Organization: National Foundation for Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Title: NFDHH World Hearing Day: Community, Workplace and School Hearing Health Action
Al title (for format and translation – not permanent:
NFDHH World Hearing Day: Community, workplace and school hearing health action
Description:
Theme: From communities to classrooms: hearing care for all children
Key Activities & Delivery
Community & Public Engagement
Game On! Sports Programme
o Delivery of inclusive Sports Programme – Game On at Tennis Auckland
Community Partnership – Plunket
Partnership with Plunket community – delivering hearing screening and hearing health education at Hubs in Auckland. One event on World Hearing Day and then multiple further events throughout Hearing Awareness Month (March).
o On-the-ground engagement with parents and caregivers
Retirement Village Workshop & Hearing Screening
o Auckland team at Oceania Meadowbank promoting hearing health and onsite hearing screening.
Social media engagement – promoting Make Listening Safe
o Encourage community members to download listening guidelines
o Direct traffic to NFDHH safe listening guideline website landing page for resources and next steps
Schools & Youth Focus
o Hearing Screening and Make Listening Safe Programme delivered in schools – Shirley Boys High School Christchurch and Whakatane High School – approx 600 students.
o Focus on early identification and prevention
Youth Advisory Group (YAG) social media activation and promotion of early intervention, prevention and safe listening
o Youth-led video content highlighting hearing health and inclusion
o NZSL school group sign video created specifically for social media
Workplace & Leadership Engagement
o Team facilitating two workshops on World Hearing Day promoting hearing health awareness
ANZ
Ministry of Defence
Digital & Social Media Amplification
o World Hearing Day messaging amplification
o Priority on video content and youth/community stories
o Assets used throughout Hearing Awareness Month (HAM) for consistency and reinforcement
Primary site: WPR – New Zealand
Region: WPR
General Photos
Shirley Boys High School
Whakatane High School
Retirement Village Outreach
Youth Advisory Group & NFDHH CEO
Types of Engagement:
Live event: No
Screening: Yes
Traditional media: No
Social media: Yes
Special needs populations: persons with disabilities (including hearing loss), children and adolescents, older adults, indigenous communities
Met with individual policymaker: No
Participation of policy makers: No
Participation of influencers: No
WHO technical tool used: No
WHO educational and social media used: Yes