A health informant's task is to convey health issues to those people who do not speak Swedish well.
Much of the written information the region provides can be lost, says Arja Leppänen.
Before the pandemic, the region's health informants provided information on living habits.
The method that it is a person who informs personally has previously proved its success.
- We have clearly seen in the statistics that there has been an increase in participation in mammography and cell sampling in the municipalities where we have had health informants.
There are also foreign studies that show that it is a successful concept, says Arja Leppänen.
Personal networks
It is not just the personal contact that is important, says Arja.
- Several of our health informants also use their own networks and contacts to provide information, she says.
The next training opportunity to become a health informant is in February.