Good Practice in the Field of Health Promotion and Primary Prevention:Concept, Methods and Outputs

Thomas Kunkel, MD, M.Sc.JA CHRODIS Work Package 5 Leadership

Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA)Germany

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Overview

• Background

• Approach and Concept

• Methods– Country reviews

– Definition of Good Practice Criteria

– Identification of Good Practice Examples

– Identification of transferable practices / elements

• Outputs

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Background

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Background

• Chronic Disease burden in Europe requires concerted action

• European reflection process on chronic diseases:Large pool of chronic diseases prevention and health promotion good practices exists across the EU, but the knowledge is not always disseminated and accessible to the best possible extend

Good Practice approach within the Joint Action CHRODIS is complementary to the national activities against chronic diseases

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Approach and Concept

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Approach and Concept

1. Documentation of status quo in health promotion• Analysis of gaps and needs

• Documentation of existing good practice approaches

2. Definition of Good Practice criteria

3. Identification of Good Practice examples

4. Analysis of Transferability

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Step 1: Country Reviews

Purpose: Documentation and Analysis of current state of health promotion landscape in partner countries

1. Bulgaria2. Cyprus3. Estonia4. Germany5. Greece6. Iceland7. Ireland

8. Italy9. Lithuania10. Norway11. Portugal12. Spain13. The Netherlands14. United Kingdom

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Step 2: Definition of Good Practice criteria

• Information on Good Practice approaches and criteria from partner countries

• Literature research on other good practice approaches

• Template questionnaire for Delphi panel

• Delphi Expert Panel Discussion structured and led by partners from JA CHRODIS Work Package 4

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Step 2: Delphi Panel on Health Promotion

• Overall Experts 31• Gender ratio 16 Female - 15 Male• Countries represented 15• Areas of expertise Clinicians, Research, Policy,

Practitioners

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Step 2: Delphi Panel on Health Promotion

Process conducted by Health Science Aragon (Leadership WP4)

•2x online rounds initially 57 potential criteria in 16 categories

•Face to Face Meeting: Re-structuring and re-wording of items

•Results after face to face meeting: 28 items in 10 categories

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Overview Delphi Criteria

Ten Categories for the evaluation of Health Promotion and Primary Prevention Interventions ranked by priority

1. Equity2. Comprehensiveness of the intervention3. Description of the practice4. Ethical Considerations5. Evaluation6. Empowerment and Participation

7. Target population8. Sustainability9. Governance and project management10. Potential of scalability and transferability

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Step 3: Identification of Good Practice Examples

41 Good Practice Examples across the life cycle

Pre-natal environment, early childhood, childhood and adolescence: 10 Good PracticesAdulthood: 11 Good Practices Healthy Ageing: 5 Good Practices Whole life cycle: 15 Good Practices

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Step 4: Approach to Assess Transferability

Steps to shape the approach

1. Survey conducted among partners2. Marketplace Event with two purposes: a.Promotion of the practicesb.Identification of aspects relevant for transferability3. Study visits in 2016

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Outputs

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Outputs

Country Reports, incl. Executive Summaryhttp://www.chrodis.eu/our-work/05-health-promotion/wp05-activities/country-reports/Delphi Panel Full Report by WP 4http://www.chrodis.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/INTERIM-REPORT-1_Delphi-on-Health-promotion-and-prevention-1.pdfCollection of Good Practices in Health Promotion and Primary Prevention of Chronic Diseases incl. executive summaryhttp://www.chrodis.eu/our-work/05-health-promotion/wp05-activities/selection/

CHRODIS WP5 Results at a glancehttp://www.chrodis.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/JA-CHRODIS-Promotion-Material-WP5-1112-FINAL.pdf

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Outputs in Progress

• Conference Documentation (end of 2015)

• Manual document for the application of Good Practice criteria

• Report on Transferability of Good Practices (summer 2016)

• Final deliverable: Recommendations report (end of 2016) and web resource (part of the platform for knowledge exchange)

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Thank you for your attention!

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