Healthy Ireland

Healthy Ireland at your Library is a national framework for action to improve the health and wellbeing of Ireland.

The Healthy Ireland at Your Library service programme will enhance and support current health information in public libraries by providing new book stock, e-books, e-audiobooks and e-magazines on health and wellbeing, a wider selection of health information for all users, and through a service delivered by trained library staff for this programme.

The Healthy Ireland book list can be found HERE

Sláintecare Healthy Communities Programme

Sláintecare Healthy Communities is a new cross-Government initiative to deliver increased health and wellbeing services to 19 community areas across Ireland. The programme will be delivered in partnership with the HSE, local authorities, local communities, statutory, voluntary and community groups. A new €13m Sláintecare initiative has been launched to support increased health and wellbeing services to 19 communities in Ireland. The investment will fund new posts including staff working at community level to engage, support and coordinate these activities in an effective manner.

You can find more information HERE

HSE Health and Wellbeing as a key partner, at local and national level in this initiative, is providing health and wellbeing programmes to help build the overall wellbeing within the communities through the increased delivery of supports to quit smoking, improve healthy eating and improve mental wellbeing and reduce isolation. This includes the increased rollout of parenting programmes with Tusla under Sláintecare Healthy Communities. Sláintecare Healthy Communities will support the physical and mental health of the communities as well as support improvement in the wider determinants of health in those communities, such as education, housing, social support and the built environment.

Health Literacy Awareness

NALA and the Irish Cancer Society have launched three health literacy awareness videos to support cancer patients and their families. MSD Ireland funded the videos. The videos contain information on:

1. Getting the most from your health appointments
2. Getting test results
3. Getting health information and support between appointments

You can watch these videos HERE