Initiative’s physical, Mental, Emotional Wellbeing Flashcards
(23 cards)
Health challenge wales Reason for development:
Health Challenge Wales was
established to enable individuals, as
well as organisations who employ staff,
to contribute towards good outcomes
in health and well-being
Health Challenge Wales Intended improvement:
People to adopt healthy lifestyle
behaviours and employers to support
them to do this, leading to an
improvement in their health, well-being
and resilience.
Healthy lifestyle behaviours prevent
or reduce the need for treatment, care
and support.
Health challenge wales delivery
Public Health Wales run the Health
Challenge Wales website, which
contains information for
individuals and organisations.
Help Me Quit Reason for development:
Help Me Quit was launched in 2017 to
raise awareness of one point of contact
to support people who wish to stop
smoking in Wales.
Help me quit Intended improvement:
• Improvement in health and well-being.
Reduction in the risk of second hand
cigarette smoke to other people.
• Increased income as a result of not
spending on cigarettes.
Reduction in the risks linked t o
smoking
Help me quit delivery
Public Health Wales runs the Help Me Quit
website. It has a range of information such
as reasons to stop smoking, services
available in the local area, success
stories and contact information.
Individuals can contact the Help Me
Quit team directly.
Alternatively, a
referring organisation such as a GP can
make a referral with the individual’s
permission.
Supporting People Programme Reason for development:
To enable local authorities to support a range
of services to enable people who are facing
challenges to live independently in their own
home. Challenges include issues such as debt,
threatened eviction, unemployment, mental
health problems, substance misuse and
domestic abuse.
Supporting People Programme Intended improvement:
People to avoid homelessness
due to being supported to live
independently.
Prevention and early
intervention.
Supporting People Programme Delivery:
People might be referred to
Supporting People services via
a referral from social services,
housing providers, health
services, local advice services,
their family or friends.
Winter health campaigns Reason for development:
In Wales, there are a higher
number of deaths and poor
health, well-being and resilience in
winter because of viruses, the cold
weather and falls on ice and snow.
Winter health campaigns Delivery:
Public Health Wales has a website page
providing information about what to do
to prepare for extreme cold weather.
This includes getting a flu vaccination,
ensuring that heating and cooking
appliances are safe and getting
financial support with heating bills.
Talk t o M e 2 Reason for development:
To support a range of activities
in relation to the prevention of
suicide and self-harm in Wales.
Winter health campaigns Intended improvement:
People to be well-prepared for t h e
challenges of winter.
• Reduced risk of death, diseases, accidents
and viruses.
• The promotion of health, well-being and
r e s i l i e n c e o v e r t h e w i n t e r m o n t h s .
Talk t o M e 2 Intended improvement:
Six key objectives are identified including:
• increased knowledge, understanding and
promoting h e a l t h , w e l l - b e i n g a n d
awareness
• appropriate responses, early intervention
and management of suicide and self-harm
reduction of access to means of suicide.
Beat Flu Reason for development:
Some people are at risk of
developing serious complications
from flu. The Beat Flu initiative
and campaign was developed to
reduce this risk to specific groups
of individuals in Wales.
Beat flu Intended improvement:
• Reduction in the number of people getting
flu.
Reduction in the number of deaths from flu.
Reduction in the spread of flu.
Protection and improvement of health,
well-being and resilience.
Beat flu delivery
Public Health Wales has a dedicated
Beat Flu section on its website. This
includes information specifically
for adults, children and health and
social care workers
Tackling Poverty Action Plan Reason for development:
Concern about increasing gaps
between those living in wealth and
poverty motivated the Tackling
Poverty Action Plan, as well as
a government commitment t o
ending poverty in Wales.
Tackling Poverty Action Plan Intended improvement:
• There are three key objectives:
• Prevention of poverty by giving children the
b e s t s t a r t in life
• Supporting people out of poverty by helping
them move into employment.
• Mitigating the impact of poverty by
improving the quality of life of those
affected by it.
Tackling Poverty Action Plan Delivery:
The action plan was established in
2012. Examples of action include
support for Credit Unions, free
prescriptions, andfree bus travel for
people aged 60 and over
prosperity for All: the national strategy Reason for development:
To set out how the Welsh
Government will address four
key themes in its Programme
for Government, Taking Wales
Forward’, in the long term
prosperity for Al: the national strategy I n t e n d e d i m p r o v e m e n t :
There are four key objectives:
• Reduction in inequality and increase in
prosperity for all.
• Improvement in people’s health, well-being
and resilience.
• Ambition and lifelong learning.
• Wales as a united and connected country.
prosperity for Al: the national strategy Delivery:
Five priority areas in the strategy:
1. Support for child development in early years.
2. Affordable, good quality housing.
3. Social care focused on prevention and working together.
4. Help for mental and emotional well-being.
5. Boosting skills and employability.
