Stay Safe – COVID Prevention Bags
Outreach COVID-19 “stay safe” tote bags.Benefit of health promotion
Health promotion supports personal and social development and enables people to take more control over their own health. Providing information and screening are some examples of health promotion. Giving people access to relevant and accurate health information puts them in a better position to make healthier choices for prevention and self-management of conditions. Qualitative data shows that opportunistic and community-based screening opportunities can reach people who would not have accessed screening otherwise.
Location
Longsight (and surrounding areas for distribution)
Project team
Women’s Voices
Manchester Local Care Organisation (Health Development Coordinator)
Manchester City Council (NIF Funding)
Buzz (Neighbourhood Health Worker)
Local Organisations and Services contributing contents
Aim
To provide outreach resources that support residents in taking ownership of their health and wellbeing during COVID-19.
To share the COVID-19 restrictions message of “Space, Face, Hands”
Evaluation
A successful project showing power of connecting with community organisations and groups to best decide how and where to get out health messages. Women’s Voices identified the need for a culturally appropriate messaging for the neighbourhood.
Over 1,000 bags have been put together and distributed and this will continue with funding support from HDC for as long as needed.
Strategic links to local/national policies
Benefit |
Policy |
Empowers people |
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Supports prevention |
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Supports self-care and self-management of conditions |
Make Every Contact Count (Future Forum, Department of Health, 2011) Taking Charge of our Health and Social Care in Greater Manchester (GMCA, 2015) |
Increases participation for groups who would not usually access |
Fair Society, Healthy Lives (Institute of Health Equity, 2010) |
Research/evidence base
King’s Fund (2008) Using Information to Promote Healthy Behaviours
Health Foundation (2011) Evidence: Helping People Help Themselves
Institute for Public Policy Research (2020) Prevention in the Age of Information: Public Education for Better Health
Perry et al (2016) The NHS health check programme in England: a qualitative study Health Promotion International, 31 (1), 106-115
WHO (1986) The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
Contact
Nico Dhillon - Neighbourhood Health Worker
T. 07553 708 029
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