Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
From words to action
Starting health-information and physical activities for women in a multi-ethnical
district in Oslo
10:e Nordiska Folkhälsokonferensen ∙ The 10th Nordic Public Health Conference
Turku ∙ Åbo, Finland 24.-26.8.2011
Hanne Isaksen, fagkonsulent, Bydel Alna
Anne Robertsen, tiltaksleder Skole – og Tekstilverkstedet
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Agenda
• Alna District
• Main goal
• Success criteria
• Activity development
• Health and language
• Results
• Challenges
• Next steps
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
City of Oslo, Alna District
• 47 025 inhabitants
• 45,7 % immigrants
• 9 out of 10 are Norwegian citizens
• 11.700 under 18 years old
• Immigrants and refugees
1994 : 8 268
2011 : 21 498
148 nationalities
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Main goal
Equalizing differences in health
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
User participation
• Questionnaire
• Time of the day
• What do you like to do?
• Jungle telegraph
• One phone number
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Collaboration
– Alna Health committee
– District Units
– Doctors
– Hospitals
– Locations
• Meeting points
• Gyms
– Instructors
• Qualified
– Volontaires
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Coordinating
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Success criteria
– User partipation
– Collaboration
– Coordinating
– The formal basis
– Financing
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Activity developement
Water aerobic
2007 2008 2010 2009 2011
Nordic walking groups
Local Public Health Program
Spinning
Aerobic og yoga
Activity parc
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Outdoor activities
• Nordic walking
groups
• Other walking groups
• Condition and
strenght
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Language training courses
Norwegian classes
Workshops
Physical activity
Health education
Community orientation
Trips and adventures
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Health education
• What makes you happy? – Mental health
– Physical health
– Vitamins
– Diabetes
– Infections
– When do we call the doctor
– First aid
– How to dress in different seasons
– Parenting
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Women's comments
• sleep better
• happier
• more energy
• reduced body pain
• lost weight
• less asthma
• exercising at home
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Results so far • Training with women only
• Approx 180 women attend the training and 90
the health education program
• Both over 50 and 18 – 35 years old
• Daughters with mothers
• Ca 80% immigrants
• The program has a political foundation
• Public relation
• Women classes at the local gym
• Increased cross-sectoral work
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Challenges
• Find, inform and motivate the women
• Financing (year to year basis)
• Resources
• Good websites Bydel Alna Friskliv og mestring
• Language
• Health understanding
Oslo kommune Bydel Alna
Next steps
• Health information and physical activity
as a compulsory part of the language
training
• Healthy lifestyle services -Friskliv
• Empowerment/ mastery (mestring)
strategies
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