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The National Health Strategy Quality and Fairness â?" A Health System for You was launched by the Government in 2001 to provide vision and strategic direction for health and personal social services. This report provides: Read the Report (PDF, 1.37mb)  

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Quality & Fairness Report A Health System for You – Action Plan Progress Report 2006 The National Health Strategy (Quality and Fairness - A Health System for You) was launched by the Government in 2001 to provide vision and strategic direction for the health and personal social services. The Strategy, currently in year seven of its seven to ten year life span, sets out key objectives for the health system which are centred on four national goals: Click here to download PDF 484kb

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This revised Action Plan is designed to support the delivery of the HSEâ?Ts 2012 National Service Plan by facilitating the fast-tracking of measures required to deliver essential health and personal social services across the country within the context of further reductions in funding and staff numbers. The implementation of the National Service Plan, approved by the Minister for Health on 13 January 2012, represents a major challenge to the health services and comes at a time of major reform of the public health system.   Click here to download PDF 161kb

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The Belfast Strategic Partnership, which is led by the Public Health Agency, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and Belfast City Council, is launching theBelfast Active Travel Action Plan 2014-2020 which aims to build a healthier city by encouraging people to incorporate walking and/or cycling into their daily travel. The travel plan aims to try to make Belfast a more vibrant city where people are healthy, fit, well-connected with one another, and use physical activity as part of their everyday lives.

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Briefing 9 - Understanding the economics of investments in the social determinants of health This document, commissioned by Public Health England, and written by the UCL Institute of Health Equity, examines how to use measures of economic investment to improve and increase local investment in the social determinants of health. The paper provides information to support decision-making on actions to address the social determinants of health and the development of business cases for investment. It supplements the evidence reviews in this series, which include information on the economic impacts of actions on health inequalities, and should help the reader to be an intelligent customer and commissioner of economic analyses and to understand their limitations. The paper covers: - The rationale for understanding, measuring and taking into account the economic impact of decisions and interventions that impact on the social determinants of health.- The benefits and limitations of various ‘economic measures of impact’ – commonly used terms which can be confusing, sometimes leading to misinterpretation of which measure of economic impact is appropriate for what purpose.- What is currently known about the economic impact of intervening in the social determinants of health.- Good practice and further resources which will support better decisions. The briefing is available to download above. This document is part of a series. An overview document which provides an introduction to this and other documents in the series, and links to the other topic areas, is available on the ‘Local Action on health inequalities’ project page. A video of Michael Marmot introducing the work is also available on our videos page.

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The Forum for Longford was started in 1997 to provide a co-ordinated inter-agency approach to identify and help tackle social problems in Longford. A survey was carried out with 1,331 post-primary students to ascertain attitudes and behaviours towards alcohol, smoking and drug use. Of the pupils interviewed, 64% had taken an alcoholic drink at age 15 or younger; of these 73% had their first drink between the ages of 12 to 15. Of those that had experience of alcohol, 51% drank several times a week or daily. For smoking, 67% had smoked a cigarette; of these 8% smoked 5 or more daily. Of those that smoked, 47% began between the ages of 11 to 14. With regard to illegal drugs 27% had used cannabis, 20% had used inhalants, 10% hallucinogens, 9% amphetamines and 7.4% had used ecstasy. Following on form these findings, the report makes several recommendations, including the formation of a community task force, Garda/ neighbourhood watch response, schools prevention and information. Also among these key areas are the role of parents, the needs of young people and facilities for young people.This resource was contributed by The National Documentation Centre on Drug Use.

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This action plan focuses on addressing the educational needs of children and young people from disadvantaged communities, from pre-school through second-level education (3 to18 years). Its frame of reference is based on the definition of “educational disadvantage” in the Education Act (1998) as: “...the impediments to education arising from social or economic disadvantage which prevent students from deriving appropriate benefit from education in schools.” The action plan is, therefore, one element of a continuum of interventions to address disadvantage, which include second-chance education and training and access measures for adults to support increased participation by under-represented groups in further and higher education. A further element of this continuum is the ongoing development of provision for pupils with special educational needs in light of the enactment of the Education for Persons with Special Needs Act (2004) and the establishment of the National Council for Special Education.

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This action plan focuses on addressing the educational needs of children and young people from disadvantaged communities, from pre-school through second-level education (3 to18 years). Its frame of reference is based on the definition of “educational disadvantage” in the Education Act (1998) as: “...the impediments to education arising from social or economic disadvantage which prevent students from deriving appropriate benefit from education in schools.” The action plan is, therefore, one element of a continuum of interventions to address disadvantage, which include second-chance education and training and access measures for adults to support increased participation by under-represented groups in further and higher education. A further element of this continuum is the ongoing development of provision for pupils with special educational needs in light of the enactment of the Education for Persons with Special Needs Act (2004) and the establishment of the National Council for Special Education.

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This is the first update newsletter of the Speech, language and communication therapy action plan. The action plan was developed by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) with the aim that all children and young people at risk of or presenting with speech, language or communication needs will be able to benefit from timely support and integrated services that best meet their requirements.The Public Health Agency (PHA), in partnership with the Health and Social Care Board (HSCB), has been tasked with implementing the action plan.The update includes news on the publication of the Healthy child, health future framework and highlights other points of progress so far, including the development of the Family Support NI website. There is also an invite for parents to join a focus group to influence and assist with the implementation of the action plan.�

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Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) is an essential component in the delivery of truly person centred services.�It is also a statutory duty.�The PHA has leadership responsibilities in respect of the implementation of PPI across HSC.�One of the ways in which the PHA discharges that leadership function, is through the Regional HSC PPI Forum.�This body brings together all HSC organisations, working alongside service users and carers, to bring a focus on involvement.�It promotes the sharing of best practice, identifies and tackles issues of common concern and providers a platform for the active participation of service users and carers.� Each year in response to a Priorities for Action (PFA) target, the PHA, working with HSC partners, service users and carers in the Forum, develop an Annual Report on PPI work taken forward through the Forum.The report for 2012/13 details progress in a number of important areas such as training, development of standards etc.

