About the Community-centred approaches to health improvement programme
Please be advised that the Community-centred approaches to health improvement programme is now out of date and will be removed from the elfh Hub on 11 March 2024. Please ensure you have completed your learning and generate your certificate, if required, before this date.
Communities matter for health. A community where people are well connected, are inclusive and respectful of all and involved in local decision making are healthy communities. Improving population health requires us to address these community factors and work with and alongside community members to improve the things that matter for their health.
The Marmot Review made clear that strengthening communities, through empowerment and asset based approaches, is essential to reducing health inequalities. The Five Year Forward View also prioritises working with communities and releasing their capabilities for health and wellbeing.
These two modules will focus on community-centred approaches to improving health and wellbeing. Module 1 will cover the background evidence and theory on why this is important and what approaches work. Module 2 involves practical exercises to apply the knowledge into your own work and enable you to make strategic and practical plans for taking community-centred approaches forward within your organisation.
The modules are based on A guide to community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing by Public Health England and NHS England.
More information
Module 1 includes:
- What is a healthy community?
- Different experiences of communities
- Policy and Evidence
- Concepts and Principles
- Family of Approaches
- Self Assessment
Module 2 includes:
- Approaches in practice
- Using the Family of Approaches
- Identifying outcomes
- Strategic planning
- Workforce development
Learning objectives
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Explain why communities are important for health and health inequalities
- Describe the evidence and concepts of community-centred approaches
- List practical examples for working with communities
- Make plans to develop, commission, audit or evaluate community-centred approaches in public health
Meet the team
Jude Stansfield
National Adviser, Public Mental Health, Public Health England
Jane South
Jane South, National Adviser Healthy Communities, Public Health England and Professor Healthy Communities, Leeds Beckett University
Mark Millar
Project Manager, HEE elearning for healthcare
Simon Blackmore
Learning Designer, HEE elearning for healthcare
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