North West Mental Wellbeing Summary 2009

 

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Year of publication: 2009

Publication type: Report Summary

In a nutshell: Major new survey of 18,500 residents of the North West highlights crucial role of mental wellbeing in improving people’s lives. It identified differences between local areas, with people from Warrington emerging as having the highest overall mental wellbeing score in the North West and people in Liverpool the lowest. One of the findings was there needs to be much greater attention and effort on improving mental wellbeing to help people live healthier, happier and more productive lives.

Length of publication: Webpage

Acknowledgement: Mental Health Development Unit

Lay involvement in Public Health

Source: People in Public Health, Leeds Metropolitan University

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Date of publication: 2009

Publication type: Report

In a nutshell: Report of summarised findings produced by Jane South from a series of expert hearings on the theme of lay person’s involvement in public health roles.  Key findings from the hearings have shown that lay people are often better placed to get messages across and give direct support to individuals and communities.   Local health and wellbeing organisations increasingly recognise that there is the potential to create better, more responsive services if the gap between the people who use services and the professionals who provide them is reduced. Suggests there have been many individual innovators over the years who have developed projects and programmes that involve lay people, health champions, volunteers but the practice is still rarely mainstreamed.   Details of the innovative projects which gave evidence include:  

Thornhill Health & Wellbeing Project Southampton
The Community Health Educators Project
Lay Health Trainers: Learning from the USA
Speakeasy
Practice Experience of Involving People in Public Health
Volunteer Tutors and the Expert Patients Programme
Commissioning for Health and Well-being
Walking the Way to Health 

Length of publication: 16 pages

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Acknowledgement: I&DeA