Health monitoring for black and minority ethnic groups

This paper explores some aspects of health monitoring in relation to black and ethnic minority populations in London. It considers where research in London and elsewhere has shown evidence of inequalities between ethnic groups, and draws out the issues for recording, analysis and sharing of ethnic-specific data.

Community Education Needs to be Supported by Strong Public Policy to Tackle Food Poverty

Community education needs to be supported by strong public policy if it is to be fully effective at tackling food poverty and obesity, a project evaluation by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) has found. In its evaluation of Decent Food for All (DFfA) - a major project to improve community diet and health - IPH found that where people live and shop had a greater impact on their diet than their own individual awareness and attitudes. Access Tackling Food Poverty: lessons from the Decent Food for All intervention at www.publichealth.ie DFfA was funded by safefood (the Food Safety Promotion Board) and the Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland. The project lasted four years and included hundreds of community education activities designed to improve diet in poorer parts of Armagh and South Tyrone. safefood commissioned IPH to undertake the evaluation of DFfA. Dr. Kevin Balanda, IPH Associate Director, said 'The aim of the project was to reduce food poverty (this is defined as not being able to consume adequate healthy food) and improve health in the target communities. DFfA delivered over 370 core activities to 3,100 residents including local education talks on diet, cookery workshops, fresh fruit in schools, healthy food tastings and information stands. One in eight residents in the target areas participated in at least one of these activities.' The evaluation found that over 1 in 5 adults in the target areas reported they had cut their weekly food spending in the last six months to pay other household bills such as rent, electricity and gas. During the four years of the DFfA activities, this percentage had not changed significantly. There were mixed changes in the nature of food in local stores. While the overall availability and price of food increased, both ﾓhealthierﾔ food and ﾓunhealthierﾔ food were included in that increase. It was only in the larger ﾓmultiple/discount freezerﾔ type of shops that the overall price of food had decreased.

Dental caries and obesity: their relationship in children

This evidence summary of dental caries and obesity: explores whether they are found in the same individuals and populations reviews and summarises what is currently known about their relationship using the published literature and routine public health monitoring data supports the dental public health and obesity teams, who may be asked about the relationship between these two outcomes

The Implamentation and Evaluation of a Framework Supporting Effective First Contact Care across the Southern Health & Social Services Board (PDF 278 KB)

Interim report on the Southern Health and Social Services Board's Community Nursing Strategy Pilot Project

Sperrin Lakeland Health & Social Care Trust Community Nursing Project - Evaluation Report on Establishment of a treatment Room Service Bureau (PDF 316 KB)

Sperrin Lakeland Trust's final report on the establishment of a treatment room service bureau. Part of the Department's redesign of community nursing project

Effectiveness Evaluation: Health and Social Care

Effectiveness Evaluation: Health and Social Care

Evaluation of pilot initiatives undertaken in the North Eastern and South Eastern Health Boards on the provision of General Practitioner out-of-hours services in those areas

To assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the management, administrative and support structures for the General Practitioner out-of-hours pilot projects in the North Eastern and South Eastern Health Boards having regard to value for money and service enhancement considerations Download the Report here

Evaluation of the Irish Pilot Programme for the Education of Health Care Assistants

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Department of Health and Children Evaluation of Home Care Packages

Department of Health and Children Evaluation of Home Care Packages Click here to download PDF 1.6mb

Report to the Minister for Health from the Health Insurance Authority (Redacted) on an evaluation and analysis of returns for 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 including advice on risk equalisation credits

Report to the Minister for Health from the Health Insurance Authority (Redacted) on an evaluation and analysis of returns for 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 including advice on risk equalisation credits Click here to download PDF 11MB

HIA Report to the Minister for Health on an evaluation and analysis of returns for 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 including advice

HIA Report to the Minister for Health The Department of health requested that the Health Insurance Authority provide a report to the Minister ‘in anticipation of the enactment of the health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012.” Click here to download PDF 8.87MB The Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012 Link to the Minister’s Second Stage Speech to the Dáil on 14 November 2012