Dec 14, 2018 | Health service, News
Redován 12/13/2018. The City Council of Redován received this morning the accreditation of belonging to the Health Plan network of the Valencian Community. An act that took place during the celebration of the first Health Bureau of the municipality and that is derived from the accession of Redován to the Xarxa Salut Program. The mayor, Emilio Fernandez, explained that last June the Plenary approved the adhesion to the program, and that in today’s meeting he was in charge of presenting the health strategy “that we want to promote as a multidisciplinary concept in the that all councils of the City Council work always keeping in mind the promotion of healthy lifestyles, and impacting the population under 15 years and over 50.
The accreditation has been collected by the first mayor from the hands of José Gabriel Cano, district director of Public Health, so that Redován becomes the second municipality in the region to join this network, since he did it a week after Guardamar del Safe. The Mesa Salud is composed of the mayor, Emilio Fernández, the Councilor for Education, Nely Ruiz, the mayor of Health, Francisco Martínez, the Councilor for Culture, Clara Ezcurra and the municipal responsible for Environment, Ramón López, by the Government team. Of the municipal group of the PSOE is part of this organ Esther González, Víctor Ros of Sí se Puede Redován and Noe Zaragoza de Unidos by Redován. José Gabriel Cano, from the Public Health Center; Claudia Rojas, from the Medical Office; Amparo Doors of the Sacred Hearts School; Antonio Menchón from IES Redován; Antonio Ruiz, from the Local Police and Roque Martínez, from Social Services, complete the table. Raquel Hernández will be in charge of the local coordination of the same.
“From there we have created a working group in which each member, in their area, will make clear what is done in the field of health promotion by filling in some cards that have been distributed,” said Fernandez. The mayor of Redova has commented that based on this analysis of the resources, the strategy to be developed will be designed “and we will make public a map of community resources that we will promote through the web page so that associations and citizens in general can take advantage of them”. Fernandez explained that sometimes activities are carried out in the municipality that may be of interest to a certain group that, due to ignorance, does not attend, “and that is what we want to avoid”.
At the same time, other types of strategies that encourage healthy habits in schools will be carried out, or health promotion will be taken into account in actions, for example, mobility by the municipality. “The ultimate goal is to fight against addictive behaviors and increase those healthy habits by encouraging the participation of our neighbors,” said Fernandez, who concluded that “this is a very long-term project with actions that should be keep for the time. ”
Xarxa Salut is the network of municipalities of the Valencian Community attached to the IV Health Plan, with the commitment to develop local health promotion actions framed in the plan. Among other advantages, the localities that are included can access grants from the Department of Health Universal, participate in workshops, seminars and workshops where experiences are shared and disseminated through the Valencian Health Observatory.
Feb 22, 2018 | News, Social Welfare, Women and Seniors
The president of the Mancomunidad la Vega and mayor of Redován, Emilio Fernández, has presented this morning in the Assembly Hall of the City Council of Redován, the adhesion of the commonwealth to the Strategy for the Promotion of Health and Prevention of the National Health System. The La Vega Mancomunidad is the first national association that adheres to this strategy.
This adhesion supposes the institutional commitment to implement this strategy in the four municipalities of the commonwealth. The strategy is based on national recommendations and those of international organizations to advance a health and care approach in all local policies.
The objective is to promote the health and wellbeing of the population of the commonwealth by promoting healthy lifestyles and enhancing the safety of all people.
It implies a work strategy where health is incorporated into local policies from a transversal, intersectoral, equity, coordinated and participatory approach in our municipalities. The local environment is, therefore, an essential environment to improve the health and well-being of the population.
The implementation of this strategy is an opportunity to integrate and coordinate health promotion and prevention efforts among all levels, sectors and stakeholders of the four municipalities., Working together to improve the well-being of our citizens.
Priority, the strategy will be implemented at the community level, preferably aimed at children under 15 years of age and pregnant women and that adult population, over 50 years old, being the main factors of work: the promotion of physical activity, the acquisition of healthy eating habits, the prevention of alcohol and tobacco consumption, the promotion of emotional well-being and actions aimed at safety in the environment.
The strategy will be carried out in different phases, initially, after the public presentation of the strategy, which we are doing today, the intersectoral tables will be established at the local level, in which the community agents involved in health actions will participate. : health, education, social welfare, urban planning, sports, and whose purpose is to adapt the actions of the strategy to the reality of each municipality, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the strategy in each municipality.
At the same time, the mapping of the health resources that are available in the community will begin, which will help us to have a detailed and exhaustive knowledge of the different resources and actions for health available in each territory.
Therefore, this commitment is made immediately in the constitution of an intersectoral coordination table at the local level and the elaboration of the map of resources of each municipality.
For Emilio Fernández, President of the Commonwealth, “this strategy for us is an opportunity, without a doubt, to advance local policies that impact the health and well-being of our citizens, to work together to make health accessible. to all people regardless of their social position or any other social circumstances that may arise.
The implementation of this strategy will mean the consolidation of an intense work that is carried out annually from the Commonwealth in which a wide range of health promotion activities is offered, aimed at active aging: senior school and workshops from physical activity to elderly, to improve the emotional and physical well-being of women such as emotional support workshops, Pilates workshops, yoga …, support for the family from positive parenting, family schools, prevention of addictions, with workshops for teenagers and schoolchildren.
These actions will be complemented with new proposals, both their own and those of other community entities, in accordance with the proposals of the different local health boards and the development of the strategy for the coming years.
