Community and Public Health focuses on working with high need Schools, which are those with high Māori and Pacific populations or a high level of deprivation.
Community and Public Health also works in early childhood centres.
The aim is to assist these settings to develop healthy learning environments, with our philosophy behind this approach being that healthy children learn better.
Staff work in depth with a range of education settings and providers to ensure that their environments support healthy behaviour and maximise each child's learning potential, using a whole setting approach. The health issue areas of focus include healthy eating, hauora/wellbeing, physical activity and smokefree.
Smokefree
Smokefree (SF) support is available to Early Education Centres, Te Kohanga Reo, Schools and the Tertiary sector. This support ranges from advice about legislative requirements through to implementation of policy/practices in your particular setting.
The overall goal of SF is to reduce smoking initiation by youth, protect our children/youth from the harm of second hand smoke as well as to encourage smokers to quit.
WAVE - Well-being and Vitality in Education
 WAVE is a framework for work between the health and education sectors in South Canterbury. The staff based in Timaru support, co- ordinate and enhance health promotion activities within education settings, ranging from Early Childhood through to Tertiary providers. WAVE builds on the strengths of the Health Promoting Schools framework and incorporates the "Whole of Setting" approach.
The aims of WAVE are to:
- Support young people and their families in developing healthy behaviours
- Support the development of sustainable approaches to promote the health and well-being of staff and students
- Help raise pupil achievement in education
- Work in collaboration with key partners and community groups to meet the needs of the settings
- Reduce health inequalities
- Support Maori cultural values and practices for improved outcomes for tamariki/children, rangatahi/youth and their whanau/family.
Find out more about WAVE's regional initiatives.
Read the latest WAVE Newsletter.
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Links
Health Promoting Schools (CPH)
Early Childhood Education (CPH)
Ministry of Education
Feeding Our Families
Smokefree Schools
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