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Role and Strategies

** Click to view ...   Health Promotion Department Report 06/07 ... (3.37 mb - 40 pages A4) **

 

The Role of the Health Promotion Department

The Health Promotion Department is an integral part of NHS Forth Valley hosted by Stirling Community Health Partnership. We work with NHS colleagues, local authority, community and voluntary sector partners to address priorities such as the Health Challenge and local Joint Health Improvement Plans.

Our key aims are:

  • To work to reduce avoidable and systematic inequalities in health

  • To influence and develop policy and structures that help create healthy social and physical environments

  • To develop educational programmes to enable individuals, communities and organisations to make informed decisions and undertake actions for health.

  • To disseminate innovative and effective approaches to promoting health.

Lucy Denvir - Health Promotion Manager

Lucy Denvir 
Health Promotion Manager
  
Our health promotion programmes, including this year's priority areas, are delivered through eight specialist topic teams and four settings teams. For specific information about the services offered by individual teams within the department click on the links below.
Topics

 
Settings
Health Promotion Officers

The role of the officers is to help you by:-

  • Developing strategies and policies
  • Planning and delivering programmes and initiatives
  • Undertaking research, evaluation and health needs assessment
  • Providing training
  • Providing advice and consultancy

  Images of health promotion activities

Health promotion activities

  Photograph of the HIRS Library

HIRS Library
Health Information and Resources Service (HIRS)

The Health Information & Resources Service (HIRS) provides Department staff and other health promoters throughout the NHS Forth Valley area, with access to an extensive range of health promotion resources and other information materials. We also have a library with facilities for visiting clients to preview resources and access electronic sources of health information. HIRS library staff can also help you find the information and resources you require. Our open access times for visitors are:

Mon-Thurs 9.30 am - 4.00 pm, Fri 9.30am - 3.00pm

In liaison with our partners, HIRS also provides design services for the production of publications, leaflets, posters and survey questionnaires.