HEALTH PROMOTION SERVICES

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• HEALTH PROMOTION SERVICES
• CFB Borden LFCA TC Meaford
• Sharon Poirier, HP Director
• as presented to DFit, Sr Fitness Mgr, HP
  Delivery Mgr

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Presentation Overview

• Health Promotion Local Program
• Successes
• Challenges
• Future Initiatives
• Questions

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HP Office Location - CFB Borden
 Health Promotion Office S-138, 48 Rafah
Crescent, Suite 201
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424-1200 ext 7086
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Location LFCA TC Meaford
  Unit Health Promotion Representative Capt
Jayson Geroux Building HQ M-200
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Borden Meaford Client Base
8,500
1330 2,280
Meaford 20 growth in next 2 years Training
mandate and staff Remote status
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Borden / Meaford HP
Mission To ensure that every member of the CFB
Borden/LFCA TC Meaford Defence Team and their
families, have knowledge of, access to, and make
full use of Health Promotion services and
resources. Vision To have a base environment
that fully embraces Health Promotion as an
effective force multiplier and significant asset
in building and sustaining operational readiness.
 
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Org Chart Borden HP
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DGHS CFPFSS

• Joint initiative of FHP and CFPFSS

DGHS Program development and evaluation (SMEs)
CFPFSS Program delivery (60 HPD/M)
PARTNERSHIP
SLA
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Health Promotion in STF

• Guidance Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
  (1986)
• Community development strategic principles
• Develop Personal Skills
• Create Supportive Environments
• Strengthen Community Action
• Build Healthy Public Policy
• Reorient Health Services

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Health Promotion
PREVENTION vs INTERVENTION
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Program Eligibility List

• 1. Regular CF and Class B and C Reserve
• 2. Primary Reserve, Cadet Instructors Cadre,
  Canadian Rangers
• 3. Foreign military personnel on exchange posting
  or training
• with the CF
• 4. Immediate family members of the
• first three above
• 5. DND civilian employees and Non Public Fund
  employees
• 6. Supplementary Reserve
• 7. Cadets and Junior Canadian Rangers

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Target Population

• CF Members
• Regular Force and Reservists

Where space and resources permit, invitations to
participate in certain aspects of the program may
be extended to the immediate family of CF members
and other members of the Defence Team.
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CORE PROGRAM AREAS
Injury Prevention and Active Living
Addiction Awareness and Prevention
Social Wellness
Nutritional Wellness
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Successes/Challenges Within Core Program Areas

• COURSES
• CAMPAIGNS
• PRESENTATIONS
• RESOURCES

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Injury Prevention Active Living
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Program Goal To enhance the operational
readiness of CF personnel by reducing the
incidence/severity of injuries through the
implementation of strategies to improve safety
and effectiveness within our working environment
and physical training programs.
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Injury Prevention Active Living
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SME(s) Injury Prevention and Sports Medicine
Dr. Darrell Menard Injury Prevention Lucie
Laferriere
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Social Wellness
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• Stress Management, Suicide Prevention, Anger
  Management, Family Violence Prevention, Healthy
  Workplace, Healthy Family

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Social Wellness
SME A/Social Wellness Deanne Chafe
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Addiction Awareness Prevention
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• Alcohol, Other Drugs, Tobacco, Gambling

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Addiction Awareness Prevention
Tobacco Free
Drug and Alcohol
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Alcohol Other Drugs, Tobacco, Gambling
SME AODGA Tobacco - Deanne Chafe
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Smoking Cessation Campaign
Smoking Cessation Challenge

• Launched
• January 2003

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Achievements March 1st, I Quit
40 Increase

• 25 of registrants will stay smoke free for at
  least 1 year.

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Alcohol Other Drugs, Tobacco, Gambling
SME AODGA Tobacco - Deanne Chafe
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Addictions Awareness Week
Month
DWI Are you Smashed?
Harm Reduction Program
SIDNE (Simulated Impaired DriviNg Experience)
Low Risk Drinking Guidelines 0-2-9-14
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Nutritional Wellness
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• Nutrition, Healthy Weight, Sport Nutrition

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Nutritional Wellness
SME A/Nutritional Wellness Dr. Debra Reid
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Nutritional Wellness
CAMPAIGN Set Your Sites on Healthy Eating
(Launch March 06 Pilot Site 4 Dining Halls)
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Social Marketing Communication Vehicles

• National Web Sites
• Local HP Web Site
• Broad Cast Mail
• Base Newspapers - Student Citizen
• Newsletter - MFRC
• Base Directory
• BB Kiosks
• Unit HP Representatives

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STF Local Committees

• Support Agencies Community Partners
• Base STF Team (U HP Rep)
• Chair HPD/M
• Community Action/Supportive Environment
• Base HP Committee ( )
• Chair B/W Commander
• Prioritization of programs
• Address local concerns
• Resource requirement identification

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Community Partners

• Health Services
• B Surg
• B Pharm
• B Foods
• B Dental
• BSW
• MOs
• Chaplains
• LCC

• BAC
• MFRC
• Military Police
• EAP/CFMAP
• Fitness Sports
• Recreation
• CANEX
• SISIP
• D Cas Support

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Base STF Team

• Unit Health Promotion Representatives
• Promote STF HP services
• Conduit between STF HP Program and unit for
• Announcements
• Activities
• Services
• Training
• Dissemination of educational material
• Arrange for logistical support at Unit
• Provide FB to HPD on unit needs and HP program

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Successes in Borden

• Social Marketing/Logistics/Partnerships
• Local HP Website one of the first two other
  sites adopted same format
• HP Office Administration Operations Manual
• Meaford program awareness visit A/CO and CI
  of LFCA TC
• Marketing Plan for March 1st, I Quit adopted
  nationally
• Initiated development and piloted March 1st, I
  Quit Street Banner local results inc by 40, as
  a consequence strategy was adopted nationally
• Courses
• Interactive, adult learner focus, guest
  speakers, training aids, sign out resource
  library
• Basic Relationship Training Off site location
• Presentations
• Developed DWI Are You Smashed? Interactive
  Presentation with SIDNE, FVG
• Developed Suicide Awareness Prevention
  Briefing - used for recruit training and on a
  national basis
• Developed ½ day workshops Stress Management,
  Nutrition for Action
• Campaigns
• SIDNE (Simulated Impaired DriviNing Experience)
• Pilot Site for Set your Sites on Healthy Eating
  Campaign 4 dinning halls

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Challenges/Opportunities

• Student Population not yet recognized when
  assessing requirement for personnel resources
• Transitional Student Populations/ Recruits
  Keeping up with the demand
• Meaford Growth and Distance (100 Km - Remote
  Status)
• Health Services/HP Overlapping Mandates
• Discontinuity in SME positions
• Possibly losing access to Broadcast Mail

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Challenges/Opportunities

• 7. UHPR Team Not all units represented
  turnover voluntold vs. volunteer
• 8. Deep vertical hierarchy info dissemination
• 9. Bilingualism Recruitment Access to French
  Language Training
• 10. Access to professional development resources
  Succession Plan? Staying Current
• 11. Base HP Committee non-existent

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Future Initiatives

• Develop and implement strategic plan for CDS
  Health and Physical Fitness Strategy 2010
• Organizational Health Focus Broaden Scope of
  HP
• Health Fair Annual
• Healthy Workplace Week
• Data Base MITE familiarization
• UHPR Recognition Program
• Champion Identify Senior Member
• Plan for Succession (on-going)

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Conclusion

• The Health Promotion Team does more than just
  program delivery we also identify and respond
  to the health promotion needs of our community.

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QUESTIONS?