Public Health in the Community
A meeting was held on 13th of March, 2019 between members of Southwark Council’s Healthy Communities Scrutiny Commission and Bells Gardens TRA committee in order to help the community to develop an idea of good health.
The meeting involved the Commission Chair Councillor Barrie Hargrove, Council Officers Julie Timbrell (Scrutiny Project Manager) and Tizzy Keller (Public Health), Bells Gardens TRA chair Paul Wright, public health researcher Shayda Kashef from King's College London, and myself Abiola Salako.
The aim of the meeting was to look in the areas where Southwark Council can help the community to Become Healthy and stay healthy.
Introductions were made briefly. We agreed on the Public Health Context being Health Inequalities among the community and came up with these priorities:
To get people involved to make the things go on well in the community,
To develop a project to improve good health.
To create job opportunities for the community.
To identify the people who need help by engaging them with some activities (loneness).
Health education to maintain a calm environment.
To involve health workers among the community into the program.
Good Nutrition, giving advice and health education on how to prepare healthy food, and involving the community in the action.
Educating people on how to get adequate health check.
Good Sanitation: People to make correct use of refuse disposal.
Identication of vulnerable people in the community to refer them to appropriate places for proper management.
Make the people realised the importance of exercise in order to avoid any disease conditions such as obesity.
We aim For the TRA committee to stay involved in these activities.
Mrs.Abiola I. Salako.
RGN, BSc Hon. (Health promotion and Public Health), MSc. (Public Health).
