Themes emerging from State of Child Health: UK and Australia

Blair, Mitch

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2017-312875

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“…We urge all UK governments to adopt the 25 SOCH indicators as agreed key CYP health indicators to plan strategy and track progress, in the way that similar ‘Headline Indicators’ are used in Australia. 33 …”

Section: Highlights Of the Soch 2017mentioning

confidence: 99%

Responding to the changing burden of disease for children and adolescents in modern Britain: the RCPCH State of Child Health Report 2017

Viner¹,

Arkell

Ashe

et al. 2017

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The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health published the State of Child Health (SOCH) 2017, summarising the changing burden of disease in UK children and young people (CYP) over the past 20 years. These data show clearly that the three great challenges of our time for CYP are obesity, mental health problems and the impact of poverty and inequality on health. In this review, we summarise key findings from SOCH 2017 and outline key responses the UK must make to improve health and well-being for its CYP.

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Section: Highlights Of the Soch 2017mentioning

confidence: 99%

Responding to the changing burden of disease for children and adolescents in modern Britain: the RCPCH State of Child Health Report 2017

Viner¹,

Arkell

Ashe

et al. 2017

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Policy Rogue or Policy Entrepreneur? The Forms and Impacts of “Joined-Up Governance” for Child Health

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Joined-up governance (JUG) approaches have gained attention as mechanisms for tackling wicked policy problems, particularly in intersectoral areas such as child health, where multiple ministries that deliver health and social services must collaborate if they are to be effective. Growing attention to the need to invest in early childhood to improve health and developmental trajectories, including through developmental screening, illustrate the challenges of JUG for child health. Using a comparative case study design comprised of the qualitative analysis of documents and key informant interviews, this work sought to explain how and why visible differences in policy choices have been made across two Canadian jurisdictions (Ontario and Manitoba). Specifically, we sought to understand two dimensions of governance (structure and process) alongside an illustrative example—the case of developmental screening, including how insiders viewed the impacts of governance arrangements in this instance. The two jurisdictions shared a commitment to evidence-based policy making and a similar vision of JUG for child health. Despite this, we found divergence in both governance arrangements and outcomes for developmental screening. In Manitoba, collaboration was prioritized, interests were aligned in a structured decision-making process, evidence and evaluation capacity were inherent to agenda setting, and implementation was considered up front. In Ontario, interests were not aligned and instead decision making operated in an opaque and siloed manner, with little consideration of implementation issues. In these contexts, Ontario pursued developmental screening, whereas Manitoba did not. While both jurisdictions aimed at JUG, only Manitoba developed a coordinated JUG system, whereas Ontario operated as a non-system. As a result, Manitoba’s governance system had the capacity to stop ‘rogue’ action, prioritizing investments in accordance with authorized evidence. In contrast, in the absence of a formal system in Ontario, policy ‘entrepreneurs’ were able to seize a window of opportunity to invest in child health.

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Themes emerging from State of Child Health: UK and Australia

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

Responding to the changing burden of disease for children and adolescents in modern Britain: the RCPCH State of Child Health Report 2017

Responding to the changing burden of disease for children and adolescents in modern Britain: the RCPCH State of Child Health Report 2017

Policy Rogue or Policy Entrepreneur? The Forms and Impacts of “Joined-Up Governance” for Child Health

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