Monday 20 June 2011

Health Information Week - It's a picnic!

Worcestershire Health Libraries have always supported Health Information Week as we strongly believe in its aim of bringing high quality health information to all. Last year we joined up with the Public Health team to run a very successful stall outside local supermarkets to promote the new public health web-site, the Books on Prescription scheme, and the Change 4 Life campaign.

This year, we're doing something different to appeal to a more specific group.

Combining Health Information Week with Children’s Obesity Week, health librarians have arranged for the Public Libraries’ “Comput@bus” to visit two schools in Redditch (St. Luke’s School on the 5th July and Woodrow First School on the 6th July) as well as the “Fresh” picnic celebration on Saturday 9th July at the Worcester Woods Country Park, which takes place between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. “Fresh” is a local family weight management programme aimed at supporting families to eat and live in a more healthy way. Unlike the school events, which are restricted to pupils and their parents or guardians, the picnic is open to all families and will have activities such as a bouncy castle, penalty shoot-out and Space-Hopper races. To join in the fun, just bring along a healthy picnic.

During our Health Information Week school visits, Health Trainers have been invited by the schools to give advice to the children, whilst health librarians will be on hand at both the school visits and the Fresh picnic to demonstrate quality health information web-sites to parents and guardians on the "Comput@bus”.


For more information contact David.Chamberlain@worcsacute.nhs.uk

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