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Camden Women's Health Forum

Purpose:
  • Working to promote and understand women's health issues with health professionals and other key stakeholders
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  • Developing more responsive health services and enabling women to influence and take part in the development of these services.
  • Working with women's groups to develop innovative project workWorking to influence policy and commissioning
    • Activities:
  • Projects/initiatives:
    • Sexual Health Peer Education project (targeting Bangladeshi and Somali Communities)
    • Osteoporosis Prevention and awareness raising (from November 06)
    • Cervical and Breast Cancer Awareness (Lead PCT) including new peer education screening project with community workers and religious leaders (training in June)
  • Domestic Violence and Health Information sharing / networking / community involvement:
    • Quarterly Forum meetings
    • Quarterly newsletter
    • Infrastructure support to voluntary and community sector organisations
    • Input into operational and strategic partnerships and forums
    • Women's Health Information Pack
    • Supporting health promotion workshops/events
    • Inputting into other networks, partnerships and commissioning
    • Inputting and supporting consultation events relating to women's health, e.g. PCT, Gender Equality consultation, LBC community Safety strategy
    • Region or specific community:
    London Borough of Camden
    Membership Criteria if any:
    Approx 325 members from community, voluntary and statutory sectors. Membership is open to all women and organisations with an interest in women's health who work and/or live in Camden
    Membership Fee if any:
    None
    Contact Name:
    Sandra van der Feen
    Contact Address:
    Camden Women's Health Forum
    Voluntary Action Camden
    293 - 299 Kentish Town Road
    London
    NW5 2TJ
    Contact Phone:
    0207 284 6562
    Contact Mobile:
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    Contact Email:
    svanderfeen@vac.org.uk
    Contact Web:
    http://www.vac.org.uk/networks/women.htm
    Funders if any:
    LAA but no confirmed funding from April 2007
    Other Information:
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