Dundee Healthy Living Initiative

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Dundee Healthy Living Initiative

• Sheila McMahon
• Team Leader (Strategic Development)
• Presentation to Public Health Network
• Wednesday 4th May 2005

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Big Lottery Fund Criteria

• Promote health in its broadest sense
• Target the most disadvantaged sectors of the
  population
• Reduce differences in health inequalities and
  improve the health of the worst off in society

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Health inequalities in Dundee

• Male life expectancy
• Children living in poverty
• Death from cancer/ CHD
• Teenage conception
• Low birth weight babies
• Smoking
• Breastfeeding

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Community Health Needs Investigations

• Social isolation
• Poor mental wellbeing
• High incidence of smoking
• Lack of exercise opportunities
• Healthy eating on a low income
• Lack of local health advice and information
• Life circumstances

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Dundee Healthy Living Initiative

• Partnership funding
• Community development approach
• Reduce health inequalities
• Designated, deprived communities
• Multi disciplinary team

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DHLI Funding

• Big Lottery Fund 240,945
• Health Improvement Fund 51,670
• Community Regeneration Fund 99,200
• Tayside NHS Board 29,287
• Tayside Primary Care 5,000
• Total 426,102
• 4 year total 1,704,998

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Dundee Healthy Living Initiative Team
Team Leader
Project Manager
2 Admin Assistants
0.5 Monitoring Officer, Research Assistant
4 Community Health Nurses
Community Health Worker
Community Health Worker
Community Health Worker
Community Health Worker
Community Health Worker
Mid-Craigie/ Linlathen/ Whitfield
Charleston/ Douglas/ City wide
Ardler/ St. Marys
Kirkton/ Mill o Mains
Hilltown/ Stobswell
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Project aims

• Develop responses to local health issues
• Provide health advice and information
• Help bring health services into the community
• Ensure local needs influence policy and service
  development

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DHLI priority topics

• Healthy eating
• Weight reduction
• Physical activities
• Mood/ Stress management
• Health Information Points
• Health checks/ Talks
• Training/ capacity building
• Community involvement

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NHS Priority Topics

• Diet and Nutrition
• Mental Health and wellbeing
• Access to health services
• Exercise
• Drugs and alcohol
• Smoking
• Sexual Health

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Healthy eating activities

• Cooking skills courses
• Demonstrations
• Taster sessions
• Weight management classes

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Physical Activities

• Exercise classes with creche
• Community Health Walks
• Tai Chi

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Health Checks and Talks

• Community events
• Health Information Points
• Pubs and clubs
• Locally identified issues and groups

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Mental Wellbeing

• Stress management courses
• Food and Mood
• Wellbeing Health Information Point

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Community Capacity Building

• Health groups
• Training
• Health Issues in the Community Course
• General project approach

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Healthy eating activities

• The kids loved the pizza and the soup when I made
  it at home
• People have learned and tasted things they have
  never tasted before because they are on a low
  budget
• Ive lost 8 lbs since coming to the class
  thanks, couldnt do it without the support

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Physical activities

• Its great having a keep fit group in our area
  it saves on buses and its a really great way to
  meet new people
• Feel better in myself and want to do more
  physical things
• Found the walk enjoyable on many levels meeting
  new people from different backgrounds and age
  groups and also keeping fit

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Health Checks and Talks

• I feel I can open up to you, not like the GP or
  other nurses. I have told you about . I have
  not told anyone that before
• All information was relevant learned a lot
  about blood pressure and measurements of the body
• This has been really helpful I now understand
  more about REM sleep and why my baby keeps waking
  up

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Mental Wellbeing

• I feel its helping me identify what is causing
  me stressI get a chance to relax and have a
  laugh and learn stress management techniques
• I find a big change in myself and Im actually
  starting to like myself, plus I am feeling more
  confident
• Gave my daughters a hand massage, they said it
  was great. Its the most peace and quiet Ive had
  for ages, they went to bed straight away

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Community Capacity Building

• Getting involved with the project turned my life
  around. I used to be fat and unfit now Im
  healthy, working and want to learn more.
• Being a member of this group opened so many doors
  for me
• Made me more confident and able to respect
  myself. I have grown in strength and, in turn,
  this helps my son

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Recommendations

• Local activities and services
• Low cost and non-threatening
• Social interaction
• Ongoing support
• Targeted approach
• Link with strategic developments