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1 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

2 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

3 Outline Introduction to Obesity Hub Some evaluation challenges How the Obesity Hub might help

4 (all-island) Obesity Hub NOO (www.noo.org.uk)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

5 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

6 Obesity Hub’s website

7 Obesity Collection - information resources Obesity Collection (412): – Research and Evaluation (203)Research and Evaluation – Policy and Guidance (66)Policy and Guidance – Interventions (80)Interventions – Data (50)Data – Knowledge Translation (11)Knowledge Translation Catalogued in standard manner NewsRoom Open access journals Cache of other information resources from 13 websites across the island

8 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

9 Some evaluation challenges Tapping into evaluations of initiatives in health & social care services and community sector Sharing the learning Mainstreaming findings into policy & practice

10 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

11 Thank you … kevin.balanda@publichealth.ie


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