evaluation: the role of the obesity hub kevin balanda, ffph phd presentation to “the good, the bad...
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Evaluation: the role of the Obesity Hub
Kevin Balanda, FFPH PhD
Presentation to “The good, the bad and the learning: evaluating obesity interventions” workshop.
Dublin, 9 November 2010
Institute of Public Health in Ireland
All-Ireland body:
North-South cooperation Inequalities in health Social determinants of health
Three work strands:
Capacity building Policy support Information & intelligence www.publichealth.ie
Outline
• Introduction to Obesity Hub
• Some evaluation challenges
• How the Obesity Hub might help
(all-island) Obesity HubNOO (www.noo.org.uk)
All-Ireland scoping study in late 2008/early 2009
Incorporated into wider health information website
Collaboration between – HRB’s CHDR (UCC/UCD)– UKCRC’s CoE (NI) (QUB) – IPH (lead)
Funding from DoHC (RoI), DHSSPS (NI) and DEL (NI)
Live in November 2010
Obesity observatories• Authoritative source of data, evidence and good practice
• Development of the knowledge base on the effectiveness of policy and practice
• Guidance on evaluating demonstration intervention projects
• Monitoring and surveillance of obesity, its determinants and consequences
• Analyses of surveillance data
• Collate international best practice and develop collaborations with key international bodies
Obesity Hub’s website
Obesity Collection - information resourcesObesity Collection (412):
– Research and Evaluation (203) – Policy and Guidance (66) – Interventions (80) – Data (50) – Knowledge Translation (11)
Catalogued in standard manner
NewsRoomOpen access journals
Cache of other information resources from 13 websites across the island
Initial work Information support
– Collation of information resources
– Stocktake of interventions & evaluations
Analytical projects
– Prevalence of chronic conditions
– BoD study and impact studies
– Headline food poverty indices
Strategic support
– Contributions to key committees
Some evaluation challenges
• Tapping into evaluations of initiatives in health & social care services and community sector
• Sharing the learning
• Mainstreaming findings into policy & practice
How Obesity Hub might help 1. Evaluation practice
– Evaluation advice– Standard evaluation tools
– Agreed minimum evaluation data sets
2. Mainstreaming findings
– Collating details of interventions & evaluations– Knowledge synthesis
– Dissemination and sharing
– Links to policy and practice
3. Supporting communities of practice
