Presented by: Emily Tweed

ScotPHN Health & HousingScotPHN Health & HousingOverview

• Background to project• Background to project• Preview of outputs• Feedback and discussion

Aim of projectAim of project

“T d l ‘b t ti ’ t id th“To develop a ‘best practice resource’ to guide the public health and housing sectors in Scotland in

th i l i i i h lth d d itheir role in improving health and reducing inequalities through the provision of good housing,

i th b d t ”in the broadest sense”

Project advisory groupProject advisory group

S tti h H lth P ti

Society of Chief Officers of Environmental Health

in Scotland

Scottish Health PromotionManagers

Public health staff from 5 territorial NHS boardsScottish Health Impact Assessment Network

ScopeScope

• Focus on engagement and opportunities for joint working

• Broad definition of ‘good housing’

• Population approach, but with reference to specific groups

• Link to other NHS HS and ScotPHN work– Forthcoming briefings on housing and health– ScotPHN – homelessness, ACEs, fuel poverty, , p y

MethodsMethods

Stakeholder engagementStakeholder engagement– Workshops with project advisory group– Email consultation via SDsPH and SHPMs– Case studies of best practice– Meetings with key informants

Rapid literature review– Links between housing and healthLinks between housing and health– Sources of data– Tools and resources to support joint working

How is housing linked to good health?g g

C l !Complex!

• Multi directional• Multi-directional• Multi-dimensional

C t t d d t• Context-dependent

…but fundamental

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews28 FEB 2013 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008657.pub2http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD008657.pub2/full#CD008657-fig-0010

Outputs: guides to each sectorOutputs: guides to each sector

Housing Public HealthHousing

• Characteristics of housing and ho seholds

Public Health

• Definition & domainsand households

e.g. stock, tenure, costs • Workforce

• Organisations & networks • Key concepts

• Key policies, plans, & strategies

• Challenges in Scotland

• Organisations

Outputs: case studiesOutputs: case studies

• Part-funded & hosted by local Housing Association• Community garden, cooking classes, food co-op, trainingCommunity garden, cooking classes, food co op, training• Benefits:

– Community cohesionCommunity cohesion– Physical activity– Skills and employabilitySkills and employability

Pic: Colin Templeton/Glasgow Herald

Outputs: case studiesOutputs: case studies

New Homes mini-HIA

• Workshop to map out potential health impacts of 50,000 new affordable homes

• Using HIA methodology

• Range of potential impacts and recommendations identified

Outputs: collating existing tools and resourcesOutputs: collating existing tools and resources

Sources of data on health and housing Practical guides

Key research studies in Scottish context Resources from

elsewhere

Outputs: conclusionsOutputs: conclusions

1) Sh i t th1) Sharing our strengths

2) M t l i iti2) Mutual priorities

3) Ch ll3) Challenges

4) Opportunities for action

Intended release date: mid-DecemberIntended release date: mid-December

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikewilson/

Watch this space!

Thanks to:Thanks to:• Project Advisory Group• Phil Mackie, Ann Conacher, Tim Patterson, Alison McCann, Julie Arnot, , , ,• Everyone who has submitted case studies or participated in consultation

Questions

• Reflections on links in your area?• Opportunities?Opportunities?• Challenges?

• Learning needs?Learning needs?