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News: tagged with "prevention"

• Online training on mental health and suicide available from A-OK NZ

  Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2020 in: Training With tags: Training, mental wellbeing, workshop, prevention, suicide, Courses
  A-OK.NZ offers a continuum of support skills to ensure you and your organisation, community, school, sports team, family and neighbourhood are fully equipped to be able to respond to someone who may be struggling with suicide or mental health concerns

• Online training now available from A-OK NZ

  Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 in: Training With tags: Training, mental wellbeing, Courses, workshop, prevention, suicide
  A-OK NZ have just introduced three new training offerings online. They have been unable to delivery any training over the lockdown, but have reformated some of their workshops for online delivery

• Stay calm and play your part to contain COVID-19

  Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, disease, advice
  Canterbury District Health Board media release: 10th March 2020 New Zealanders should try not to panic about COVID-19 and instead focus on ways they can limit its spread, advised Te Papa Hauora experts at the country’s first coronavirus public meeting

• Information on the novel coronavirus from the Ministry of Health

  Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: health, prevention, information, disease, advice
  There are currently outbreaks overseas of a new disease called COVID-19 (also known as novel coronavirus). The Ministry of Health is closely monitoring the situation and following guidance from the World Health Organization

• Keep properties tidy and fire risk at bay

  Posted: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, safety, summer, emergencies
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 18th November 2019 Christchurch and Banks Peninsula residents are being urged to act now to protect their properties from fire even though the risk is currently low

• White Ribbon Newsletter for September 2019

  Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2019 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, violence, leadership, young people, prevention, abuse
  Soon we will be able to share our 2019 November campaign with you so stay tuned

• Dangerous Decibels: Learn about preventing hearing loss

  Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: hearing, prevention, Training, young people, children
  Dangerous Decibels is a training course available to colleges, schools and kindergartens on the dangers of excess noise, the irrevocable damage to hearing it can cause, and on how to protect yourself and your hearing health

• New suicide prevention videos from the Mental Health Foundation

  Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: young people, youth, suicide, Communication, prevention
  Kia ora. The Mental Health Foundation is pleased to introduce their newest suicide prevention video suite "Connecting through Kōrero – Kōrerohia ngā mahi whakamomori ki te hunga taiohi"

• Water chlorination to continue in some ChCh areas beyond July

  Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, safety, prevention
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 10th July 2019 Several unexpected delays to the Christchurch City Council’s well-heads upgrade programme means parts of the city will still receive chlorine-treated drinking water beyond this month

• Christchurch water could be chlorine free by end of July

  Posted: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, prevention, safety
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 6th May 2019 Christchurch’s drinking water could be chlorine free as soon as the end of July 2019

• Action plan to tackle alcohol-related harm

  Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: planning, alcohol, harm, injury prevention, policy
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 15th August 2018 A city free from alcohol-related harm is the vision behind a new strategy launched in Christchurch

• Lifeline expands to offer text support for those in distress

  Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: support, services, suicide, prevention
  Lifeline media release: 21st March 2018 Lifeline announces the launch of its free text support service – HELP (4357) as part of its suicide prevention strategy to increase access to support for people in distress

• Even one drink could push you over the limit

  Posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: transport, safety, alcohol, injury prevention
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 12th December 2016 Had a drink after work and wondering if you’re still okay to drive home? Don’t

• Steady as you go exercise classes to prevent falls

  Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Training, exercise, Courses, injury prevention, older people
  Falls are not a natural part of ageing - falls are preventable! Falls are the most common cause of injury in older people. One-third of people over the age of 65 fall each year, and half of people over 80 fall each year