Healthy living for everyday life
Helping adults address unmet literacy needs in Wexford
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The project partners were
Health Service Executive (HSE) Dublin and South East: health and well-being division
Wexford county council library service
Sports Active Wexford
Irish heart foundation
Wexford mental health association
HSE regional suicide prevention office
Connecting for life South East
Healthy Wexford
Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB)
National learning network
Ferns diocesan youth service
Wexford local development.
About this project
This project helped adult learners to access, understand, and use health information and services to improve their own well-being.
It combined health literacy, public library access and expert-led health education in a community setting. Facilitators received literacy awareness training to make health information easier to understand and use.
More about this project
Multiple health, education, local authority and community partners jointly developed, promoted, and delivered the programme.
30 workshops took place in five libraries in Wexford, Gorey, New Ross, Bunclody and Enniscorthy. Sessions were 90 minutes long and ran weekly over six-week blocks.
Topics included
smoking and vaping,
alcohol awareness,
physical activity,
healthy eating,
mental health and wellbeing, and
cancer awareness.
“The information helped me share what I learned with my family and support them to make changes.” - quote from a learner