Abstract
Background: Community-centred approaches to health and wellbeing seek to mobilise the assets within communities, promote equity and increase people’s control over their health. Public Health England (PHE) has evidenced a diverse range of models for use in public health practice. Scientific knowledge needs to be complemented by experiential learning because approaches are rarely standardised and should develop in response to community priorities. Problem: PHE identified a growing demand for examples of local implementation. A project was established (2015-6) to pilot a system for collecting public health practice examples to address this knowledge gap. The multi-disciplinary team comprised information specialists, topic experts and regional leads. One aim was to gather a set of community-centred practice examples in the North of England. Community projects completed a template covering context, project rationale, activities, outcomes and learning. Further work ensured each practice example met quality criteria. Feedback was collected at two workshops at a regional conference. Results: 16 community-centred practice examples were produced from local public health projects. Examples were mapped to the PHE framework of community-centred interventions and included community asset mapping, community involvement in health planning, peer support and community-based physical activity projects. Projects were working in disadvantaged neighbourhoods or with marginalised groups. Feedback from the workshops highlighted the value of practice examples to inform programme development and the need for contextual information. Lessons: There were some challenges in collecting information from practice and this required coordination and support. Overall the pilot confirmed the value of practice examples as a means to share learning not always captured in the formal evidence base. Results illustrate diverse ways to build resilient and healthier communities.
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