The Public Health Good Practice Scheme

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The Public Health Good Practice Scheme
October 2010
Presenter Malcolm Ward
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Who are we?
Public Health Wales 4 Topic Focussed Networks
Mental Health Promotion
Physical Activity
Sexual Health
Nutrition
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Who are we for?
Practitioners in Wales
Private Sector
Health Workers
Project Staff
Local Authority Officers
Community Workers
Planners
Voluntary Sector
Teachers
Youth workers
Public Sector Agencies
And
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Aim

• Develop a Welsh knowledge base and infrastructure
  in order to implement and strengthen strategies
  and actions that improve mental health,
  nutritional health, sexual health and physical
  activity in Wales.

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Objectives

• To identify and signpost good practice
  initiatives in the relevant topic areas in Wales.
• To identify and signpost good practice elements
  within initiatives in Wales.
• To establish a national quality mark for good
  practice in Wales.
• To establish a system that identifies and
  addresses the development needs of health
  promotion health improvement initiatives in the
  relevant topic areas in Wales.

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Why Good Practice?

1. To share learning.
2. To promote evidence based practice.
3. To reduce duplication (of mistakes).
4. To encourage duplication (of good practice).
   
5. To showcase reward excellence.
6. Members asked for it.

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How did we define Good Practice?

• Literature searches.
• Input from academics.
• Meetings with other agencies.
• Discussions with practitioners.

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The Good Practice Project

• 18 months work.
• PH networks team with support from network
  advisory boards.
• Development of systematic Structure, Process
  Criteria.
• Establishment of Good Practice Assessment Panel.
• Intern from Maastricht University.
• Piloting of 7 projects programmes with
  criteria.
• Refinement of criteria establishment of
  guidance and system.

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Tensions

• Balancing research rigour with practicality in
  the field.
• Non judgmental Problems with hierarchical
  criteria.
• Engaging research community without alienating
• practitioners (and vice versa).
• Establishing an objective system with
  subjective
• flexibility.
• Being clear about the purpose

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The Structure

• Developing Practice Initiatives that have not
  had the time or opportunity to fully develop all
  the identified elements or stages.
• Promising Practice Initiatives that have
  addressed many or most of the identified criteria
  associated with project development, but have not
  addressed all the identified criteria. (It is
  recognised that many initiatives may never be
  able to address all the identified criteria
  through no fault of their own.)
• Good Practice Initiatives that have addressed
  all the identified criteria, with supporting
  evidence (portfolio) to the satisfaction of the
  Assessment Panel.

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The Process

• Initiatives submitted to appropriate network
  using the Good Practice questionnaire (Online
  or hard copy).
• Initial assessment by network co-ordinator to
  identify provisional stage of project.
• Network co-ordinator will contact applicant to
  identify needs, gaps etc. and to gather initial
  evidence for portfolio (project outline, needs
  assessments etc.).
• Co-ordinators will help identify support needs
  and signpost accordingly.
• When all criteria met, initiative submitted to
  quarterly Assessment Panel with portfolio for
  consideration.
• Successful submissions awarded Quality Mark of
  Good Practice.

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The Portfolio
An electronic file of supporting documentation.
i.e. Evidence. e.g. Evaluation reports, needs
assessments, PIDs, project proposals, photos,
feedback forms , minutes of meetings etc. NOT
extra paperwork!
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Assessment Panel
Core Panel Prof Sir Mansel Aylward Prof Gareth
Williams Dr Chris Roberts (WAG) Dinah Roberts
(PHW) Malcolm Ward (PHW) Topic Specialists From
Network Advisory Boards.
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Good Practice QualityMark The Award

• All initiatives completing the criteria and
  endorsed by the
• assessment panel will receive the All Wales
  National
• Quality Mark.
• This will include
• Certificate of Achievement.
• Indicator on searchable web database.
• Specific promotion of the initiative through the
  appropriate website newsletter.
• Invitation to Awards Ceremony.

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Completing the Jigsaw
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Good Practice Elements
In recognition of the fact that initiatives may
contain elements of good practice from which
others can learn, there will be a system that
recognises this. This will identify those
elements with a separate indicator using the
pieces of the jigsaw that make up the whole
initiative. So, for example, an initiative that
satisfactorily completes the Planning stage
will be identified on the database with a single
jigsaw piece. One that completes 2 stages will
have 2 pieces etc. (Irrespective of stage)

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Why Bother?

• To share learning.
• To increase profile.
• To improve practice.
• To access additional support.
• To enhance future funding bids.
• To have achievements recognised.

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• Diolch
• For Further Information or Advice Please Contact
• malcolm.ward2_at_wales.nhs.uk
• Ioan.francis_at_wales.nhs.uk
• Adam.jones2_at_wales.nhs.uk
• Beth.preece_at_wales.nhs.uk
• Marie.griffiths2_at_wales.nhs.uk
• 02920 227744