NHSGGC Cooking Course for Health Improvement - Lizzy Hammond
NHSGGC developed a 6-week cooking program to address barriers in healthy eating for various target groups. The course includes education, cooking sessions, and recipe tastings. Evaluation, partnership challenges, and future plans are also discussed, with a focus on community involvement and capacity building.
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NHSGGC Cooking course Lizzy Hammond Health Improvement Senior (Nutrition) NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHSGGC Cooking course Background NHSGGC developed universal 6 week cooking programme for target groups to address main barriers: No conclusive evidence on impact of cooking programmes but some improvement found in confidence, skills and knowledge Pregnant women Overweight and obese Older adults Early years Carers Biggest barriers to eating healthy indentified as time, cost, knowledge and accessibility Long Term Conditions e.g. Type 2 Diabetics Vulnerable communities Themes of: food planning & purchasing, food preparation and cooking & storage 10 week Learning Disability cooking course
NHSGGC Cooking course Course Content 6 x 2 hour sessions Education and cooking element Content cross referenced to ensure barriers were being addressed in purchasing, planning and cooking/storage. Bolt on resources when working with specific target groups Selection of recipes to cook to allow some flexibility and everyone can taste a selection of meals. Enough food for tastings and food to be taken home Recipes provided
NHSGGC Cooking course Commissioned existing facilitators to deliver 16 courses Developed evaluation framework with the University of Glasgow Supported The Scottish Government Eat Better Feel Better campaign Developed recipe book from Lets Get Cooking recipes and course content NHSGGC Health Improvement Nutrition Network developing a quality assurance framework Developed capacity building model for organisations working with target groups
NHSGGC Cooking course The Future Reflect on evaluation findings Develop community cooking facilitator network Implement the quality assurance framework Cooking programme Build capacity and support local organisations working with target groups Develop clinical pathways
NHSGGC Cooking course What works well The Challenges Partnership, partnership, partnership! Communication Provide ongoing support Delivery: Change to a universal model with more limited flexibility Training: Cooking courses are not just another course It takes time to get it right Costs
NHSGGC Cooking course Thankyou Time for questions
