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Welcome to another edition
of the Nelson Bays Primary Health fortnightly newsletter.
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reason you can't view the newsletter properly in your email you can
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Nelson Bays Primary Health
News:
It's nutrition - but not as Nelson knew
it
The BeWell Community Nutrition Service has
received the region's top health innovation award, for creating a
quality model of nutrition service delivery.
Their application was for the "Collaborating for Health
Improvement" category.
The service was named the overall winner at the Nelson
Marlborough District Health Board's Health Quality and Innovation
awards thanks, in part, to the extensive consultation process
conducted by dietitians Marion van Oeveren and Naomi
Johnson.
"The way we set up the community nutrition service was
all about working together with other providers and we followed a
quite innovative and creative process to achieve this."
Read more here.
MEND
Mind Exercise Nutrition ... Do
it!
 Last month we distributed information on the MEND
programme. MEND starts 13 October at Saxton Field. We had a
good response, but still need some more families for the
programme.
Can you please remind your doctors and
nurses to refer suitable families with overweight children (aged
7-13) to the MEND programme.
Phone 5391170 or email Marion.VanOeveren@nelsonbayspho.org.nz or
use the link to download a
regisration form.
MEND is an effective and very positive
programme, please use this opportunity and help us fill the
places. This is a pilot programme and needs to have numbers to
keep running in the future, so we need your help to get more
referrals in.
Health Directory
Update Coming
Soon
We are
currently updating the Health Directory to reflect changes that have
taken place over the last 2 months. A pdf version will be availabe
early next week for you to download.
Go to www.bewell.org.nz/healthdirectory
News:
Mental Health Awareness Week
Monday 5th- Sunday 11th October
This year's theme for Mental Health Awareness week is
Winning Ways to Wellbeing. Wellbeing is a concept that has two main
elements: feeling good and functioning well.
Goto http://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/page/29-2009-Winning-Ways-to-Wellbeing
for more national information. Download information
here about what's happening locally.
 Also go to www.bewell.org.nz for more links
and info.
For further information on Mental Health Awareness Week,
to discuss activity or involvement or to access resources based on
this theme contact Varie Parker at Health Action on 03
5482798
Multicultural Women’s Group
Presentation
Monday 19 October 2009, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Fairfield
House, Nelson
As a way of celebrating the 3rd Year
Anniversary of our Multicultural Women’s Group, we invite you to
come and hear us talk about our respective cultures and our views on
health, relationships and family.
To ensure you receive information which is
relevant to your area, send us your questions by 16 October and we
will endeavour to answer them in our presentation.
Cost: $20 for Government Agency personnel
(payable to Nelson Multicultural Council, PO Box 264, Nelson),
direct credit to SBS 031355 0590251 00. Koha please from NGO
personnel.
As seating is limited, attendees must
register in advance. Certificate of attendance is available. Please
request when registering. Email info@nmec.org.nz
or phone 5390030
Mana Wãhine - Empowering
Women
Free and confidential women's group
For more information download
a flyer here.
 The Be Well Community
Nurse, Penny Molnar, is available to
assist GPs and Practice Nurses with accessing services and resources
that fall outside their areas of work. Contact Penny ~ Monday
to Thursdays on 546 8385 or 021
349819
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