‘Home Safety’ health talk at Tung Sing Housing Association on 4th February 2014. 10 people attended

2014年2月24日家居安健康講座，有10人參加。

‘Thalassaemia’ health talk on 9th June 2014, 14 people attended

This was the health promotional talk, jointly organized by CHIC and Tung Sing Housing Association at Faulkner Court on ‘Thalassemia’. Verna Davis – Nurse Manager of Manchester Thalassemia Centre was invited to be the main speaker. Verna explained in detail the formation of the thalassemia gene and explained the importance of having blood tests before marriage and pregnancy. The audience were very interested in this topic, they frequently asked questions particularly the causes of this condition and prevention methods. A Cantonese interpreter was provided by CHIC.

2014年6月9日‘地中海貧血症’健康講座，有14人參加。

這是中心與東昇房屋協會携手合辦的專題講座, 名為‘地中海貧血症’ 。由曼城地中海貧血症護士經理-維娜．戴維斯用英文主講。維娜詳細講述地中海貧血症的基因形成及提醒預備結婚孕怀的男女須先去檢血。聽眾們都對此病症非常有興趣, 還經常發問問題, 尤其有關此病來由及預防方法。由華人醫務中心提供廣東話的翻譯員。

‘Sexual health & Hepatitis B Prevention’ health talk on 31st May 2014, 15 people attended

CHIC held a health talk on ‘Sexual Health & Hepatitis B Prevention’ in Yang Sing Restaurant. Dr. Simon Kan gave the talk in Cantonese. Dr. Kan explained the causes, signs and symptoms, routes of transmissions, treatment and prevention of Hepatitis B. He also explained in details of the connection of Hepatitis B and sexual health. He said that it was important to prevent HBV transmission including avoiding sharing needles and razors with others, having safe sex protection and avoid blood contamination.

2014年5月31日‘性健¬¬康及乙型肝炎的傳播與預防’健康講座，共15人參加。

中心在羊城酒樓舉辦一項“性健¬¬康及乙型肝炎的傳播與預防”講座。由簡嘯文醫生用廣東話主講。簡醫生講解有關乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)的原因、傳播途徑、HBV的症狀並强調預防乙型肝炎病毒包括不要與人共用剃髮刀、他人用過的針筒噐材、要採用安全性行為及避免接觸血液。他還詳细解釋乙型肝炎和性健康的關連。

The event was held in the Bank of East Asia (Manchester). The aim of the event was to raise hepatitis B awareness among the Chinese population in Manchester. The event started with a Tai Chi session, followed by the first speaker Dr. Alison Uriel from the Infectious Disease Department of North Manchester General Hospital gave a thorough explanation about the routes of HBV transmission and the important to get screened and vaccinated against HBV for people from the high risk group. Then Emily presented Hepatitis B-a silence killer. This was followed by Shirley He, the Nurse Operations Manager of CHIC, Shirley gave a presentation of the work of the Dragon Project which was carried out in 2012 in CHIC. 150 Chines people were tested for HBV and 9 were found HBsAg positive and they were all referred to hospital. Dr. Alison Uriel then talked about the treatment service and the care provided by the NHS. Lora Talbot who presented the work of the British Liver Trust to end the morning session. Free health checks were offered to participants. In total 46 people attended of whom 22 people participated in the Tai Chi, 17 people had health checks and. 1 was referred to see their GP. A Cantonese interpreter was used. The event was supported by BEA (Manchester), British Liver Trust, Little Yang Restaurant, KwokMan Restaurant and Tai Chi Master Li Ming and Gilead 2014年3

月31日曼城華人健康日: 提高對乙型肝炎的認識 是日在東亞銀行(曼城) 舉辦。由太極活動開始，接着第一位講員從北曼徹斯特綜合醫院的傳染科:艾莉森-如利奧醫生講及關於乙肝病毒傳播的途徑及強調高危群人口應接受篩檢和注射乙型肝炎疫苗。之後由林艾米莉分享乙型肝炎為之沉默殺手。林姑娘報導在2012年龍的計劃結果-有150人接受乙型肝炎的檢查, 其中9人被發現是乙型肝炎病毒者; 他們都被轉介見專科。接着艾莉森-如利奧醫生介紹NHS提供的治療服務和照顧。最后由羅娜-塔爾博特介紹英國肝臟信託的工作。下午有免費健康檢查給參與者。共46人出席 ;其中22人參加太極活動， 17人做健康檢查和一人被轉介見家庭醫 。這次活動有廣東話即時傳譯。並得到東亞銀行(曼城) ,小羊城餐廳,國民酒樓,太極宗師黎明及曼城英國肝臟信託鼎力支持。另外又得到傳媒的關注有無線電視衛星台從倫敦來採訪。

‘Dementia Awareness’ health talk was given in English by Lora Baron –Dementia Support Worker Manchester at Tung Sing Housing Association on 24th March 2014. Shirley He was the Cantonese interpreter. 10 people attended with interest. 2014年3月24日在東昇房屋協會舉辦“痴呆症的認知”健康講座，由曼城老人痴呆症支援員:羅娜．巴倫用英語講,有廣東話傳譯員提供, 一共有10人參加.