Audit of Community Childhood Obesity/ Overweight programme research project

Background:

The Researcher:

The researcher will carry out the following tasks:

• Review relevant literature
• Review records and collate pertinent information
• Develop a database and input data using SPSS
• Analyse data and formulate results and conclusions in consultation with supervisors
• Make recommendations based on results and relevant literature.
• Draft article and circulate for comments.
• Amend as necessary depending on referees comments and suggestions until article is accepted for publication.
• Make final adjustments depending on referees and editor comments and submit for publication.
• Write up, submit for publication and have published an article in an appropriate journal or repository

The researcher will liaise with WCDL and the Community Nutrition & Dietetic service on a regular basis with regards to progress with the project.

Athlone Town has been announced as the Pfizer / Irish Times Healthy Town 2015.

It will see an eight-week programme run in the town combining health promotion events, information meetings, health checks, and physical activity sessions to encourage the people of Athlone to improve their health.

The free campaign starts in September, and is supported by the Department of Health and the Irish Heart Foundation.

Anyone with suggestions for activities that could take place as part of Healthy Town should send their details to healthytown2015@ogilvy.com

Fiona Geoghegan of the Athlone Boat Club, Linda Jo Quinn of the Westmeath Community Development, Annette Barr Jordan of Westmeath County Council, Nuala Faller of the Athlone Boat Club, and Geraldine Lacey of the Midlands Regional Youth Service at the launch of Pfizer/Irish Times Healthy Towns meeting in the Sheraton Hotel Athlone.
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The Healthy Incentive for Pre-Schools (HIP) Project 

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Background:

The ‘Healthy Incentive for Pre-schools’ (HIP) project is an ongoing child care intervention in the midlands which aims to evaluate pre-schools’ progress through an incentive scheme to improve pre-school nutrition practices in full day care (FDC) pre-schools. These provide care for children aged 3 months to 5 years for greater than 5 hours per day.

The project aims to encourage full day care pre-schools to follow best practice in accordance with particular guidelines given to them, over the course of a year, with the help and support of health worker (HIP Supporter) who is trained to facilitate the pre-school in the award process

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Food and Health Project

The Food and Health Project is a joint initiative between Westmeath Community Development and  HSE Dublin Midlands Area. This project is funded by the HSE

The project was set up in 1999 with the training of Food and Health Instructors. The use of a Healthy Food Made Easy pack (Dept of Health), Local coordinator and the community dietitian are the make up of the staff for this project.

The project is a peer led nutrition education programme. It is aimed at community groups especially where cost is a major consideration. The emphasis on group work that is practical and fun is a great concern for the instructor. The course consists of 6 sessions each lasting 2-2.5 hours