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Health Promotion, Prevention, and Population Control Services
The Health Promotion, Prevention, and Population Control services of the Nursing Services Department (NSD) are provided by Health Visitors and Nursing Officers specialized in public health or community nursing.
These services focus on the timely detection, management, and monitoring of child health issues within the school setting, the development of healthy attitudes and behaviors, ensuring healthy environmental conditions in school and community settings, as well as the prevention of infectious diseases in the general population.
Services are offered in:
· Maternal and Child Welfare Centers
· School Units
· Adult and Travel Vaccination Centers
· Health Protection and Promotion Programs for Special Groups
· Investigation of Infectious Diseases
· Events and Lectures on Current Health Topics
Preventive Program for Mental Health Nursing "Exelixis"
The "Exelixis" program is a preventive program for Mental Health Nursing with a focus on Public Mental Health. It aims to promote mental health and prevent addiction within the community. The program operates in municipalities, communities, and schools, enhancing collaboration between the Ministry of Education, Sports, and Youth, Local Government, and the Ministry of Health.
The program provides services in the following areas:
· Schools through the "Navigator-Exelixis" addiction prevention program, along with mental empowerment programs in primary and secondary schools, summer schools, and school camps.
· In nine Municipalities Island-wide based on a memorandum of cooperation (individual and group prevention meetings and experiential workshops).
Immediate Access and Harm Reduction Program "TARGET"
The "TARGET" program is a cooperative program for immediate access and harm reduction between the Nursing Services Department, Ministry of Health, and the Pancyprian Anti-Drug Association, within the framework of providing public health and supporting the broader strategy for developing volunteerism capacity, falling under the Ministry of Health's Good Governance policy.
The "TARGET" program is implemented through the following interventions:
· Immediate Access, Daily Care, and Counseling Services
· Syringe exchange services and operation of an Automatic Harm Reduction Box Dispensing Machine (vending machine).
· Street work interventions outside structures
· "Hotline" services at 1402
· Mobile Care Zone Unit
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