Two websites designed to engage and benefit children and young people in Plymouth; Health for Kids and Health for Teens, will be launched by Livewell Southwest later this month (23 November 2020).
healthforteens.co.uk and healthforkids.co.uk deliver topical health messages and advice through interactive tools and creative marketing materials. By covering subjects that promote health and wellbeing, the aim is to educate and help young people to make the right choices and teach children about their health in a fun and engaging way.
Livewell Southwest's Children’s Services will manage the local health pages on the two sites, and update them as necessary with the most useful and current information. Livewell Southwest is working in partnership with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust who came up with the original concept and design of the websites.
A message from Livewell Southwest's Children's Professional Lead - Sara Kirkup
We’re delighted to work with Leicester Partnership Trust and have this opportunity to launch local area pages for Plymouth on the Health for Teens and Kids websites.
The sites not only give children and young people helpful health and wellbeing guidance, but can be accessed by parents, carers and teachers to utilise the variety of resources available such as interactive games, signpost to other local health services or download relevant information materials.
People can also search for contact details of their Public Health Nursing Teams.
Health for Kids
The Health for Kids website is designed to engage and benefit primary school-aged children and support their parents and carers in Plymouth. It will be launched on 23 November 2020.
Once the site is live, it can be found at www.healthforkids.co.uk/plymouth
It will contain local information on:
Text your Public Health Nurse (School Nurse)
Mental health support for new parents
Online breastfeeding support group for mums
Devon DadPad
Common childhood illnesses
Health for Teens
The Health for Teens website is designed to engage and benefit young people in Plymouth. It will be launched on 23 November 2020.
Once the site is live, it can be found at www.healthforteens.co.uk/plymouth
It will contain local information on:
Text your Public Health Nurse (School Nurse)
Mental health support during COVID-19
Dental health and finding a dentist
Common illnesses and wellbeing
What do the new websites look like?
On Friday 30 October, Leicester Partnership Trust hosted an interactive engagement event on MS Teams, showcasing the two new websites. If you're keen to see how they look and how they work, you can catch the session here:
ChatHealth
Throughout both Health for Kids and Health for Teens websites, users are reminded that they can get in touch with a public health nurse using Livewell Southwest’s secure text messaging service, ChatHealth.
ChatHealth allow parents, carers and young people in Plymouth to send messages to a dedicated number which is delivered to a secure website. Once there, texts are responded to by the Livewell Southwest health visiting and school nursing team within one working day.
The service is available Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm, excluding bank holidays. During out–of–hours, anyone who texts the service receives an automated message with advice on where to get help if their question is urgent.
Text messages can be sent to the following dedicated numbers:
Livewell ChatHealth 0-5 years Parents Service – 07480 635188 Livewell ChatHealth 5-19 years Parents Service – 07480 635189 Livewell ChatHealth 11-19 years Young Peoples Service – 07480 635198
What do the new websites look like?
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