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Running a successful event This section of the resource pack contains information on various aspects of running an event. These do not constitute a 'How To' guide, but provide guidance on various aspects of organising an event, from working on obesity issues in primary care to securing successful media coverage for your event. Details of further sources of guidance are provided at the bottom of the page.
1. Managing Obesity in Primary Care The National Obesity Forum have produced an interactive learning resource, on CD-ROM. The resource is a essential guide to practitioners, by clicking on the link above, you will be able to find out more information about the resource as well as details on how to order a copy. They have also produced some guidelines for Guidelines for Management of Adult Obesity and Overweight in Primary Care, which are available by clicking on the link below While they have developed a second set of guidelines for the Management of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Primary Care: 2. Clinical Guidelines from the United States These Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults are from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, United States. Around 97 million adults in the United States are overweight or obese. This link will take you to NHLBI homepage, and requires internet access. 3. NMHW2005 Directory of Events in Scotland The link above contains all the responses from our efforts to find out what is being planned prior to NMHW itself. The entries provide an important resource as to what is happening in each area of Scotland. This also enables networking and support at a local level, as well as being vital PR resource, enabling the media to identify key activity at local and regional levels. How to maximise your chances of securing positive media coverage for your event. Written by Peter Baker, Director of the Men’s Health Forum, who was himself a successful health journalist for many years. 5. Article from Practice Nurse Journal We are grateful to “Practice Nurse” for permission to reproduce this article (published in the journal on 14 March 2003) which describes the planning and implementation of a “Men’s Health Day” held in a supermarket in South London during NMHW 2002. If you are interested in reading more about practice nurses’ work and would like to subscribe to the journal, you may call 01444 44 55 66. If you would like to publish an article on your own health promotion work, contact “Practice Nurse” editor Louise Prime on 020 8652 8879 or practice.nurse@rbi.co.uk If having read these documents, you do feel in need of further guidance that is not available locally (for example, from your local Health Promotion Unit) get in touch with us at: sarah@mhfs.org.uk |
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This CD Resource was produced with support from Scottish Slimmers. |
