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NDCs and Health Overview of Phase 1. Liddy Goyder, ScHARR University of Sheffield. The health “theme team”. University of Sheffield Liddy Goyder Jean Peters Lindsay Blank Libby Ellis Sheffield Hallam University NDC team, Mike Grimsley MORI and SDRC for health data. Overview.
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NDCs and HealthOverview of Phase 1 Liddy Goyder, ScHARR University of Sheffield
The health “theme team” University of Sheffield • Liddy Goyder • Jean Peters • Lindsay Blank • Libby Ellis Sheffield Hallam University • NDC team, Mike Grimsley MORI and SDRC for health data
Overview • What are NDCs and what do they do? • What are “health” issues for NDCs? • “Health-related” activity in NDCs: example of healthy eating initiatives • So has health improved in NDCs? • Do we expect NDCs to have an impact on population health in the future?
The NDC Programme • Launched in 1998 • Ten year, community led, holistic ABI in 39 deprived English localities • Five outcome areas: housing and environment,jobs, education, crime, health • £50 million per partnership • Compares to about £600 million from mainstream service providers • Plus funding and activity through other ABIs
Complexity of ABI evaluation • Dealing with attribution when so many previous/present initiatives • Change in any ABI related to wider local/ regional/national changes • Area based interventions but aimed at individuals • Spillover/displacement
Delivery Plans 2004Top 7 outcomes for health • Health promotion: diet, exercise, health and well-being (31) • Death rate/SMR and life expectancy (30) • Mental health (16) • Health services-access (15) • Smoking (12) • Teenage pregnancy (12) • Self reported health (10)
Interventions that are likely to improve health and reduce inequalities income and employment educational attainment quality of housing/physical environment crime and fear of crime facilitating “healthy lifestyles” access to/quality of health services
Wide variation in health indicators across Partnerships • Over 20 percentage point difference between Partnerships in residents with good health • “Health is worse over past year” ranges from 28% in Coventry to 10% in Lambeth • General health is highly correlated with deterioration in health over past year (-0.88) • NDC average SF36 mental health well being score ranges from 66 to 75 in 2004
% NDC population consuming 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day
NDC Health Reports- Main Topics • Improving access to health services • Complementary therapies • Exercise & Healthy eating • Improving mental health • Reducing Teenage Pregnancy • Supporting Teenage Parents • Drugs
Health Theme Evaluation • Analysis of NDC business plans • Mapping of health areas and selection of topics/ year • Identification of case studies - • to illustrate range of approaches • variations in stages of development • Multiple visits and face to face interviews with NDC programme manager, project leads etc
Survey and routine data sources (MORI and SDRC) • Health • General health over past year and compared with a year ago • Long standing illness, disability or infirmity and whether this limits activities • SF36 mental wellbeing index derived from five questions on how respondent felt over past month • Lifestyle • 5 portions of fruit and vegetables • Smoking • Physical activity • Services • When last saw a doctor • Ease of access • Satisfaction with doctor • When last used a local hospital • Satisfaction with hospital
Health Service Projects • Buildings - health centres • Staff - directly employed or seconded from NHS, esp PCTs • Innovative delivery - the “health bus” • Community involvement -”first response” • Complementary therapies
Healthy Eating • Healthy food: • Limited Consumption • Limited Access • Limited Affordability • Lack of confidence and skills in using fresh fruit and vegetables • Lack of awareness / knowledge of impact on health
NDC Approaches to Healthy Eating Interventions • Food growing • Mapping provision of food sources • Cooking or provision of meals • Education and support groups and sessions • Art and Health
Key Healthy Eating Projects • Food Co-ops & Delivery Schemes (12) • Food Growing & Allotments (10) • Cook & Eat / Cooking Skills (15) • Breakfast Clubs (8) • Lunch Clubs (6) • Breastfeeding Support (7) • School Meals (6)
Improving Health Indicators? • Satisfaction with local hospitals and access to doctors have seen the most improvement from 2002 to 2004 • However, ease of access to see a doctor in comparator areas improved by three times the rate in NDC areas. • Mental health prescribing has increased, but not as much as national trends • SMRs, SIRs and hospital admissions show no significant reductions and drug misuse admissions have increased
Do we expect health to improve in NDC residents? • Evidence from longitudinal sample • Change significantly different from comparator areas after adjustment for confounding variables • Changes that we know are associated with better health: - More likely to have stopped being unemployed - More likely to have started education/training - More likely to have increased social capital (people are friendly/neighbours look out) - But no positive change in health related behaviour
Health models: pathways Use of & satisfaction with health services G Social capital: Social networks I F Trust Self-reported health: General health Health change SF-36 MHI Cohesion & Reciprocity Lifestyle: smoking diet exercise H E C Engagement& efficacy Security, fear of crime B A D Partnership, tenure, education, age, gender, ethnicity, household composition, household worklessness (& years resident)
Summary • Unique source of longitudinal data on health and related factors in varied and deprived communities • Need intermediate outcomes (health behaviour) to demonstrate impact • Evidence that interventions associated with behaviour change but be cautious in attributing causality