North Sheffield Public Health Forum

‘A Forum for Promoting Public Health Practice in North Sheffield’
Primary Care Trusts will have their own Director of Public Health from March 2002 and will be very much responsible for tackling health inequalities. The first ‘open’ North Sheffield Public Health Forum focussed on Physical Activity and has set a high standard for future ones!

The group heard about they many physical and mental health benefits of exercise and even tried out chair aerobics. The group concluded that funding for community schemes is the big issue – as prevention is always better than cure and that the social benefits of physical activity was of equal importance.
A focus on 'Substance Misuse'

The second of these informal meetings will be assessing the needs of Black and Ethnic Minority Communities 
- survey results
- Community led approaches to prevention
- The North Sheffield Drug and Alcohol Project
- The contribution of the School Nursing Service· 

For an information pack about physical activity in North Sheffield or to attend the second meeting, please contact 
Rachael Crolla on 0114 226 4032

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