Effective engagement between the Third Sector and the NHS is more important than ever and two recent developments will hopefully be of assistance to both sectors. The Engagement Matrix provides tools and guidance and will be backed-up by a new on-line resource called Discover the Third Sector. Both have been produced by Scottish Government working …
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Human rights and voluntary groups
The British Institute for Human Rights has published a guide for voluntary and community groups. It provides a quick guide to why organisations should know about human rights, what are human rights, how human rights can help, together with case studies from different parts of the country. https://www.bihr.org.uk/communitygroupsguide
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New resource available from Trellis
Trellis has a new Health & Safety in the Garden web page at www.trellisscotland.org.uk/healthsafety The page includes information and resources on risk assessment, managing handwashing and appropriate clothing, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) and creating health and safety policies.
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Exploration of the information support needs of parents
Research was carried out by Children in Scotland on behalf of NHS Health Scotland, with the aim of exploring the information support experiences, needs and preferences of parents with young children living in Scotland and focused on three specific groups: fathers; young parents, and parents with literacy issues. A report on the research is now …
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Opportunity to review NHS Health Scotland’s Child Healthy Weight Publications
The NHS Health Scotland suite of Child Healthy Weight resources is currently being reviewed and they need the support and experience of people working within the Child Healthy Weight area to guide publication updates. The Child Healthy Weight publications steering group have developed a short survey questionnaire. The survey should only take around 15 mins …
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NHS Health Scotland Healthy Living publications update
The NHS Health Scotland suite of Healthy Living public facing resources will be updated in 2012-13 and support is needed to guide the development of these national publications. These publications relate to Child Healthy Weight, Food & Health and Physical Activity & Healthy Weight in Scotland, across all age stages. By supporting the update, you …
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New South Asian Nutrition resources available
NDR-UK has recently introduced South Asian Nutrition’s (SAN) resources. Dedicated to providing easily accessible, evidence-based nutritional information, the SAN range gives practical culturally sensitive dietary advice for South Asian populations. The range of 13 different titles is available in English, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil and Urdu language versions, and includes topics such as healthy …
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Healthy eating for adults with learning disabilities pilot report and DVD
This Scottish Government funded Healthy Eating, Healthy Living Project developed a multi-media educational pack consisting of 26 sessions on healthy eating for adults with learning disabilities. This included five practical cookery sessions. A small team supported six pilot sites in Greater Glasgow and Tayside to deliver the pack and this report, which is available to …
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The Picture of Health: a community-led health film
The Picture of Health highlights community-led health activity in four communities in Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh, Isle of Bute and the Scottish Borders. The film tells us about the health benefits of intergenerational work in the Mearns and Coastal Healthy Living Initiative; the organisation of community participation for health activity through the Eyemouth Healthy Living Group; how …
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Knowledge, attitudes and motivations to health 2008-2011
The report, Knowledge, attitudes and motivations to health 2008-11 (KAM)m was published by NHS Health Scotland on 24th April 2013 on the ScotPHO website. This is the third and final report in the series, which ran between 2008 and 2011 as a module of the Scottish Health Survey. This module examined the links between knowledge, …