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Being happy and healthy

1. General Health - Sexual health, smoking, alcohol, drugs & eating

The aim:

To make Young People healthier and avoid health risks where possible

 

The outcome:

For young people and professionals to be aware of the services available - through training awareness

 

Who’s responsible:

  • Thanet District Council Health Strategy Lead
  • Connexions
  • East Kent Healthy Schools
  • Kent County Council Schools Drugs Education Advisor
  • Pipeline
  • East Kent Coastal Primary Care Trust Health promotion/ public health

 

How we know it’s working:

Awareness levels measured against ‘Information and Advice’ baselines established in 2007 survey.

2. Healthy Decisions - Preventing harm

The aim:

  • To raise self esteem and increase resilience to media and peer pressures
  • To make parents and carers aware of the pressures teenagers face to avoid a risk situation

 

The outcome:

  • For young people to be empowered and able to make positive lifestyle choices before risk occurs.
  • ‘Intoxic8’ prevention programme to have a 6 whole day work shop in secondary schools, then to extend out of schools
  • Parents/carers to have an increased knowledge of above issues and practical ways to support them by producing mobile

 

Who’s responsible:

  • Pipeline
  • Options
  • Fegans
  • Kent County Council Schools drugs education advisor
  • Connexions
  • Fegans Thanet GAP

 

How we know it’s working:

  • Annual survey and feedback forms completed at the sessions to identify if Young People issues met.
  • Measure attendance and use feedback forms to determine
  • NI 112: Under 18 conception rates
  • NI 113: Prevalence of Chlamydia in <20s
  • NI 115: Substance misuse by YP

3. Healthy Minds - Emotional and psychological wellbeing

The aim:

  • Young People and agencies that work with them to be aware of the Young People emotional and psychological well being and raise self esteem
  • Raise awareness around parenting issues and support available

 

The outcome:

  • Explore the potential to extend outreach of the Healthy Minds Forum to include YP and Parents
  • Produce a conference for parents and agencies

 

Who’s responsible:

  • CAMHS LIG
  • Kent Safe Schools
  • Thanet parenting Subgroup
  • Connexions

 

How do we know it's working:

  • Annual survey and feedback forms completed at the sessions to identify if Young People issues met.
  • NI 112: Under 18 conception rates
  • NI 113: Prevalence of Chlamydia in <20s
  • NI 115: Substance misuse by YP
  • Measure attendance and use feedback forms to determine effectiveness

4. Positive Relationships - Abuse

The aim:

Raise awareness of domestic abuse and positive relationships

 

The outcome:

Greater publicity and education packs for schools and wider community through front line support

 

Who’s responsible:

Kent Safer Schools: Domestic Violence Project

 

How we know its working:

Number of schools/young people accessing the information

5. Active Lifestyle - Fitness and socialising

The aim:

  • Encourage wider participation in sport along with more access and opportunities
  • Family participation in healthy lifestyles

 

The outcome:

  • To be able to provide evidence of the delivery of the ‘TSN and Sport and Active Recreation Strategy’ action plans:
  • Raised awareness of benefits of sport and physical activity
  • Coach and volunteer development project
  • Doorstep Sport’ project
  • Delivery of the 7 family based MEND programmes, where support is given to families to adopt long term healthy lifestyles

 

Who’s responsible:

Thanet District Council Sports Development

East Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust: Health promotion/public health

 

How we know its working:

  • Increase activity 1% annually from 17.7% 2006/07 baseline.
  • Survey users to determine prior activity levels and confirm whether target group is being reached
  • Programme to monitored and evaluated nationally and locally

 

By when:

All the aims will be measured annually