Sunderland Men’s Health Network
Sunderland Men’s Health Network
The aim is:
• Reduce Health inequalities in men
• Proactively engage with men in health
promotion
• To reduce premature death in Men by having
a multiagency public health approach
• To empower men of Sunderland to access
primary care services
Who is the Steering Group?
•Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust’s Promoting Health
Engagement team
•Promoting Health Engagement team volunteers
•South Tyneside Foundation Trust’s Occupational Health, Safety &
Security
•B Active N B Fit
•Sunderland City Council Wellness Team
•Northern Engagement into Recovery from Addiction Foundation
•North East Council for Addictions
•Lifeline
•Washington Mind
•Headlight
•South of Tyne Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
•Sunderland Link
The Steering Group
Contributors to male mortality
rates
The following are the main contributors to Sunderland
male mortality rates:
• Cancers (lung, Prostate, Testicular, Skin, Bowel)
• Cardio Vascular Disease (Due to Alcohol, Smoking,
Obesity)
• Emotional Health and wellbeing
ONS (2008) Quarterly Health Statistics
Sunderland’s Men’s Health Network
Sunderland Men’s Health Steering Group
Plan
Community
Engagement
Virtual Network
Face to Face
Network
Health Priority Areas
There are 10 health priority areas in Sunderland
•City Centre
•Port and East End
•Hendon
•Thornhill
•Hetton Downs and Warden Law
•Southwick
•Witherwack
•Marley Pots
•Thorney Close
•Ryhope
Commissioned Work
B’ Active ‘N’ B’ Fit & Men’s Health
• B Active N B Fit were commissioned by SOTW in
Sunderland to actively target men to raise
awareness of prostate cancer .
•Systematic targeting of working men's clubs in
areas of deprivation and health deprived areas
•Great results 944 men were targeted across
Sunderland
Good local press coverage
We need you for
our men’s health
network!!
Men’s Health Network
Date: Monday 12th March 2012
Time: 10am to 12pm
Venue: Gentoo Living, Akeler House,
Doxford International Park, Sunderland,
SR3 3XR
To book a place email
menshealth@sotw.nhs.uk or call Janice
Ellison on 0191 5297199
Men’s Health Contact
Sunderland Men’s Health Network
NHS South of Tyne and Wear
Sunderland Public Health
Loftus House
Colima Ave
Sunderland
SR5 3XB
Tel: 0191 5297200
Email: menshealth@sotw.nhs.uk