Preventive work in medicine

Press, 30 November 1978, Page 18

Preventive work in medicine

The National Heart Foundation has plans for next year in preventive medicine | in schools and in the com- ! munity. 1 Two new mobile units for I public education will begin I work next year. One will ! start in the Auckland area 1 i early next year and another, probably based in Christchurch, will come into use 1 later in the year. A similar ‘ ' unit has been working in the Wellington area this year. A special officer funded by the Heart Foundation will begin working in the curriculum development unit of the Department of Educa- ' tion in Wellington early in . 1979 with responsibility for .preparing material for teachI ers and pupils in all primary and secondary schools on health education work re- , Hated to the prevention of | heart problems. i The new officer will join a team of health resource workers who will be responsible for pwiding teaching material and back-up resources for teachers working in social and health education fields. Dr D. R. Hay, director of: the foundation, said in iChristchurch that the new]: team was a natural exten-i

sion of the recommendations I of the Johnson Report which : urged greater co-operation: between voluntary agencies! working in preventive health ; fields. “These steps mark a ■ major step forward in co-! operation between the De-;' partment of Education and voluntary agencies,” Dr Hay ( said.