HSE Health and Wellbeing
What do we know and what can we do about it? Recent studies in Ireland, such as the Growing up In Ireland study by the ESRI and the HRB Overview Series 12 ‘Alcohol and other drug use among children and young people in Ireland’, highlight that alcohol is one of the biggest risk factors for […]
Ireland was placed at number 1 along with the UK and France in a recent Tobacco Control Scale ranking report which was presented the 2nd December 2022 at a WHO Symposium on Tobacco Control in Barcelona by Smoke Free Partnership. Martina Blake the HSE Tobacco Lead in HSE Health and Wellbeing, said “We welcome this […]
The START campaign will be back on TV, radio, cinema and online. The campaign will commence on the 9th of January and will run until the 5th of February. Key message: one daily win Our ‘One Daily Win’ message encourages parents and guardians to think about healthy habit options, with lots of tips and advice […]
The HSE have launched a new suite of relationship and sexuality resources which supports parents to have ongoing conversations with their children, adolescents and young adults. Research confirms that parents matter when talking to their young children about Relationships, Sexuality and Growing Up. The Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme (SHCPP), HSE Health and Wellbeing, […]
Bringing joy and lending their voices to raise festive spirits, HSE choirs across the country are coming together for their annual Christmas concert at 4pm on Wednesday December 21st. The event can be viewed live by registering here https://bit.ly/3Y6RMbz The choirs include Carlow Harmonies Choir, St.Johns Choir Limerick, Roscommon Key Notes Choir, Tallaght University Hospital […]
A number of launches took place across different areas as part of the continued roll out of Sláintecare Healthy Communities (SHC). During October, four launches took place in Tallaght, Athy, Waterford and Mayo. This was followed by another four during November in Limerick, Donegal (Inishowen), Donegal (Gaeltacht) and Clonmel. Finally, during December there were six […]
As 2022 draws to a close, it is important to stop and reflect on the huge volume of work completed this year. The last few years have increased the focus and importance of taking a preventative approach to healthcare by encouraging people to make the type of behavioural changes, which will give them a better […]