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The Belfast Strategic Partnership, which is led by the Public Health Agency, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and Belfast City Council, is launching the�Belfast Active Travel Action Plan 2014-2020 which aims to build a healthier city by encouraging people to incorporate walking and/or cycling into their daily travel.The travel plan aims to try to make Belfast a more vibrant city where people are healthy, fit, well-connected with one another, and use physical activity as part of their everyday lives.

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The Comprehensive Heart Disease Action Plan for Andalusia 2005-2009 has been prepared within the framework of the presentations made both in the 3rd Andalusian Health Action Plan and in the Quality Plan of the Public Health System. Consequently, as with these two referral instruments, the improvement in the health results for the citizens of Andalusia continues to be sought without wavering, specifically with regard to meeting the needs and expectations of the population affected by health problems in this area.

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Cette étude porte sur la recherche biomédicale en Suisse dans une perspective interprétative. Elle s'intéresse à l'usage que font les acteurs scientifiques et institutionnels de la catégorie «biomédical», à la signification qu'ils en donnent et aux processus de structuration de la recherche biomédicale autour de ces enjeux de catégorisation. Nous avons formulé l'hypothèse que le «biomédical» pouvait être considéré comme un label, à savoir une stratégie discursive de positionnement des acteurs, ou pouvait constituer un champ, à savoir un espace social de recherche fortement structuré. Pour pouvoir vérifier la validité de ces hypothèses, trois perspectives analytiques ont été retenues: topographie, discours et pratiques. Dans un premier temps, nous avons établi une topographie de la recherche biomédicale en repérant les acteurs (et leur appartenance disciplinaire) et les institutions qui s'associent au terme «biomédical», que ce soit pour décrire des institutions ou des projets de recherche. Les résultats de cette analyse offrent une première approximation d'un espace de la recherche en donnant une image d'un domaine peu unifié. Ainsi, l'usage de la catégorie «biomédical» dans les projets des chercheurs n'est pas le fait des seuls médecins et biologistes, mais également de représentants d'autres disciplines. La physique, la chimie et les sciences de l'ingénieur occupent ainsi également une place très importante dans cet espace de recherche. Puis, dans une perspective discursive, nous avons analysé le «biomédical» non seulement comme un label, mais également comme un objet-frontière permettant d'articuler différentes significations, de produire du sens là où des univers de recherche pourraient s'opposer, ou à coordonner des politiques qui ne l'étaient pas. L'analyse des différentes définitions du «biomédical» nous a confirmé l'existence d'un espace social marqué par une grande diversité disciplinaire, toutefois articulé autour d'un coeur médical et, plus particulièrement, d'une application médicale (potentielle ou actuelle). De plus, il ne semble pas y avoir de profondes luttes pour l'établissement de limites claires au «biomédical». Finalement, nous avons étudié les différentes activités de la production des savoirs (carrières, financement, collaboration, publication, etc.). Cette analyse a permis de comprendre que la diversité des définitions et des significations que les acteurs attribuent à la catégorie «biomédical» a aussi un ancrage dans la matérialité des réseaux sociotechniques dans lesquels les chercheurs s'inscrivent. Ces éléments confirment l'idée d'une fragmentation et d'une hétérogénéité de l'espace de la recherche biomédicale. En dépit de cette fragmentation, nous avons également montré que différentes mesures et instruments d'action publique visant à organiser et réguler les pratiques des chercheurs sont mis en oeuvre. Néanmoins et paradoxalement, la recherche biomédicale ne constitue pas pour autant un objet de politique scientifique abordé par les autorités politiques, en tous les cas pas sous l'angle de la catégorie «biomédical». Ces différents niveaux d'analyse ont permis d'arriver à la conclusion que la catégorie «biomédical» n'est pas suffisamment institutionnalisée et que le degré d'interaction entre l'ensemble des chercheurs qui en font usage est trop faible pour que l'on puisse considérer le «biomédical» comme un espace social fortement organisé et structuré, à savoir un champ de la recherche biomédicale. Cela est principalement lié au fait que les acteurs ne partagent pas les mêmes définitions de ce qu'est (ou devrait être) le «biomédical», que leurs pratiques de recherche s'inscrivent dans des univers relativement séparés, et que cette diversité ne donne pas lieu à de fortes luttes pour l'imposition d'une définition légitime ou de normes d'excellence scientifiques dominantes. Par contre, les analyses ont permis de confirmer la validité du «biomédical» comme label, puisque les acteurs se servent de cette catégorie pour valoriser leurs pratiques de recherche et se positionner, même si d'autres notions ont émergé ces dernières années («translationnel», «biotech», «medtech», médecine personnalisée, etc.). On peut, in fine, considérer le «biomédical» comme un probable langage commun («objet-frontière») reposant tant sur la scientificisation du médical que sur la médicalisation des sciences («de base» et «techniques »), visant à améliorer les conditions de possibilité d'un dialogue fructueux entre chercheurs fondamentaux et cliniciens.