Health Information Week is a national, multi-sector campaign to promote high quality information for patients and the public.
High quality health information can have a huge impact on people’s ability to stay healthy and manage illnesses effectively, giving them a better quality of life.
This year, #HIW2020 runs from Monday 6th to Sunday 12th July.
Are you interested in being involved in #HIW2020 but not sure where to start?
Or maybe you’ve been involved for a number of years and you’re looking for something different to do this year?
Perhaps you don’t feel you have the resources to do much?
Alternatively maybe you’d like to do make #HIW2020 a really significant part of your outreach work this year?
The good news is that you can spend as much or as little time as you have on #HIW2020, from running a week long programme of events to simply retweeting posts from @HealthInfoWeek.
The Ideas Bank is a great place to start. It includes all the ideas from previous years, and we’ve recently updated it to include new ideas from #HIW2019 activities run by different teams from across the country.
Maybe a walkabout to key teams would be more effective than a display? Maybe you can ask a health professional to present at a public library or other public venue?
The Ideas Bank includes:
Tips for making contact with teams in your local area who may be interested in working with you, both inside and outside your organisation
Ideas for teams with limited time and resources
Fun ideas to draw a crowd
And more!
And if you have other ideas, please let us know – other people may find them really useful too.
Email us on Healthinfoweek@gmail.com or Tweet us on @HealthInfoWeek.
Your organisation’s Covid-19 response may affect the planning you can do at this stage.
Dependent on how things develop, it may also affect what is possible during #HIW2020 itself.
Follow national guidance, and also your local guidance.
Some of the things in the Ideas Bank would not be appropriate during current precautions – they are included in hope that by Monday 6 July, they will once again be safe.
Other things, such as social media use, can continue as usual during Covid-19.