Health initiatives for Clubs

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Health initiatives for Clubs
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Identify Needs

• What does your Club / Community need?
• Make suggestions
• Consult your membership
• Review what has happened in the past is there
  anything that can prevent reoccurrences?
• Different approaches are needed for different
  groups!

Suggestions include........
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Facility Usage
Maximise for whole community

• Walking track around perimeter
• Classes dance / aerobics / yoga etc
• Smoking Cessation Groups (Ulster Cancer
  Foundation)
• Family Fun Days

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Club Environment

• Display posters / leaflets
• Smoke Free Signage
• No Cigarette machines
• Healthy food choices at functions
• Water/juices/fruits at summer camps etc
• Responsible approach to alcohol

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Well Man / Well Woman
Health Checks Education Nights

• Blood Pressure
• Cholesterol
• Diabetes
• Body Mass / Body Fat

GP / Practice Nurses / Chest, Heart Stroke
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Cancer Awareness
Interactive Education Nights

• Tips on prevention
• Early detection (demonstrations)
• Carbon Monoxide Monitor
• Skin Scanner
• Leaflets advice

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Alcohol Drugs Awareness
Whole Club Approach

• Club Policy
• Education for
• Players
• Coaches
• Parents

Link with local alcohol drugs services
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Mental Health
Education

• Promote good mental health through GAA
  activities
• Display posters
• Distribute pocket guides
• Education
• Mental Health First Aid
• Suicide Awareness Training

Link with local Health Trust services
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Player Health
Education

• Information for players including
• Nutrition
• Hydration
• Alcohol Sport
• Smoking
• Injuries
• Fitness Testing

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Screening
Cardiac Screening

• GAA Screening Questionnaire for all players
  over the age of 14

• ECG Screening available through CRY

www.uuclinic.ulster.ac.uk 028 9036 8098
Cardiac Risk in the Young
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First Aid / CPR Training
Building Capacity

• Sports First Aid
• Coaches
• Players
• Basic First Aid
• Administrators
• CPR training (offered by Ulster GAA tutors)

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Defibrillator
Club / Community Defibrillator

• Trained users
• Easily accessed
• Checked weekly
• Promotion who to call / how to get it?
• Support system in place if used

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