‘NHS Bowel Screening’ health talk on 22-05-2012, 45 people attended.
CHIC and Tung Sing jointly organized the NHS Bowel Screening health talk in Tung Sing Housing Association. Tara Davis, the Health Co-ordinator from Manchester NHS was invited to present the talk. She explained the aims and to encourage people over 60 to come for the NHS Screening when they received the letter. Tara demonstrated how to use the bowel test kit. At the same time she explained the signs of symptoms of bowel cancer in English.
She reminded everyone that if their bowel habits were different than it usually was, they should see their GP. The Nurse Operations Manager, Shirley He interpreted the talk in Cantonese for the audience. Maintaining a balanced lifestyle and exercise were encouraged. Overall 45 people attended the talk.
‘CHD Prevention’ health talk at CHIC on 08-05-2012, in total 25 attendees
This talk was aimed to promote coronary heart disease (CHD) awareness, prevent and reduce the incidence of CHD among the parents and adults from the Chinese community. Shirley He, the Nurse Operations Manager gave the talk in Cantonese. Shirley explained the causes, signs and symptoms, the risks factors of CHD and treatment of CHD. Healthy life style and a balanced diet were encouraged. Overall 25 people attended the talk.
4th May 2012, CHIC organized a Day Trip to Chatsworth House & Buxton for Chinese people over 65+. 53 people took part including 6 staff and volunteers.
On the 25th April 2012, a health talk about ‘Urological Diseases (including bladder and prostate Cancer)’ was held in Kwok Man Restaurant. Mr. Wai Man Chow, Consultant of Urology from North Manchester General Hospital, was invited to be the main speaker. He spoke in fluent Cantonese to explain in details the signs and symptoms, causes and treatment. Prevention of urological diseases including bladder and prostate cancer were also explained in great depth. The audience was very grateful for Mr. Chow who gave his variable time for the health talk.In total 48 people attended the talk.
27 (56%) females and 21 (44%) males attended. 19 (40%) people in the age group of 45-59, 10 (21%) people in the age group of 60-69, 12 (25%) people in the age 70 and over, 5 (10%) people in the age group of 26-44 and 1 (2%) person in the age group of 16-25 attended the talk. 1 (2%) person did not provide their details. There were 8 newcomers. The feedback from the community was very positive and encouraging.
Appreciation Award was presented to Mr Wai Man Chow by Warren Yeung (the Chairman of CHIC).
2012 Health Training for CHIC Staff, volunteers and community health interpreters.
Between April–September 2012, CHIC is running a series of health training including stress management and self-assertiveness workshops and health seminars including sexual health, hepatitis C and TB awareness, for staff, volunteers and community health interpreters. The main aims were to increase their health knowledge an raise their quality standard of work.
On 24th April 2012, a “Stress Management” workshop was delivered in English by Mark Greenwood. This workshop was to raise stress awareness and how to manage stress. Mark explained the cause, signs and symptoms along with methods how to manage depression. 11 people attended the workshop.
