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Do you know what alcohol stands for? stands for Anger
L stands for Lazy stands for Confused stands for Obese stands for Heartburn stands for Old
L stands for Liver damage When you binge drink or drink excessive amounts of alcohol you become angry, lazy, confused, obese, gets heartburn, become old quickly and you damage your liver. Please drink in moderation if you want to drink alcohol and drink lots of water. Exercise every day and you will be a healthy person. If you have a problem with alcohol please come to the Drug and Alcohol Services to see the counsellor. Peter Boafo
HOW TO HAVE GOOD ASTHMA CONTROL
Discussion’s and activities involved counselling of DAS clients in the areas of spiritual i ssues, cultural issues, parenting, men’s health, crime prevention, alcohol intervention, community responsibilities, healthy living. DAS staff initiated a successful counselling session with all clients regarding their day to day living and how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. SAPOL also gave a good overview of police working together with community members in particular offenders at high risk, on how to work together and become a productive member society.
Sugar is good for your body and organs as it gives you energy, but it is only good when it is working in the body to give you the energy you need. Insulin is like a key that opens your body cells for your sugar to work and give you energy. When you have diabetes type 2, your insulin does not work properly and that is why you need tablet or sometimes insulin to help your insulin to work better so your sugar can work and give you energy Whenever you have (high BSL) that is when your sugar is high, it means your sugar is not working. It is only staying in your blood and making you sick but not giving you the energy your body needs. This makes you feel like eating sweets because your body knows you need the sugar. However, no matter how much sugar you eat, it does not work without medications and or exercises. Also note that the more sugar you eat without exercises and or medication, the more damage you are doing to your body because the sugar will not work.
This is why you feel tired when your sugar is high. It does not mean you have too much sugar, it means your sugar is not working. Any time your sugar is high, you get a little bit damage to your kidneys, your eyes, your blood vessels, your heart, your liver, and your whole body. You may not feel symptoms of this damage of your organs and your body until it is too late that nothing can be done about it. This is why the umoona healthy for life team is trying to encourage you to monitor your sugar all the time to check if your medication is working for you or if you need a GP review This is also why we try to encourage you to take your medications to prevent diabetes related complications such as kidney problems, heart problems, leg pain, high blood pressure and stroke.
It will be good if your sugar stays around 5mmol/L when you are fasting and stays around 8 -10mmol/L when you have eaten. Having your sugar between 5 to 9mmol/L every day can prevent diabetes related complications and also prevent you from being on dialysis Anytime your sugar is high your kidneys try to get rid of it by making you pee so many times. The kidney does that because it knows it is not good for you to have the sugar in your blood This overworks your kidneys and they can get damaged over time However, it is your kidneys that clean your blood for you. All the blood in your body goes through your kidneys every day to be cleaned by your kidney. When your kidney is damaged by your diabetes, you will have to be on dialysis for the dialysis machine to clean your blood for you The dialysis machine is used to replace your kidneys by cleaning your blood for you but it cannot do the job as properly as your own kidneys can do for you It is also very uncomfortable to be on the dialysis Remember you can prevent being on the dialysis by taking your medications and monitoring your blood sugar as well as attending your doctor’s appointments and most importantly walking. Walking helps your insulin to work better and hence helps your sugar to work better. Walking is the best cure for diabetes complications and also a preventer of diabetes type 2. Walking or stretching always after meal can help your insulin work well and prevent diabetes type 2. Sitting for long hours is the worst enemy of diabetes. If your job demands sitting for long hours, it is better to get up at least every hour to stretch or walk a little before sitting again. The clinic and the healthy for life team at Umoona Tjutagku health service are happy to work with you to prevent all these complications. Regards
Kwakyewaa Gyan
Healthy teeth are being discussed with the at Kindy children. Also what are the healthy food and drinks and what food and drinks are bad for our teeth. We are showing the little ones how to clean teeth and how often. A tooth brush and tooth paste is reward for listening and copying. We have been going to the school in the morning 3 days a week. Tuesday and Wednesday to Kindy and Thursday to big school. So as not to interrupt the time the children in big school spend on their maths and reading / writing we will be going to the big school in the afternoon. In the first and second term we have been looking at the ears to try and get any middle ear disease picked up and treated early.
In the 3rd term we will be rechecking all the children attending again.
High HbA1c, BSL and high blood pressure can damage your kidney, liver, heart eyes and make your leg painful. You can stop all these by doing the following:
Do not eat heavy meal or sugar at night Have your dinner early in the day so you can walk before you go to bed Have your heavy meal at lunch time and have a lighter one in the evening Do some walking always after meal; do not sit for too long Do not skip breakfast Take your medications every day Put your medications next to something you do every day to remind you Do not eat too much salt When you do this, come to the clinic for check up and see the difference See Kwa at the UTHS clinic if you have any question about this
Thursday 4th of June 2015, Drug and Alcohol Centre staff Donna Bailes, Social Emotional Wellbeing coordinator Suhara Perera. Along with Healthy for Life staff Janine Lebois and Josephine Warrior, as well as another Agency Housing SA (Homelessness Support Worker) Colleen Darr.
4 female clients took part on a bush trip for the Women’s Group. The program was commenced at around 9.30 am and finished at 2.00 p.m. We travelled 15Km away from Coober Pedy towards the William Creek road.
The aim of the program is to connect them back into their culture & country. During the bush trip clients engaged in many activities including: wood collecting, collecting stones that were brought back to the Drug & Alcohol Day Centre as resources to do art & crafts.
