Depression Program Being Offered

Hope Beyond Depression

Social Workers from Bluewater Area Family Health team and South Huron Hospital Association  are offering a 6 week program for individuals experiencing depression.

Learn How To: Identify types of depression & its causes; Improve emotional well-being; Enhance energy levels & mood; Overcome depression through lifestyle choices; Eat for optimal brain function to alleviate depression; Defeat depression through realistic thinking.

 

Where:           St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 22 Goshen Street S, Zurich, Ont.

When:            Weekly Sessions Start October 21, 2014 from

                         6-8 pm

·       Sessions End December 2, 2014

 

Contact:          Rossana 519-236-4314 ext. 5

                    or Jessie 519-235-2700 ext 5143

What Determines your Health?

What determines health?

The majority of Canada believes that good health is determined by a quality health care system, genetics, and lifestyle choices such as good nutrition and exercise.
Despite having universal access to health care, Canadians experience different levels of health.

 

Why?

When you think about it, we only access health care when we are already sick. Our health is determined 25% by health care and 15% by genetics. The remaining 60% is determined by factors outside of the health care system, such as:

-our neighbourhood
-our schools
-our job
-our physical environments

These factors are called the determinants of health - they shape our ability to make the healthy choice, the easy choice.


This diagram shows the different factors that influence health. Remember, at SHHA, we recognize that Health is about the Big Picture, not just the treatment of illness.
To learn more, visit http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/ 

Free Chronic Disease exercise program in Exeter

Free Exercise Program - Exeter

Chronic disease management Program facilitated by a health care professional 

Do you have, or are you at risk of a chronic Illness?  Some Examples include: Diabetes, Parkinson’s, Fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, cancer, COPD, etc. 

 

If you are interested in participating, and would like to be referred by a health care professional, please contact Shelley Wood at 519-296-0117, ext 281

Check this out: Mental Health Community Support Services available at GBACHC

Mental Health Community Support Services

Available at Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre

in partnership with

Canadian Mental Health Association Lambton Kent

 

Intake and Referral

• Initial assessment of needs
• Transition to case management and/or referrals to community resources

Clinical Case Management

• Bio-psychosocial rehabilitation
• Treatment planning, goal setting and evaluation
• Education regarding mental health and medication
• Symptom assessment and management
• Life skills development
• Crisis prevention planning
• Crisis intervention
• Linkage and referral to community resources
• Education for family members and close friends
• Planning for discharge from case management

Access to Services

• Self-referral or referral by family
• Primary healthcare professionals, hospital or community agencies, etc.

For further information or to initiate a referral for mental health services please contact:

 Shirley Fowler                                                                      Lise Callahan

Clinical Case Manager                                                       Social Worker

CMHA Lambton Kent                                                          GBACHC

(519) 786 – 6588                                                                  (519) 238 – 1556 ext 230

 

In the event of a mental health crisis please contact the Lambton Mental Health Crisis Line, available 24 hours/day, and 7 days/week at 519-336-3445.

World Breastfeeding Week: August 1-7th

Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week 2014: Scoring the winning goal for life!

 

Source: World Health Organization

World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 170 countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is pleased to join partners in celebrating World Breastfeeding Week. This year's theme helps us to remember the importance of breastfeeding for a child's healthy growth and development. Breastfeeding is the first, and single most important, public health intervention for all newborns, infants and young children with a lifelong impact on health and survival. The theme also reminds us that to enable a mother to breastfeed, she needs to be supported by a team that involves family, community, health care professionals with specific skills in breastfeeding support, policy makers and champions.

Quality care of mother and newborn, especially around the time of childbirth and in the first week of life, has a major impact: it will save maternal and newborn lives and prevent stillbirths. Currently, 44% of all under-five mortality occurs in the first month of life. Small babies are at greatest risk of dying and 80% of newborn deaths occur among premature or small for gestational age babies born in southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Breast milk is the best food for these babies.

In order for mothers and families to practice optimal breastfeeding practices, teamwork is required. Health care professionals, especially midwives, will help determine the success, or failure, of breastfeeding and the subsequent health of the newborn throughout the life course. Immediate skin-to-skin contact and early initiation of breastfeeding within the hour after childbirth is essential. Postnatal care must also be provided, ensuring support for exclusive and continued breastfeeding. Home-based support by community health workers, specifically training in breastfeeding support, during pregnancy, in the first weeks after childbirth and beyond is also effective.

