Centre for Public Policy & Health

WHO Collaborating Centre on Complex Health Systems Research, Knowledge and Action

Presented by David HunterProfessor of Health Policy and Management23rd July 2015

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WHO Europe Health 2020

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Key Principles Underpinning Health 2020

Renewed emphasis on public health Health is wealth Health inequalities must be redressed Health systems are more than just

health care Whole of society and whole of

government approaches needed Systems thinking approach adopted

to analyse problems and devise solutions

From analysis to supporting delivery

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Health 2020: Key Studies

Health 2020

Governance for health in the 21st century (Ilona Kickbusch)

Report on social determinants of health and the health divide

in the WHO European Region (Michael

Marmot)

The economic case for public health action (OECD)

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Health 2020: Priority areas for policy action

Investing in health through a life-course approach and empowering people

Tackling Europe’s major health challenges of noncommunicable and communicable diseases

Strengthening people-centred health systems, public health capacity and emergency preparedness, surveillance and response

Creating resilient communities and supportive environments

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European Action Plan for Strengthening Public Health

Capacities and Services

Avenues for Action – 10 Essential Public Health

Operations (EPHOs) – 10

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Avenues for Action Surveillance of population and wellbeing Monitoring and response to health hazards and emergencies Health protection including environmental and occupational

health, food safety and others Health promotion, including action to address social determinants

and health inequity Disease prevention including early detection of illness Assuring governance for health and wellbeing Assuring a sufficient and competent public health workforce Assuring sustainable organisational structures and financing Advocacy, communication and social mobilization for health Advancing public health research to inform policy and practice

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WHO Collaborating Centre Terms of Reference

EPHO 6 – governance EPHO 10 – research to inform policy and

practice EPHO 7 – public health workforce

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Pathways to Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice

Linear model Interactive model

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Linear Model

Evidence/knowledge is a product Uni-directional flow from

producers to research users Knowledge is generalisable

across contexts

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Policy-Makers’ Sources of Evidence

Experts’ evidence (including consultants and think tanks) Evidence from professional associations Opinion-based evidence (including lobbyists and pressure

groups) Ideological evidence (including party think tanks, manifestoes) Media evidence Internet evidence Lay evidence (including constituents’ and citizens’ experiences) ‘Street’ evidence (including urban myths, conventional wisdom) Research evidence

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Interactive Model Embracing knowledge from multiple sources: research, theory,

practice Promoting close interaction between researchers and end-users in

a co-production/co-creation approach Context is important Effective uptake is not only a function of the science but also the

degree to which the purveyor of knowledge is viewed as a credible witness

Relationships are key to use and application of knowledge

Dissemination of results through traditional academic channels is not enough – the media utilised must fit the audience

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Selected Activities Health Summit: Governance for Health in a Changing World,

Durham, November 2014 WHO EVIPNet – meetings in Lithuania, Slovenia to discuss

knowledge translation and evidence-informed policy and practice Health in All Policies (HiAP) accredited training centre – WHO

HiAP Trainers Meeting, Geneva, March 2014 WHO/PAHO – designed and delivered two day training

programme in Suriname, Caribbean, May 2014 Central Asian Republics training course on public health

leadership, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 2015 Autumn School on Health Information and Evidence for Policy-

making, Warsaw (2014), Moscow (2015) Interim review of the EAP for Regional Committee 66, 2016

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