a glass half full project launch 24 april 2012
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A GLASS HALF FULL: TAKING AN ASSET APPROACH TO
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
PROJECT LAUNCH
Jody Pritchard, Dudley Public HealthLorna Prescott, Dudley CVS
Wednesday, 25 April 12
Asset based health improvement project
A partnership project funded by Dudley Public Health Dept
Brings together the ‘assets’ within Public Health, Dudley CVS and the wider Dudley Community Partnership
• Knowledge and expertise• Experience• Skills e.g. social media• Connections (local, regional and national)• Relationships with our communities• Existing strategic work programmes such as engaging together and Our
Society
Facilitated with wide involvement of stakeholders - local citizens, service providers, decision and policy makers
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Aim and objectivesThe aim of the project is to enable and support local people to take action to improve health and wellbeing within their community.
Objectives:
To develop, pilot and evaluate an asset based health improvement programme at a neighbourhood level
To involve a range of stakeholders throughout the process to develop an understanding and experience of asset based approach in action
To develop a robust framework for asset based health improvement approaches, supported by a range of tried and tested tools.
To evidence the effects of an asset based approach on community health and wellbeing
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Health
“Health is more than an absence of physical disease, it is a state of complete physical, mental and social we"being”
(World Health Organisation, 1948)
“Health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasising social and personal resources, as we" as physical capacities”
(Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion 1986)
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Wellbeing
“A positive state of mind and body, feeling safe and able to cope, with a sense of connection with people, communities and the wider environment”
Department of Health, 2009
“A positive physical, social and mental state, it is not just the absence of pain, discomfort and incapacity. It requires that basic needs are met, that individuals have a sense of purpose, that they feel able to achieve important personal goals and participate in society. It is enhanced by conditions that include supportive personal relationships, strong and inclusive communities, good health, financial and personal security, rewarding employment and a healthy and attractive environment”
Defra, 2007
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Buzz groups
Introduce yourself to the person sitting behind/in
front of youUsing your 5 ways to
wellbeing handout share with your partner which
of these you do a lot of in your life, maybe give some
examples
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Salutogenisis
• A term coined by Aaron Antonovsky (1979)
• Highlights the factors that create and support human health and well-being, rather than those that cause disease.
• A well established concept in public health and health promotion.
• Explains why some people in situations of material hardship and stress stay well and others don’t.
• Generalized Resistance Resources and Sense of Coherence
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The Public Health challenge
• Chief Medical Officer (2009) – a greater focus on what creates health, alongside traditional approaches to preventing illness.
• Marmot Review (2010) – “creating conditions for individuals to take control of their own lives.”
• Public Health White Paper (2011) - improving health through greater emphasis on well-being and prevention, building people’s self esteem, confidence and resilience,’ shifting power to local communities and tackling the determinants of health.
• The asset approach provides an approach for councils and their partners to respond to these challenge.
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The principles
Assets: any resource, skill or knowledge which enhances the ability of individuals, families and neighbourhoods to sustain health and wellbeing.
Instead of starting with the problems, we start with what is working, and what people care about.
Networks, friendships, self esteem and feelings of personal and collective effectiveness are good for our wellbeing
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Values
Identify and make visible health-enhancing assets in a community
See citizens and communities as the co-producers of health and well-being as well as the recipients of services
Value what works well
Identify what has the potential to improve health and well- being
Empower communities to control their futures and create tangible resources
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Identifying assets
The actual and potential assets of
• individuals (head, heart and hands)
• associations
• organisations
Primary, secondary and potential assets
Physical, economic and cultural assets
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Rights, discrimination and social justice
As well as having (and being) assets, people still have rights - this is not about ignoring rights.
We recognise that inequalities in life chances, health and opportunities are rooted in the ways that our healthcare, education, employment and other systems operate which results in discrimination.
We seek an assets approach which enhances, not distracts from, social justice.
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An empowering approach
confident
inclusive
organised
co-operative
influential
engaging together training and support
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Skills GameTo illustrate the assets
that a few people might have between them.
Put you hand up if you have the skill I call out and show on the slide
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Keep accounts
Use a digital camera
Clean floors
Plant and grow flowers
Plan an event
Sing
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Keep accounts
Use a digital cameraInterview people
Clean floors
Plant and grow flowers
Plan an event
Sing
Wednesday, 25 April 12
Keep accounts
Use a digital cameraInterview people
Clean floors
Plant and grow flowers
Plan an event
SingSports coaching
Wednesday, 25 April 12
Keep accounts
Use a digital cameraInterview people
Clean floors
Plant and grow flowers
Plan an event
Sing
Local fundraisingSports coaching
Wednesday, 25 April 12
Keep accounts
Use a digital cameraInterview people
Clean floors
Plant and grow flowers
Plan an event
Sing
Local fundraising
Connecting people
Sports coaching
Wednesday, 25 April 12
Keep accounts
Use a digital cameraInterview people
Clean floors
Plant and grow flowers
Plan an event
Sing
Local fundraising
Connecting people
Write a project timeline
Sports coaching
Wednesday, 25 April 12
Keep accounts
Use a digital cameraInterview people
Clean floors
Plant and grow flowers
Knitting
Plan an event
Sing
Local fundraising
Connecting people
Write a project timeline
Sports coaching
Wednesday, 25 April 12
Keep accounts
Use a digital cameraInterview people
Clean floors
Plant and grow flowers
Knitting
Teach someone a skillPlan an event
Sing
Local fundraising
Connecting people
Write a project timeline
Sports coaching
Wednesday, 25 April 12
Keep accounts
Use a digital cameraInterview people
Clean floors
Plant and grow flowers
Knitting
Teach someone a skillPlan an event
Sing
Local fundraising
Connecting people
Write a project timeline
Sports coaching
Soldering and welding
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Stage 1
Launch event: bringing together community members, policy makers and service deliverers
Neighbourhood teams formed
Workshop 1 (full day Saturday 12 May) - wellbeing outcomes, community empowerment outcomes, identifying assets
Neighbourhood asset mapping
Workshop 2 (half day/evening late June)
Workshop 3 (half day/evening early July)
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Stage 2
The team will be supported to engage more people to form a network hub
They will contact more individuals and groups in the neighbourhood and collate the assets in the community (the primary assets)
More detailed identification of secondary and potential assets. Including physical, economic and cultural assets. An asset for this neighbourhood includes around £50,000 available through this project for community-led activity.
Identify ways to connect assets and release potential to improve health and wellbeing and community empowerment.
Empowering community-led activity to improve health and wellbeing
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Project threads
Collaborative learning and development opportunities for community members, policy makers and service deliverers
Access to learning and support through engaging together
Links to strategic approaches and planning in the borough
Links to other areas facilitated through online networking
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Q & A
For a few minutes have a quick discussion in pairs or threes, sharing any thoughts or questions you have about the project.
If there are any questions that you can’t answer between you, or would like clarification on, please write them on to question cards and pass them forward.
We will group similar questions, respond to those we can and get back to you on any that we can’t.
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Thank you!
Thank you for joining us at the beginning of our journey.
Please complete a feedback sheet, and in particular use it to let us know how you want to be involved in the project over the course of the next two years. You need to let us know your contact details if you want us to keep in touch!
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