Skills, systems and supports: An Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (Apunipima) approach to building health promotion evaluation capacity of staff
| Autor: | Kathryn McFarlane, Nina Nichols, Priscilla Gibson, Fiona Millard, Malcolm McDonald, Andrew Packer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Program evaluation
Capacity Building Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Project commissioning Impact evaluation media_common.quotation_subject education Health Promotion 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Quality (business) Community Health Services 030212 general & internal medicine media_common Community and Home Care Medical education 030505 public health Mentors Australia Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Capacity building Workforce development Health promotion Workforce 0305 other medical science Psychology Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 29:18-22 |
| ISSN: | 2201-1617 1036-1073 |
| Popis: | Issue addressed: Building the health promotion evaluation capacity of a workforce requires more than a focus on individual skills and confidence. We must also consider the organisational systems and supports that enable staff to embed learnings into practice. This paper describes the processes used to build health promotion evaluation capacity of staff in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS). Methods: To build health promotion evaluation capacity three approaches were used: (i) workshops and mentoring; (ii) strengthening systems to support program reporting; and (iii) recruitment of staff with skills and experience. Pre- and post-questionnaires determined levels of individual skills and confidence, updated systems were assessed for adequacy to support new health promotion practices and surveys captured the usefulness of workshops and mentoring. Results: There was increased participant skills and confidence. Participants completed program impact evaluation reports and results were successfully presented at national conferences. The health promotion team was then able to update in-house systems to support new health promotion practices. Ongoing collaboration with experienced in-house researchers provided basic research training and professional mentoring. Conclusions: Building health promotion evaluation capacity of staff in an ACCHS can be achieved by providing individual skill development, strengthening organisational systems and utilising professional support. So what?: Health promotion practitioners have an ongoing professional obligation to improve the quality of routine practice and embrace new initiatives. This report outlines a process of building evaluation capacity that promotes quality reporting of program impacts and outcomes, reflects on ways to enhance program strengths, and communicates these findings internally and to outside professional bodies. This is particularly significant for ACCHSs responsible for addressing the high burden of preventable disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. |
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