The women themselves prepared the day meal. Cooking Kangaroo tails & cooking the dampers in camp ovens. As they once did in their own communities back in the days before living in Coober Pedy. Client informed that “they enjoyed their cooking damper & kangaroo tails” and they informed that they would like to engage in our bush trips regularly.
Finally they had a Yarning session about healthy living & being away from alcohol as well as enjoying what they accomplished (preparing & cooking themselves) and also they got their health checks (BP & BSL checks) done by Healthy for Life staff. Also Housing SA staff had a brief yarning session about services they offer.
Mondays – Friday Daily 9.00-10.00am Hygiene and Breakfast programme at UTHSAC Clinic Tasty meals of bacon and eggs (once per week), spaghetti /, baked beans (once per week) and Continental breakfast 3 times per week. During this time staff interacts with clients to present drug and alcohol harm minimisation messages, check for medical, psychological, social concerns and seek to assist in client needs. Referrals are made to attend health Checks (for comprehensive health review) and linkages to GP; Physiotherapists, Immunisation, Occupational therapists, Dentists, Optometrists, Psychiatrists and allied health specialists. This is to ensure clients have the optimum opportunity for best health and to further close the gap in regard to health. We have moved back to the Clinic area to ensure this can happen with a closer locality. Monday 11.00 am -12.30 pm Harm Minimisation Group (weekly) at UTHSAC Drug and Alcohol Activities centre. New innovation is to combine activity of Leatherwork and Exercise. Monday Assertive outreach including linkage with clients through engaging on the street. Tuesday 10.30am -2.30pmFortnightly Bush trips to Longs Creek and other locations for a feed of kangaroo tail, barbecue, collecting of wood and talks focussed on harm minimisation of drugs and alcohol. Wednesday 1.30pm -3.00pm Men’s music Group developed to make a band to play later in the year and to engage around talks focussed on harm minimisation of drugs and alcohol. Thursday Women’s Bush trip/Art programme 10.30-12.00pm Weekly also will include collection of bush medicine and wood art. Location at drug and alcohol but sometimes at Healthy for Life or Clinic. Thursday 3rd Thursday of the Month KupaPiti Mamaku Health Group meeting 2pm -4pm at Healthy For Life Men’s shed. A meeting of clients and service providers to hear various health related speakers and to plan events. 2nd Thursday of Month combined programme with RFDS related to Fitness and Healthy Eating at DAS Activities room at 10-11am Assertive outreach including linkage with clients through engaging on the street.
Oodnadatta Substance misuse Programme. In May 20105 Christine Lennon was employed to develop the Oodnadatta substance misuse programme. She has set to work to re-establish the service in Oodnadatta by meeting with stakeholders, service providers and clients. She has been involved in Women’s shed including Hairdressing Courses, Counselling, Check visits, and hygiene sessions; there is a new sense of enthusiasm and Christine is planning to develop a Blue Light Disco with the help of the Police and Oodnadatta clinic. They are beginning in style this NAIDOC week with cooking Tails and Damper to launch the Disco. Bush trips, bush medicine, women’s art group and assertive outreach is planned.
Music Group has been meeting and large group of enthusiastic musos and singers. Ably assisted by Chris Warrior and Dean Walker (SAPOL) and regulars Robert Hayes and Rameth Thomas this group is looking to develop a regular band with guest appearances from Ernest Warrior (song writer and recording artist). There is often and interested crowd who dance to the sparkling sounds. This also gives s our staff an opportunity to interact and build rapport with clients and present Drug and Alcohol harm minimisation messages.
Representation to Parliamentary Committee Recently George Laslett( manager of DAS) and Peter Boafo ( DAS Counsellor) made representation to the Senate select Committee on Liquor Licencing changes. Recently DAS was host to a group of Federal and State politicians who visited Coober Pedy to familiarise themselves with issues in the electorate. Whilst attending DAS they were giving a tour of the 2 year old facility and its programmes and interacted with a client social group meeting with the purpose of nutrition and connection with staff around Drug and alcohol information.
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Smoking Quitting smoking can have a great effect of the risk of a heart attack.
Facts about Tobacco Cigarette smoke has thousands of chemicals including: Nicotine – is a drug of addiction that increases blood pressure, which makes the heart work harder and affects the way tour brain and, muscles work. Carbon Monoxide- is a poisonous gas that takes the place of oxygen in the blood and reduces the oxygen to your heart. Tar coats the lungs kike soot in the chimney, which makes it hard to breathe. It also contains chemicals that cause cancer. Smoking can also increase: The risk of stroke by three times The risk of blood clots forming in the legs (peripheral arterial) by five times A weakening of the wall of your abdominal aortic artery, which can rupture by six or seven times. Smoking can cause many of the following sicknesses:
Heart disease
High blood pressure
Stroke
Cancer especially lung throat and lip
Smoking during pregnancy can cause your baby to be small and unhealthy
Affects the health of your children, including ear infections and asthma.
Smoking cuts down the amount of oxygen in your blood and smoking can also damage and weaken the artery walls of your heart. Advice about quitting can be provided by a doctor, nurse or Aboriginal health worker. Nicotine patches can double the chances of a smoker quitting. Smoking can also affect the health of your family. Kids who live in a house where there are smokers get ear infections, chest infections and need to go to hospital more often.
Second-hand smoking Breathing other people’s smoke (second-hand smoke/passive smoking) is harmful to both smokers and non-smokers. Second-hand smoke can worsen asthma symptoms and increase the risk of: Heart disease and lung cancer Bronchitis, pneumonia and asthma in children SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome).