3 years ago, the Aude Departmental Committee of the FFSS (French Rescue and First Aid Federation) began missions related to the Covid crisis. Always committed to the benefit of the population, health mediators currently roam the department from Monday to Friday, in order to make people actors of their own health in daily life.
Wednesday 4 April, three members of the Narbonne FFSS were commissioned by the ARS, the Occitanie regional health agency, for a health prevention mission in the town. Thanks to a mobile stand of various and varied information for teenagers and adults, the Portelais were able to exchange freely at the Tamaroque space with the members of the FFSS on the health topics that interested them, for themselves or their loved ones. : sexual health with free distribution of condoms, telephone numbers for advice and listening supported by Public Health France (addiction, chronic diseases, prevention of ill-being and suicide, health of young people), Covid-19 with distribution of self-tests, cancer screening (practices of self-examination of the chest recommended from the age of 25, screening for prostate and stomach cancer), tobacco, alcohol, nutrition (linked to hygiene lifestyle and physical activity, food diversification for very young children, eating well despite inflation while cooking), diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, etc.
A quiz on health also made it possible to tackle various themes, sometimes taboo, and to discuss received ideas.
“ Health is not the absence of disease but a state of well-being “, reminded Émilien Perez to the visitors. The curious Portelais or those who wanted to help their loved ones left delighted with these rich exchanges, with brochures, guides and precious resources.
Find the team of health prevention mediators this friday april 14th at the Géant Casino in Narbonne and this summer in campsites to raise awareness of prevention and life-saving gestures.