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COMMUNITY HEALTH DEVELOPMENT

Funded by East Ayrshire Council, NHS Ayrshire and Arran and the Community Regeneration Fund, the Community Health Improvement Partnership (C.H.I.P.) team provides a wide range of services for the residents of East Ayrshire.

The CHIP Van (Community Health Improvement Partnership)
is a mobile healthy living centre targeting local communities across East Ayrshire. Each community receives regular visits providing an opportunity for individuals to access information on a variety of health issues. Other services available include 5 minute health checks, dietary advice, smoking cessation advice, referral to other services within Ayrshire and information about what activities are running in the local area.

Lifestyle Referral Scheme
Linking closely with the CHIP Van, the Lifestyle Referral Scheme operates a number of Lifestyle Clinics across East Ayrshire. Health professionals such as General Practitioners, Practice Nurses and physiotherapists can refer patients who will benefit from changing one or more factors in their lifestyle, e.g. physical activity, eating habits, smoking habits, drug or alcohol problems to our referral scheme. One to one consultations are held with each patient and a unique programme is developed to suit the needs and interests of the individual.

Men’s Health Programme
East Ayrshire reflects the national trend in terms of lower uptake of health services by men. In order to redress this imbalance the Lifestyle Development Officer (Men’s Health) is working within the community to promote services to men and encourage their participation in new and existing initiatives.

All of the Community Health initiatives work closely together and often organise joint events and promotional activities. A number of community groups also benefit from informal chats, presentations or come and try sessions provided by members of the team.

C'mon Catrine - it's your future!

Catrine has been selected to pilot an exciting new Healthy Weight Community initiative on behalf of the Scottish Government. This will take a whole-community approach to improve healthy eating, physical activity and healthy weight activities as part of everyday life, therefore making healthy options the easy choice for local people. Download an electronic copy of our Sept - Dec 2010 Guide here and discover the wide range of services and activities available in Catrine! (641KB)

For more information visit www.chip-project.org.uk

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