Coordinated by the Deniliquin Local Health Advisory Committee, the campaign aims to increase awareness of 12 main health topics through a banner campaign.
The banners are located throughout the community, and urge residents to take health into their hands with a strong call to action.
Each focuses on chronic disease, with the campaign’s primary aim to reduce risk and improve health.
The campaign also includes a series of talks on the health topics, with the first being on kidney health last month.
The sessions continue with a talk on strokes, to be held April 3 from 10.30am to midday at the Deniliquin Community Health Centre on Macauley St (opposite Navorina).
Guest speaker is Deniliquin emergency department clinical nurse specialist Rachelle Austin, who is also a Telestroke ‘champion’.
“The talk will go for about 30 minutes, with lots of opportunities to ask questions and to then have time to have a cuppa and a chat,” Deniliquin LHA vice chair Lourene Liebenberg said.
“Anyone is welcome to attend.
“Rachelle will talk about signs and symptoms of a stroke, specifically the F.A.S.T. signs, and share some information about the Telestroke service.”
Stroke is a time-critical medical emergency, and patient outcomes are improved by timely access to specialist clinical diagnosis and management.
In Deniliquin this happens through the NSW Telestroke service, connecting local emergency clinicians to specialist stroke physicians via video consultation.
“More than 80 per cent of strokes can be prevented, and Rachelle will also share with the community the things we can do to reduce our risk of having a stroke,” LHAC chair Lynda Barclay said.
“The talk will also include information about post- stoke support.”
The talk is free to attend.
In the meantime, you can access more information about reducing your risk of stroke by going to www.tinyurl.com/62n644k5.
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