Health education

Community nurses can help you understand health risks as a result of choices you make about your lifestyle.

These can be:

• what you eat and drink
• how much exercise you get
• whether you have regular GP check-ups regarding your health
• whether you might be at risk of developing medical problems which could be avoided through easy life style changes

We can give you easy read information about:

• obesity (being clinically overweight)
• healthy eating
• exercise and physical fitness
• diabetes awareness and education
• drink awareness support

Nurses can also help you and give you information about screening programmes for cancer:

• breast screening
• cervical screening (women)
• testicular screening (men)
• bowel cancer screening