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Healthy Ireland for Louth Plan 2018-2022

Increase the proportion of people who are healthy at all
Goal 4:
stages of life

Shared Wellbeing

Objective 5 (LECP / 235): Support, link HI Outcome: Support, link and further improve
and further improve existing partnerships, existing partnerships, strategies and initiatives
strategies and initiatives that aim to improve that aim to improve the capacity of parents,
the capacity of parents, carers and families to
support healthier choices for their children and carers and families to support healthier choices
themselves for their children and themselves

Local Measure/ Local Measure/
No. Action Responsibility Timeline No. Action Responsibility Timeline
Indicator Indicator

68 NPAP: Conduct an annual physical activity LSP 2018 - Ongoing • Annual SIDO 71 RHSR: Further strengthen services NERDTF / FASN 2018-2022 • Opportunities under HI funding
promotion campaign and Operation to support families affected by explored, developed and
Transformation substance misuse delivered where possible
campaign delivered
72 RHSR: Provide addiction services HSE - Drug Addiction 2018-2022 • Appointment of CNM to
69 LECP 234: Develop programmes to LSP: Supported by LCDC 2017 • Increased no. of for pregnant and postnatal Services / NERDTF addiction services. Monitor
address transitions and drop out for / LCC / CYPSC participants returning women closely with doctor in HSE
physical activity and sport to some form of
physical activity and/ • Prioritise harm prevention and
or sport reduction

70 NPAP & LECP 241: Extend existing and LSP: Supported by LCC / 2016 - Ongoing • No. of programmes 73 RHSR: Mitigate the risk and HSE - Drug Addiction 2018-2022 • Monitor closely with Doctors in
developing programmes for physical SI / HSE / NGB developed reduce the impact of parental Services / NERDTF HSE
activity for people with disabilities and substance misuse on babies and
their families to enhance and deliver a • No. of participants young children • Prioritise harm prevention and
comprehensive health and wellbeing engaging reduction
programme

74 Consultation: Develop HSE: Supported by LDAF 2018-2022 • Initiate the Needle Exchange
programmes aimed at early / NERDTF programme, and expand service
intervention of alcohol and drug through new national funding
misuse with HSE Primary Care scheme

• Recruit a CNM
• Provide a needle exchange harm
reduction post
• Provide RGM social care
homeless worker
• Provide a full time addiction
counsellor

75 Consultation: Facilitate new HSE: Supported by LCDC 2018-2022 • No. of healthy eating
methods of healthy eating / PPN programmes supported by
programmes using parents Health Promotion HSE through
associations, intergenerational PPN
programmes, community
supported programmes and
special disability service providers
to provide healthy eating choices
for all ages and abilities

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