Welcome to the Healthy Living website
The Healthy Living Centres (HLC's) have now been running for five years. They have been funded by the Big Lottery and supported by the City Council and the Leicester City Primary Care Trust (NHS).
Over the last five years the HLC’s have offered a range of services and activities to local people including: SureStart Sessions, Reflexology, Foot Health Care Clinic, Breastfeeding Support Group, Job Service Partnership, Adult Basic Education, Swedish Massage, Indian Head Massage, a Spect-A-Call Clinic and Slimming World classes.
The Centres have held many open/fun days, the most popular being the very enjoyable and educational “Animal Party” days.
We hope that you have enjoyed using these services and open days.
Though the Big Lottery funding is about to end the HLC’s will continue to be run and developed by the Council, and the PCT. Please do let us know what new services and activities you would like to see running in the HLC’s. Either contact Carlym on: (0116) 2995646 or speak to a member of staff at your next visit.
Finally the Big Lottery has very kindly agreed to our assist us in setting up a Community Trust Library at Tudor Centre. This should open early in the New Year. Please do come along and get involved.
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts and informed choices of society, organisations, public and private, communities and individuals." It is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. The population in question can be as small as a handful of people or as large as all the inhabitants of several continents (for instance, in the case of a pandemic). Public health has many sub-fields, but is typically divided into the categories of epidemiology, biostatistics and health services. Environmental, social and behavioural health, and occupational health, are also important fields in public health.
The focus of public health intervention is to prevent rather than treat a disease through surveillance of cases and the promotion of healthy behaviours. In addition to these activities, in many cases treating a disease can be vital to preventing it in others, such as during an outbreak of an infectious disease. Vaccination programs and distribution of condoms are examples of public health measures.
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