Health education

Health education provided by our Environmental Health team aims to improve the health of the community through prevention and promotion initiatives

Health education and promotion initiatives aim to prevent ill health, promote well-being and reduce health inequalities by increasing awareness and by putting various measures into practice that can help individual needs. By working with other organisations, we aim to achieve the local health targets set for the localities' needs.

Smoking

Trying to stop smoking? Here is a collection of information to help you stop.

Stop smoking phone numbers

Pack it in - Hertfordshire's free NHS stop smoking service	0800 389 3998
NHS Smoking Helpline	0800 169 0 169
NHS Pregnancy Smoking Helpline	0800 169 9 169
ASH (Action on Smoking and Health)	020 7739 5902
No Smoking Day	0870 770 7909
QUIT - the independent charity whose aim is to save lives by helping smokers to stop	0800 00 22 00

Smoking Links

• Smoke Free Hertfordshire
• Giving up Smoking (NHS)
• QUIT

Further reading to help you quit smoking, please click the link below to download the PDF document:

• Smoking - The Facts

Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating Links

• Guide to Healthy Eating

Advice For Farm Visits

Advice for Farm Visits reading

• Advice for Farm Visits 

Sun Safety

Sun Safety Reading

• How to Reduce Your Risk of Skin Cancer
• Sun Safety

You can also visit the Cancer Research Uk website by clicking the link below:

• Cancer Research UK

 
Drugs

Help with Drug Addiction Links

• No Score - Communities Against Drugs

Further reading about Drug Addiction

• Drugs First Know the Odds

 
Child Safety

Websites that have information on Child Safety

• Child Accident Prevention Trust
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

Further reading on Child Safety is available by downloading the PDF documents below:

• Children and Young People at Work

 Allergies and Asthma

• Allergies and Asthma

HIV/AIDS

• HIV and AIDS Know the Facts

Food Safety

Food Safety Links

• The Food and Drink Federation
• Foodlink - Your Complete Guide to Food Safety

Reading

• Food Safety - Purchasing, Storing, Cooking
• Packed Lunch Safety
• Top Ten Turkey Tips
• Safe Food in Your Home

Stress

• Stress and How to Manage it

 

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Sounds Healthy

A website specifically providing health related information to young people in a visual and audio format.

The following languages, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Chinese, Somali and Arabic as well as English are catered for.