Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

From words to action

Starting health-information and physical activities for women in a multi-ethnical

district in Oslo

10:e Nordiska Folkhälsokonferensen ∙ The 10th Nordic Public Health Conference

Turku ∙ Åbo, Finland 24.-26.8.2011

Hanne Isaksen, fagkonsulent, Bydel Alna

Anne Robertsen, tiltaksleder Skole – og Tekstilverkstedet

Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

Agenda

• Alna District

• Main goal

• Success criteria

• Activity development

• Health and language

• Results

• Challenges

• Next steps

Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

City of Oslo, Alna District

• 47 025 inhabitants

• 45,7 % immigrants

• 9 out of 10 are Norwegian citizens

• 11.700 under 18 years old

• Immigrants and refugees

1994 : 8 268

2011 : 21 498

148 nationalities

Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

Main goal

Equalizing differences in health

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User participation

• Questionnaire

• Time of the day

• What do you like to do?

• Jungle telegraph

• One phone number

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Collaboration

– Alna Health committee

– District Units

– Doctors

– Hospitals

– Locations

• Meeting points

• Gyms

– Instructors

• Qualified

– Volontaires

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Coordinating

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Success criteria

– User partipation

– Collaboration

– Coordinating

– The formal basis

– Financing

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Activity developement

Water aerobic

2007 2008 2010 2009 2011

Nordic walking groups

Local Public Health Program

Spinning

Aerobic og yoga

Activity parc

Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

Outdoor activities

• Nordic walking

groups

• Other walking groups

• Condition and

strenght

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Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

Language training courses

Norwegian classes

Workshops

Physical activity

Health education

Community orientation

Trips and adventures

Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

Health education

• What makes you happy? – Mental health

– Physical health

– Vitamins

– Diabetes

– Infections

– When do we call the doctor

– First aid

– How to dress in different seasons

– Parenting

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Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

Women's comments

• sleep better

• happier

• more energy

• reduced body pain

• lost weight

• less asthma

• exercising at home

Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

Oslo kommune Bydel Alna

Results so far • Training with women only

• Approx 180 women attend the training and 90

the health education program

• Both over 50 and 18 – 35 years old

• Daughters with mothers

• Ca 80% immigrants

• The program has a political foundation

• Public relation

• Women classes at the local gym

• Increased cross-sectoral work

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Challenges

• Find, inform and motivate the women

• Financing (year to year basis)

• Resources

• Good websites Bydel Alna Friskliv og mestring

• Language

• Health understanding

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Next steps

• Health information and physical activity

as a compulsory part of the language

training

• Healthy lifestyle services -Friskliv

• Empowerment/ mastery (mestring)

strategies

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