This blog was written by Andie Murphy, an IUHPE – Registered Health Promotion Practitioner at Bayside Health Peninsula. We know that when we increase the availability of healthy food and drink options it supports our overall wellbeing. What is the Healthy Choices Policy Directive? Bayside Health Peninsula has been working with Healthy Eating Advisory Service …
Student Health Ambassadors work hard to promote sun protection at Overport Primary. Photo: Supplied. This blog is written by Kristen Young, Health Promotion Practitioner at Bayside Health Peninsula. Overport Primary, located in Frankston South, celebrated 20 years of being a sun smart school this year. Student leaders were invited to contribute their bright ideas to …
This blog was written by Chris Kirkpatrick, Health Promotion Practitioner at Bayside Health Peninsula Have you thought about how our health and the health of our family is connected to climate change? If you haven’t, you’re not alone. Most Victorians haven’t thought about this. In this blog we will focus on the link between our …
This month we welcomed 104 nursing, 14 midwifery and 18 mental health graduates across our all of our sites. Our staff have embraced the influx of new graduates to our health service, to help meet our current workforce challenges. Our nursing graduates are being supported in their transition to independent practice by a team of …
This blog was written by Taylah Steer, a Health Promotion Practitioner at Bayside Health Peninsula. Infographic created by Eva Nikolitsis, a Health Promotion Practitioner at Bayside Health Peninsula. Over the last four years, the Health Promotion team have been busy creating interventions and actions across local settings; education (schools and early years), neighbourhoods, workplaces and …
Individuals in our community living with severe illnesses often rely on our services after they go home from hospital. How we manage and support their recovery during this time may reduce the number of unplanned hospital presentations and improve suboptimal patient‐reported outcomes (PROMS). Rebecca Pang, clinical outreach pharmacist at Bayside Health Peninsula. Ms Pang works …
Photo: Nudging healthier options at Civic Recreation Reserve (Civic) and Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre (PARC), Crib Point, Somerville Recreation Centre and Pines Forest Aquatic Centre (PINES) . This blog is written by Andie Murphy and Evangelia Nikolitsis, Health Promotion Practitioners at Bayside Health Peninsula. Over the past four years Bayside Health Peninsula in collaboration with …
Bayside Health Peninsula Smoking Cessation Research Pharmacist Darshana Meanger in a photo taken before COVID-19. This blog was written by Darshana Meanger, Smoking Cessation Research Pharmacist at Bayside Health Peninsula. Bayside Health Peninsula has been a smoke free site for 11 years and we are dedicated to supporting patients at any stage of their quit …
This blog was written by Robyn Holmes and Cathy Halmarick, Sexual & Reproductive Health Nurses at Bayside Health Peninsula. Contraception is a way to prevent pregnancy, also known as birth control. Maybe you have never even heard of long acting reversible contraception. You have probably heard of the ‘pill” a tablet you take at the same …
This blog was written by Taylah Steer, Health Promotion Practitioner at Bayside Health Peninsula. We’re here in lockdown again. Although we are now seemingly pro’s at the lockdown routine, now more than ever we need to continue with the healthy habits we have already established, or even start building in some new ones. In particular, …
