: Wednesday 11th May 2005
Venue: The Media Centre, Gateshead
Time: 9.00am - 1.00pm (including lunch)

Download Event Programme (PDF: 185K)

Conference in Health and Social Care � from drawing board to service delivery

Friday 16 September 2005
9.00am to 4.30pm

Ushaw College, Bearpark, near Durham City

The County Durham and Tees Valley Research and Development Liaison Group, together with the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Strategic Health Authority have organised a fourth annual Research and Development conference event.

Download Conference Flier

Following the 'Choosing Health' event, which was held at Gateshead Civic Centre on the 2nd February 2005, we have collated and analysed all the feedback that was given on the day. If you attended the event you will remember we asked you three things you can do to keep the journey going. This has now been analysed and drawn together in the following document. Download file

This document will be used in pushing forward the 'Choosing Health' agenda in Gateshead. We will be addressing this document in more detail at the next 'Choosing Health' event we are planning in May 2005. So watch this space!

Also, on the day you were asked to express your interest in the topic areas discussed. If you can't remember what you signed yourself up for, or you're interested to see who else is signed up, then here is a list to refresh your memory. Download file

Huge attendance at the Choosing Health seminar which saw a soft launch of this weblog in its developmental stage. Lots of interest, lots of potential and below, already one eager blogger!

Thanks to Gateshead Libraries staff for helping out with the public internet sessions.

Comments, opinions, ideas, feedback....?

We welcome your views on today's Choosing Health seminar.

Simply click the Comments link beneath this posting and leave your feedback. You may need to refresh your browser to see the updates to the site.

Thanks!

Ready to travel with us?
Gateshead Civic Centre: Wednesday February 2nd: 9.00am -1.00pm

Itinerary
9.00-9.30am
Check in and refreshments

9.30-9.40am
Get ready to travel -(Alan Baty, Chair of Health and Social Care Partnership)

9.40-9.55am
A quick look at the map - (Dr Mark Lambert)

9.55-10.15am
What a view! - (Adrian Smith, Amanda Potts)

Stop-offs along the way

10.15.10.45am
Video on Nutrition and Obesity - (Angela Hannant and Tom Hall)

10.45-11.15am
Refreshments

11.15-11.30am
Smoke Free Island - (Paul Gray)

11.30-11.45am
Health Trainers - (Trevor Hopkins)

11.45-11.55am
Sexual Health -(Sheron Robson)

11.55-12.15pm
Where to next - (Dr Jackie Gray)

12.15-12.30pm
Thanks for travelling - the journey goes on . . . (Alan Baty)

12.30-1.00pm
LUNCH

Download Itinerary (PDF)

Government White Paper On Public Health�

What it means for Gateshead�

What it means for me�

Come along to a seminar on Wednesday 2nd February 2005
at the Civic Centre, Gateshead: 9:00am - 12:30pm
Lunch is provided.

If you would like to attend please email your details to Clare Cockburn clare.cockburn@ghpct.nhs.uk
Or contact the Health Promotion Team, 14 Regent Terrace, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 1LU Tel: 4789061 Fax: 4900621