Category: Well-Being

Understanding the oldest old

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date August 8, 2013

By Bristol University Personal Finance Resource Centre (2013)

This new analysis, published as part of the Economic and Social Research Council’s Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (ESRC SDAI) is part of a major project exploring the financial dimensions of wellbeing and wider quality of life measures in older age. It uses new data from UK’s largest ever social survey, Understanding Society, to uncover preliminary findings about the ‘oldest old’ (aged over 85) and their levels of participation, wellbeing and health.

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Accident Prevention Child Protection Community Safety Well-Being

Delivering accident prevention at local level in the new public health system: part 1 – context

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date July 26, 2013

By The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (July 2013)

This handbook sets out the current level of accidents and their associated costs, and outlines how accident prevention fits into the new arrangements for public health. It also includes case studies, fact sheets and research papers, highlighting how accident prevention can be delivered successfully, with subjects including falls prevention, home safety for under-5s, water safety, local transport plans and how to link up with other agendas such as child welfare.

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Improving Lives Library Well-Being

Making it real for people with dementia

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date June 3, 2013

By Think Local Act Personal (May 2013)

The Making it Real programme encourages organisations that pay for or provide social care services to get real about improving people’s lives. These tools have been produced in order to support this programme and include practical examples of what organisations are doing to transform their services, in partnership with the people who use them and will help people to understand and engage in the personalisation of the care and support agenda.

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Good Practice Library Patient Satisfaction Secondary Care Well-Being

Compassion in practice: nursing, midwifery and care staff our vision and strategy

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date June 3, 2013

By Department of Health (2013)

This strategy sets out our shared purpose as nurses, midwives and care
staff to deliver high quality, compassionate care, and to achieve
excellent health and wellbeing outcomes. It builds on the proposals set
out in the engagement strategy.

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Good Practice Integrated Care Library Local Government Well-Being

District action on public health: how district councils contribute towards the new health and wellbeing agenda in local government

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date March 5, 2013

By District Councils’ Network (2013)

This report explores the district contribution to the new public health system in England. It demonstrates the sector’s impact across the wider determinants of health improvement and health protection, and provides essential information for public health stakeholders including best practice case studies of service delivery and public health collaboration in two-tier areas.

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Children Health Promotion Healthy Child including NCMP & CDO Safeguarding Well-Being

Children and young people’s emotional health and wellbeing needs assessment

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date January 14, 2013

By Liverpool Public Health Observatory (2012)

This needs assessment was produced by Liverpool Public Health Observatory (LPHO) and commissioned by the Merseyside PCTs. The factors that contribute to positive and negative emotional health amongst children and young people are explored under six priority area headings, developed by the Children’s Society. These include having ‘the conditions to learn and develop’ and ‘a safe and suitable home environment’. The needs assessment seeks to paint a picture of need across Merseyside.

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Public Mental Health Well-Being

A primary care approach to mental health and wellbeing: case study report on Sandwell

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date December 12, 2012

By NHS Confederation (November 2012)

This report presents a detailed case study of the journey Sandwell’s health commissioners went through to respond to a number of important health inequalities within its local population. It focuses on how its health service commissioners responded to specific health inequalities to develop a primary care-led approach to improving mental health and wellbeing.

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Child Protection Community Healthy Child including NCMP & CDO Local Government Safeguarding Third Sector Well-Being

Protecting people promoting health: a public health approach to violence prevention for England

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 22, 2012

By Department of Health (2012)

This report presents new figures on the cost of violence, estimating national costs to the NHS and a wider cost to society, in order to provide information and evidence for policy makers and commissioners to use in developing preventative approaches with strategic partners. It aims to increase awareness and strengthen commitment to prevention across government, NHS, local authorities, private and voluntary sectors as well as education, employers and other agencies.

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Local Government Public Mental Health Well-Being

Recovery, public mental health and wellbeing

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 2, 2012

By Centre for Mental Health (2012)

This paper argues that local councils and the new health and wellbeing boards can support the commissioning of recovery-oriented services, as well as promoting good mental health and wellbeing in communities. It outlines the ways in which health and wellbeing boards can influence commissioning to promote and protect mental wellbeing and support recovery.

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Children Guidance Healthy Child including NCMP & CDO Well-Being Young People

Social and emotional wellbeing for children and young people

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 2, 2012

By NICE (2012)

This guidance aims to help to strengthen home visiting and early education services, and recommends that health professionals are alert to any factors that may pose a risk to a child’s social and emotional wellbeing. It recommends that each health and wellbeing board should ensure that the social and emotional wellbeing of vulnerable children features in its health and wellbeing strategy, as one of the most effective ways of addressing health inequalities.

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