community engagement implementing nice guidance 2008 nice public health guidance 9
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Community engagement
Implementing NICE guidance
2008
NICE public health guidance 9
What this presentation covers
Recommendations
Costs and savings
Discussion
Where to find out more
Prerequisites:policy development
Plan, design and coordinate activities that incorporate a community involvement component
Take account of existing community activities, past experiences and issues raised by the communities
Prerequisites: long-term investment
Agree aims and state the intended outcomes of community engagement activities
Set realistic timescales
Identify funding and plan activities accordingly
Build on past experiences
Ensure evaluation mechanisms are in place
Prerequisites: organisational and cultural change
Identify how the culture of public sector organisations supports or prevents community engagement
Use the skills and knowledge of community members
Manage conflicts between communities and the agencies that serve them
Encourage communities to express their views
Give weight (and respond) to those views
Prerequisites: levels of engagement and power
Make everyone aware of the benefits of community involvement
Let community members decide how willing and able they are to participate
Negotiate and agree how power will be distributed
Recognise local diversity
Jointly agree ways of working
Prerequisites: mutual trust and respect
Assess the broad and specific health needs of the community
Tailor the approach used
Negotiate and agree how much control and influence community members will have and the commitment required
Keep communities updated on progress
Infrastructure: training and resources
Develop and build on the local community’s strengths and assets
Provide training for those working with communities
Provide accessible meeting spaces and equipment
Provide opportunities and resources for networking
Train individuals from the community to act as mentors
Infrastructure: partnership working
Develop statements of partnership working for all those involved in activities to improve health or to address the social determinants of health.
Infrastructure: area-based initiatives
Give community groups the power to influence decisions. Provide the necessary resources.
Approaches: community members as agents of change
Recruit local individuals and groups (or use existing groups) to plan, design and deliver activities to improve health
Use mechanisms such as tenant-controlled organisations, estate housing associations, housing boards and committees, as well as working with neighbourhood managers and renewal advisers to ensure the community’s views are heard
Approaches: community workshops
Run community workshops (co-managed by professionals and community members in local venues) to:
•identify local needs
•maintain a high level of local participation in health promotion activities
Approaches: resident consultancy
Draw on the skills and experience of individuals and groups with previous experience of regeneration activities
Evaluation
Identify and agree the aims of evaluation with members of the target community
Involve them in the planning, design and, where appropriate, implementation of an evaluation framework
Costs and savings
The guidance is unlikely to result in a significant shift in the use of NHS resources. However, recommendations on the following may result in additional costs:
•training and development•employing agents of change, either paidor voluntary•evaluation of community engagement
activities
Discussion
How can we integrate community engagement into policy?
How can we met the prerequisites for effective community engagement and do we have the infrastructure in place?
What funding is needed?
What training and development is needed?
Find out more
Visit www.nice.org.uk/ph009 for:
•Other guidance formats
•Costing statement
•Implementation support tools
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