Issue 15 – December 2023 No images? Click here End of Year Message 2023As we head towards the end of 2023, Helen shares some of the key highlights from this year, building on the commitment shown by all our staff, locally in CHOs and nationally, in promoting health behaviour change. Training and resources to support the development of policy in the area of sexual health promotionHSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme, in association with regional Health Promotion & Improvement colleagues, have developed a suite of supports to help services to develop policies and guidelines in relation to sexual health promotion. Irish Heart Foundation Celebration of Excellence in Catering eventOn the 28th November, the HSE and the Irish Heart Foundation hosted a “Celebration of Excellence in Catering event” at the Gibson Hotel, Dublin. This is part of the work of the Healthy Eating Active Living programme on improving the food environment across the health services. New HSE Junior Cycle SPHE Resources PublishedTwo new Units of Learning have been added to the HSE Junior Cycle SPHE Resource. Developed by HSE Health and Wellbeing, they are aligned to the new Junior Cycle SPHE specification (2023) and supported by the Department of Education and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). Health & Wellbeing Winners at the Irish Healthcare Awards 2023Congratulations to our Tobacco Free Ireland and Sexual Healthy & Crisis Pregnancy Programmes who won two awards at the Irish Healthcare Awards 2023. North East Inner City Sláintecare ‘Healthy Communities Project: Impact Evaluation Report’ LaunchedMinister Hildegarde Naughton officially launched the North East Inner City (NEIC) Sláintecare Healthy Communities Project: Impact Evaluation Report on 13th December, 2023, at the Killarney Court Community Centre, Dublin 1. The Dáil has voted in favour of banning the sale of e-cigarettes to people under the age of 18Vaping is an emerging risk to the health of children and young people. Read more to find out what Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly had to say and how you can access the Tobacco Free Ireland Programme webinar on e-cigarettes. Funding of over €100,000 awarded by Creative Ireland for HSE Arts, Creativity and Health ProjectsAs part of the collaborative work on arts, creativity and health between the HSE, Healthy Ireland, Creative Ireland and the Arts Council, the HSE submitted two applications to Creative Ireland with a total of €114,470 awarded. |
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