CALL FOR EVIDENCE: Reducing inequalities for homeless families
Background
Public Health England, NHS England and the Department of Healthhave funded Homeless Link, together with the Young People’s Health Partnership to develop a learning resource and toolkit for public health nurses (health visitors, school nurses, general practice nurses and midwives) working with homeless families (0-24) to address health inequalities and to address the public health issues for this specific group.
Further background can be found in this Public Health England presentation There’s no place like home – tackling the health and wellbeing of homeless families.
This work is part of the additional work programme of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, a group of 21 organisations that have been brought together to bring the voluntary sector’s voice and expertise into national policy-making.
The project leads are partnering with other members of the Alliance to ensure that resources work for specific groups:
-Citizen’s Advice
-Maternity Action
-The National LGB&T Partnership
-Association of Mental Health Providers
-Race Equality Foundation
-Win Win Alliance
One other partner that is not a member of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance but that brings specific expertise in the subject is the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI).
As part of this project we are issuing a Call for Evidence of existing and emerging good practice in supporting homeless families and homeless young people to reduce health inequalities and improve wellbeing through public health interventions. Theevidence these case studies provide will contribute to the development of resources for public health nurses.
How to respond
Please share any examples of work being undertaken currently or previously,using the template over the page.These will be used to identify and highlight effective practice that could be replicated in other areas. Some guidance on developing your case study can be found in this presentation pack.
If you are engaged in multiple projects supporting these groups, please complete a separate template for each activity. If the information in any of the sections is not available, please leave them blank.
Please return any examples to Friday 19 January 2018.
If you have any questions about the research, please contact .
REDUCING INEQUALITIES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES: CALL FOR EVIDENCE TEMPLATEName of your project/service.
Name/type ofpublic health intervention for homeless families / young people.
Date intervention started (and ended if applicable).
Location
Summary: please tell us about your intervention, under the relevant headings (please ensure that any information about work with individuals is given on the basis that the individuals concerned remain anonymous and no other identifiable personal information is given). / Aims:
Activities delivered:
Who delivers it:
Where it is delivered:
Target client group(s)(please delete as appropriate). / -Same sex families
-Single, new and expectant mothers
-Migrant and refugee families
-Young homeless people
-Young homeless people with learning and other disabilities
-Families living with poor mental health
-Families with multiple and complex needs
-Families living in poverty
Partner organisations – who else is involved in delivering it?
How is it funded?
How much does it cost to deliver?
Outcomes: what are the outcomes for the intervention and how are they measured?
Has it ever been evaluated? Please provide more information about evidence of the intervention’s effectiveness in addressing health inequalities for homeless families, and the methodology used to show this. Or please provide the evaluation report if this is available.
What would you say has been key to the intervention’s success and outcomes? Were there any barriers to implementation? What lessons have you learned from implementation?
Is there anything else about the intervention you think would be useful to share with us?
Would you be willing for this case study to be included in our final materials? / Yes/No (delete as appropriate)
Would you be willing for Public Health England to use your case study in the Homelessness: Applying All our Health programme? / Yes/No (delete as appropriate)
Please provide contact detailsso that we may approach you for further information(any personal contact details will only be used for the purposes of collecting the evidence required for the Reducing health inequalities for homeless families project).
Thank you for completing thiscall for evidence.
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