Guide to community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing

"Communities that are involved in decision-making about their area and the services within it, that are well networked and supportive and where neighbours look out for each other, all have a positive impact on people’s health and wellbeing."

A guide to community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing: Full report
Public Health England, NHS England
February 2015

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Local government briefings

"NICE has developed local government briefings for a range of different public health topics. These briefings are meant for local authorities and their partner organisations in the health and voluntary sectors, in particular those involved with health and wellbeing boards."

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Well London’ and the benefits of participation

"Well London is a multicomponent community engagement and coproduction programme designed to improve the health of Londoners living in socioeconomically deprived neighbourhoods."

‘Well London’ and the benefits of participation: results of a qualitative study nested in a cluster randomised trial
J Derges, A Clow, R Lynch, S Jain, G Phillips, M Petticrew, A Renton, A Draper
BMJ Open, 2014, 4:e003596

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Community engagement to reduce inequalities in health

"Community engagement has been advanced as a promising way of improving health and reducing health inequalities; however, the approach is not yet supported by a strong evidence base."

Community engagement to reduce inequalities in health: a systematic review, meta-analysis and economic analysis
A O'Mara-Eves, G Brunton, D McDaid, S Oliver, J Kavanagh, F Jamal, et al.
NHS National Institute for Health Research
Public Health Research, 4(1), November 2013

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Patient and public engagement

"There will be different types and levels of appropriate engagement depending on the situation, from involvement of individual members of the public in shared decision-making about their own health and care, to local community engagement in co-production of services."

Patient and public engagement: a practical guide for health and wellbeing boards
NHS Confederation
November 2012

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Principles of community engagement

"Involving the community and collaborating with its members are cornerstones of efforts to improve public health."

Principles of community engagement, 2nd ed.
National Institutes of Health
June 2011

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