Community Health Exchange

CHEX is short for Community Health Exchange. We promote and support community-led health - where local communities identify the issues that are important to them and organise to take collective action to address these issues and improve their health.

If you are a local group or organisation in Scotland working to improve the health of your community, or if you are in the statutory sector supporting this type of work, you can register with us for information, advice, networking and training opportunities.

Find out more about CHEX and our network of local community-led health organisations by selecting from the buttons below, or for more about what we do, use the menu on the left.

 

 

'Know it Works, Show it Works' - latest issue of CHEX-Point magazine now available!      

This issue highlights examples of the health impact of community-led approaches by presenting responses to a call for ‘show me the evidence’! CHEX recently met with Michael Matheson, Minister for Public Health who was also keen to learn of the impact of community-led approaches: how impact is measured and what processes are involved. He was particularly interested to hear of examples of practice that demonstrate the health benefits as well as the added social value from working with communities in this way. We advised him of case studies, evaluations and research findings and are now pleased to send him and share with you these recently compiled articles which spotlight evidence of impact.

Read the latest issue here or read previous issues and sign up to receive CHEX-Point.

 

What is community-led health?

Want to know more about community-led health? Watch a short clip of our film 'The Picture of Health' below featuring some of the local organisations CHEX supports. 

 

 

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*further chapters of the film can be accessed here along with subtitled versions*

 

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