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Collaboration – the Key to
Developing Smokefree
Communities
Smokefree Canterbury
Vivien Daley
Lynore Weeks
Smokefree Canterbury –
a collaborative model
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Asthma Canterbury
Cancer Society
Canterbury Community PHO
College of Education
Christchurch PHO
Education for Change
Heart Foundation
• Hurunui / Kaikoura PHO
• Partnership Health Canterbury
PHO
• Pegasus Health
• Pacific Trust
• Rural Canterbury PHO
• Selwyn District Council
• Smokeless NZ
• Waimakariri Health Advisory
Group
• Hauora Matauraka,
Community & Public Health,
CDHB.
Mission Statement –
Towards a Smokefree Canterbury
Aims:
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To advocate for effective Smokefree strategies both locally and nationally
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To be a leading voice for Smokefree issues in Canterbury
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To collaborate, share information and co-ordinate activities of member groups
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To develop and implement Smokefree projects
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To uphold the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and address inequalities
Strategies:
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To identify opportunities to develop Smokefree initiatives in Canterbury
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To take action on local Smokefree issues
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To develop and co-ordinate Smokefree projects, as appropriate
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To provide local support for national initiatives and national organisations
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To strengthen and develop the Smokefree network in Canterbury
Hornby Smokefree Project promoting smokefree lifestyles
• Community development model – building community
capacity within existing infrastructure
• Collaboration – oversight, Steering Group, funding and
support
• Hornby – geographical boundaries, demographic mix,
large numbers of children and young people, Maori focus
• SF Health Promoter based in community at Heartlands.
Heartlands
Activities
• Engaging community providers to understand
and deliver SF message
• Supporting students work within schools
promoting positive attitudes to SF lifestyle
denormalising smoking in youth.
• Social marketing – local media, settings
• Working alongside others e.g. CPO’s
• Cessation – promotion and referral
• Baseline survey for 2 year evaluation
Hornby World Smokefree Day
Successes
• Relationship building – takes time!
• Kyle and Wycola parks – to be smokefree,
pilot for city-wide initiative
• Schools actively involved – Hornby High &
Branston Intermediate.
• Other service providers (eg
Plunket,Budgeting services) now
delivering SF message
• Basis for evaluation in place
Future Vision
• Hornby community organisations continue
to deliver smokefree messages
• Smokefree parks and playgrounds –
promoted by parents and children
• Workplaces supporting smokers to quit
• Smokefree homes and cars
• Hornby – a model for other communities