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9.00	Welcome President Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, University of Galway Minister Hildegarde Naughton, TD, Department of Health
9.15	Plenary 1 Plenary Chair: Dr Martin Power, Conference Co-Chair Health Promotion Research Centre and Discipline of Health Promotion, University of Galway Professor Breda Smyth, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health Leadership for intersectoral action Professor Mark Gamsu, Leeds Beckett University Leeds Beckett, UK Strengthening the voice of communities and the voluntary and community sector
10.30	Break: Coffee and Poster Viewing: Association Between Access to Restorative Natural Environments and Decreased Chronic Inflammation Pride in Practice: Promoting Inclusion across the Health Service Who is playing football? The pre-existing modifiable cardiovascular risk factors of participants in a community based social intervention, Football Cooperative Helping Communities Quit Smoking: Collaboration between HSE Quit Smoking West and Family Resource Centres in Galway, Mayo & Roscommon How I Learned About Consent": Facilitating Sexual Consent Attitude Change Amongst Irish Secondary School Students Using Research-Based Theatre Promoting Sexual Health Through Consent Literacy Education: Analysing the Impact of Active*Consent Interventions in Higher Education Settings in Autumn 2022 Tobacco use and mental health in Northern Ireland - shaping a policy response using local data and analysis of policy documents across the UK and Ireland Understanding the individuality of student mental health supports: Why a universal approach to mental health is ineffective within university communities Measuring workplace relationships to inform the development of responsive health and social care interventions "The Play is the thing...." using live drama as a tool for creating mental health awareness. Discover/Recover Theatre Project- arts, health and education sectors working together to promote mental health literacy, early recognition, and intervention Exploring the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices among GPs towards Social Prescribing in Ireland Behaviour Change in Action - Pilot Implementation Project in General Practice The delivery and signposting outcomes of physical activity Making Every Contact Count brief interventions in Limerick Slaintecare Healthy Communities – our experience so far Evaluation of Making Every Contact Count in a Smoking Cessation Service PRAGRESS – Preventing and confronting of aggressive behaviour of older people in long term care Identifying the Association Between Family Support and the Life Satisfaction and Mental Health of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Adolescents in Ireland.
11.15	Parallel Presentations Session1 Youth and Education sector 'Inclusion Health' as an intersectoral approach to addressing severe health inequities. A longitudinal study on elementary school students’ subjective well-being before and during pandemic-related intersectoral infection control interventions. “Community assets”: the potential role of the Slí@School programme in community health promotion. Promoting youth leadership as a catalyst for healthy communities: Foróige's Leadership for Life programme. ‘Making sense of it’ – linking existing cross sectoral community-based assets. Session2 Community Health Literacy Audit in North East Inner City (NEIC) Community Health Network in Dublin North City & County. The impact intersectoral working has on the Social Prescribing programme in North East Inner City Dublin. Example of inter-sectoral partnership through the Healthy Communities Project in North East Inner City (NEIC). Evaluation of the Community Food Initiative Programme 2019-2021. Health Happens in Libraries: public library practices, challenges and opportunities. Exploring the perceptions of age-friendliness held by older adults residing in an age-friendly co-housing scheme: A photovoice study. Session3 Health service delivery The Well Waterford Committee: an innovative, cross-sectoral, multi-agency action to improve health and well-being in Waterford. Smoke Free Homes in North East Inner City (NEIC) Community Health Network in CHO Dublin North City and County. Social Prescribing in Waterford: A longitudinal and dual perspective on practice. A multidisciplinary approach to implementing Making Every Contact Count for healthcare professionals working in disadvantaged areas. North West Mayo: A Slaintecare Healthy Community. Session4 Sexual health and mental health A Preliminary Investigation of the Impact of Covid-19 on theSexting Behaviour of NUIG students. Supporting student mental health: A need for an intersectoral approach? Innovations in Practice: Providing youth mentoring in the context of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Beyond Workshops: Using Cross Sectoral Creativity to Promote Sustainable Sex Positive Consent Education. Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Self-Acceptance and Adverse Sexual Behaviours. Session5 Addressing lifestyle for disease prevention Adapting Making Every Contact Count Programme for Traveller Primary Healthcare Workers. The role of intermediaries in connecting community-dwelling adults to local physical activity and exercise: A scoping review. Results from the 2022 Ireland North and South Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents. The Exercise Effect, an intersectoral programme embedding Integrated Exercise Practitioners into mental health services, creating pathways for physical activity to support recovery. Findings from a chronic disease prevention programme in a predominantly male, middle aged workforce in the transport sector.
12.45	Break: Lunch and poster viewing
13.45	Welcome back Plenary 2  Plenary Chair: Ms Helen Deely, Assistant National Director for Health and Wellbeing, Strategy and Research, Healthcare Strategy, Health Service Executive Mr Vinnie O’Shea, National Coordinator, Healthy Ireland Local Government Building healthy communities – efforts and opportunities in strengthening Local Government’s ability to improve health outcomes Ms Gígja Gunnarsdóttir, Directorate of Health Iceland How can we work better together towards health and wellbeing of people and the planet?
15.00	Break: Coffee and networking Networking Hubs Healthy Ireland Association for Health Promotion Ireland Health and Wellbeing Mental Health Ireland Healthy Libraries
15.30	Creative Community Engagement Introduced by Dr Verna McKenna,Conference Co-Chair Health Promotion Research Centre and Discipline of Health Promotion, University of Galway Rebecca McLaughlin, Health & Well-Being Manager, The Irish Men's Sheds Association
16.00 16.15	Reflections Ms Biddy O’Neill, National Policy Lead, Health and Wellbeing Programme, Department of Health Conference Close.

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