The Board received presentations on two under
performing LAA targets, NI 113: Prevalence of Chlamydia in Under
Twenty Year Olds and NI 195d: Improved Street and Environmental
Cleanliness Levels of Graffiti and Fly Posting.
Following the presentations the Board
considered the following three questions and considered how these
could be address:
- What are Partners doing to support
this priority?
- What further actions would you like
to undertake?
- What support would you need to
undertake these?
NI 113:Prevalence of Chlamydia in Under Twenty
Year Olds
During discussion the following suggestions
were made:
- It was noted that young men in the
category were particularly difficult to target and there was
agreement that the Partnership needed to identify new ways of
reaching this group.
- It was suggested that facilities
used by young men such as gyms, barbers and leisure centres should
be used to promote Chlamydia testing and general alertness of
sexual health.
- There was agreement that flyers and
leaflets to promoting Chlamydia testing should be distributed to
all partners and that partners should ensure that these were
available at any relevant event or place.
- It was noted that the PCT had
created a dedicated website to promote and provide details of
Chlamydia testing and it was agreed that details of this should be
circulated to Partners.
- That Partners should
‘market’ the message about Chlamydia testing and raise
awareness amongst the community generally.
- It was suggested that
representatives from each organisation should be trained to act as
a contact point for cascading information on Chlamydia. A list of
contacts should be compiled and circulated to partners.
- That ways of better utilising social
networking sites and IT should be considered.
- There was agreement that schools had
a key role to play in raising awareness of sexual health and
Chlamydia amongst young people. Rather than just addressing the
issue of Chlamydia in isolation, work should be carried out with
schools to mainstream this into this existing curriculum.
- That there should be analysis of the
number of young people who were tested for Chlamydia outside the
Borough and where these tests were being conducted.
- That the next issue of Haringey
People should be used to publicise where Chlamydia testing could be
taken and information available in relation to testing.
NI 195d: Improved Street and Environmental
Cleanliness Levels of graffiti and Fly Posting
The Board discussed the number of prosecutions
in the Borough and was advised that there was not always a
correlation between the number of prosecutions and the reduction in
the number of instances of fly posting.
It was noted that there was already
information sharing between Boroughs regarding regular
offenders.
The Board was advised that in order to pursue
a prosecution individuals had to be caught first hand. Without this
type of evidence it was not possible for a prosecution to be taken
forward.
During discussion the following suggestions
were made:
- That the Police and the
Council’s Enforcement Team should liaise and share details of
known ‘hot spots’ with a view to the Police providing a
presence in these areas.
- That legitimate sites should be
better publicised to encourage use.
RESOLVED:
That the suggestions made during discussion
should be considered by the Partners and the appropriate Council
officers and taken forward where appropriate.