Welcome to Capital PHO's What's on! page, where you can find out what we've been up to and what events are coming up in your community!

Regional Public Health's Calendar of Events lists national health events, click on the Events & Professional Development 2010 and for events happening this month!

FREE workshops by Adolescent Behaviour Consultant Margaret Ross with practical skill training opportunities in a teenage free environment. Leave wishing you were going home to double the number of teenagers in your house!!

• Parenting Teenagers is aimed at parents of 12 to 14 year olds.

Wednesday 26th May 7pm to 9pm Wellington East Girls College School Hall, Austin Street, Mt Victoria


• Building Resiliency is aimed at parents of primary school aged children.

Tuesday 27th July 7pm to 8.30pm
Karori Normal School Hall, Donald Street, Karori


• Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll aimed at parents of 15 - 17 year olds.

Tuesday 14th September 7pm to 9pm Onslow College Staff Room, Burma Road, Johnsonville

Contact Rachel Harrison on 04 978 4366 to reserve your place.

It is widely known that tobacco is the leading cause of death in New Zealand, contributing to an estimated 5,000 deaths every year. About half of all people who smoke will die, on average, 15 years early.

This year’s theme for World Smokefree Day is Give Quitting a Go, You CAN Do It!

National and international evidence in smoking cessation shows that initiating more quit attempts that are supported by treatment, more often, is crucial to increasing the number of smokers who quit long term. In other words ask for some help and keep trying!

If you would like some advice, or support to quit smoking, contact:

• Your family doctor
• Quitline 0800 778 778
• Aukati Kai Paipa (04) 939 4631
• Pacific Smoking Cessation (04) 237 8422

Capital PHO and Sport Wellington are pleased to announce a new 10 week Healthy Lifestyle Programme for our Pacific community! The programme starts on the 26th of April and will be held on Monday evenings from 6-8pm at the Poneke Rugby Club, 39 Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie (next to the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre).

This programme is a great opportunity for our Pacific community to learn about healthy nutrition and great ways to get active, and the best news is that it is FREE for Capital PHO patients! However there are only approximately 30 spots on the programme so be sure to encourage your friends and family to sign up fast!

To register or for more information contact Kathy McConville or Toa Madar at Sport Wellington on 389 0225 or download the brochure. For more information about Sport Wellington's Healthy Lifestyle Programmes click here.

Capital PHO is launching a Pacific aqua aerobics pilot programme called AQUA PASIFIKA in conjunction with SECPHO, Pacific Health Service Wellington, Sport Wellington and the Wellington City Council. This 10 week programme aims to increase Pacific access to water-based exercise and foster their comfort in this environment.

Registration in the programme also involves signing participants up to the WCC's Leisure Card, which provides discounted access to a range of recreation services such as half priced admission to WCC's pools.

The programme runs on Wednesdays from 7-8pm and starts on April 21. For more information please contact Ben Tafau on (04) 978 4367 or 027 333 7961. Spaces on this programme are VERY limited so make sure you register quick!

A new Pasefika Healthy Lifestyle Programme exercise class will be starting on March 23rd at the Broderick Road Chapel, 17 Broderick Road, Johnsonville. The classes will be run by our new instructor No'oroa Kippenberger on Tuesday nights from 6.15pm until 7.15pm. This is a great opportunity for our Pacific communities in the Johnsonville and Newlands area to get moving and start living a healthier lifestyle!

As with our other classes, our new Broderick Road classes are free, and everyone is welcome - you don't need to be Pacific to come along to the classes! Bring along a towel, some water, and your friends and family!

CLASS TIMES:

• Mondays 6:30 – 7:30pm Ioane Vito Community Hall, 15 Fergusson Street, Newtown
• Tuesdays 6:15 – 7:15pm Broderick Road Chapel, 17 Broderick Road, Johnsonville
• Thursdays 6 – 7pm Wesley Church Hall, 75 Taranaki Street, Wellington
• Saturdays 8 – 9am EFKS, 182 Owen Street, Newtown

Capital PHO held our Annual General Meeting for 2009 on Thursday 19th November at the St Johns Presbyterian Church, Wellington.

We had a great time celebrating our successes over the past year with members of our community. The full annual report can be downloaded from our Publications page.

We’ve put together this booklet to let you know what you can do in our beautiful city for $5 or less or absolutely FREE! All activities are arranged by suburb, so it makes it easy to see what you can do in your local area for $5 or less.

To download a copy click here, or to see our very own Rachel Harrison's youtube ad for the booklet click here! If you would like a hard copy version of this resource, please contact Jon Gabites at WCC on 8013564 or by emailing jon.gabites@wcc.govt.nz

Disclaimer: Some pages have been removed from the original document. Please discard reference to maps and vouchers.

This brochure provides practical advice for coping with stress, solving problems, and looking after family during tough economic times.

It includes information about the symptoms of depression and anxiety, and directs readers to support services if they need them. It was developed by the Ministry of Health, see Ministry of Health website for more information.

Download a copy of Coping with Financial Stress here

Health Promotion might be a bit of a mystery for some people, but the ideals of Health Promotion have been part of many of our jobs for a long time.

Health Promotion aims to empower people, families and communitites to increase control over their own health through a range of tools including creating systems and environments that are supportive to healthy change. At Capital PHO we take this very seriously and have been providing training, funding and support for our Medical Practices to carry out Health Promotion projects with their enrolled populations for over 3 years.

See the attached download for some of the great projects currently underway in our Medical Practices.

If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Rachel Harrison on 04 978 4366 or through the contact us page on this website.

NZ Group-based Self-Management Education for Patients/Whanau with Type 2 Diabetes
International evidence demonstrates group-based self-management education facilitates improved glucose control, better understanding of diabetes and improved quality of life. A New Zealand research team is developing an education programme that meets the specific needs of our population. This will be deliverable in primary care settings and includes distinct Maori and Pacific components which will be developed in partnership with those communities.

Liz Dutton, Diabetes Nurse Specialist for Capital PHO, is a member of the research team which includes representatives from Secondary care, PHOs, Maori and Pacific stakeholders and University. She will be one of the facilitators of the programme to be piloted, and be involved in its revision. She is also involved in designing the resource toolkit which will be used by the facilitators in the group sessions.