Social and cultural beliefs that consider breastfeeding the norm and the adoption and enforcement of conducive policies are all necessary. In this respect, the implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative and Maternity Protection Legislation conforming to International Labour Convention 183 are clear examples of policies for which more progress must be made.

Breast Feeding Clinic in Exeter! Held every Friday morning from 9 am -Noon.  Free to all new moms and their babies to talk with a Registered Nurse about any Breastfeeding or Baby care concerns.

No appointment necessary.  Held at the South Huron Medical Centre across from South Huron Hospital Association in Exeter ~ provided by Huron County Health Unit. 

National Drowning Prevention Week July 19-27, 2014

LIFESAVING SOCIETY WARNS THAT THE NEXT 4 WEEKS IS WHEN THE GREATEST NUMBER OF DROWNINGS OCCUR

National Drowning Prevention Week, July 19-27, 2014

Toronto, ON – July 15, 2014:

 

It is the middle of summer, and while the Lifesaving Society is pleased to report that drownings are a bit lower this year than last, it’s no time to let down your guard about water safety. In fact the next 30 days is the worst time of year for drownings.

This is peak drowning season. Of the drownings reported in 2013, 16 people drowned between July 15 and August 15 and 25 drowned during the same period in 2012.

According to the Lifesaving Society’s 2014 Ontario Drowning Report which includes statistics from 2002 to 2011, 35% of all drownings occur in July and August.

 

 At the mid-summer mark, the Lifesaving Society reports that 47 people have drowned in Ontario this year and cautions everyone to focus on water safety during this peak drowning season. To date, 2014 drownings include a staggering increase in boating fatalities (+90%) and a significant increase in those who fell into the water (+71%) – 19 people drowned while boating (versus 10 in 2013 to date) and 12 people who were near or on water and fell in (versus 7 in 2013).

This means 66% of people who have drowned this year did not even intend to be in the water.

The Society encourages people of all ages to be prepared for an unexpected entry into the water by wearing a lifejacket when boating and learning how to swim.
 
 
At the mid-summer mark, the Lifesaving Society reports that 47 people have drowned in Ontario this year and cautions everyone to focus on water safety during this peak drowning season. To date, 2014 drownings include a staggering increase in boating fatalities (+90%) and a significant increase in those who fell into the water (+71%) – 19 people drowned while boating (versus 10 in 2013 to date) and 12 people who were near or on water and fell in (versus 7 in 2013).

This means 66% of people who have drowned this year did not even intend to be in the water.

The Society encourages people of all ages to be prepared for an unexpected entry into the water by wearing a lifejacket when boating and learning how to swim.
 
"It was a slow start to summer this year with much colder water. Unexpectedly falling into the water is completely different than diving in or choosing to enter the water," says Barbara Byers, Public Education Director with the Lifesaving Society. "You need to be prepared. The shock of falling into water when the water is cold can cause a person to gasp and inhale water and unless they are a strong swimmer and able to survive that experience, drowning can occur very quickly."

The Society recommends that all passengers in a boat wear a lifejacket and that all Canadians be able to achieve at least the Swim to Survive standard to ensure they can survive an unexpected fall into deep water.



 

Does your Community Group or Organization Need a Guest Speaker?

South Huron Hospital Association/Grand Bend & Area CHC

 SPEAKER’S BUREAU

One-stop shop” for dynamic, expert healthcare speakers at no cost

SHHA/ GBACHC now has a group of expert staff available for guest speaking opportunities at your community organization, club or even business session

Speakers can speak on topics such as:

• social issues (parenting, anxiety, bullying)
• health promotion
• hospital services available
• infection prevention
• Current events/ health topics in the media
• Aging at Home (home safety, fall prevention etc)
• Quitting Smoking
• Diabetes/ Weight Management
• And many more!

 If you are interested in having a speaker come to your event/ meeting, please contact South Huron Hospital Association at 519-235-2700 x5169 or shha.administration@shha.on.ca