Want to develop a Whole Systems Approach (WSA) to child healthy weight in your area but not sure how to go about it? Our NIHR PHIRST Fusion evaluation of developing and implementing this approach in Dundee, Scotland offers practical reflections and insights. #WSA #obesity doi.org/10.1016/j.pu... 1/6 - ThreadSky

pvandergraaf.bsky.social • 62 days ago

Want to develop a Whole Systems Approach (WSA) to child healthy weight in your area but not sure how to go about it? Our NIHR PHIRST Fusion evaluation of developing and implementing this approach in Dundee, Scotland offers practical reflections and insights. #WSA #obesity
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100579 1/6

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pvandergraaf.bsky.social•62 days ago

Developing & implementing WSA takes time and long-term commitment from stakeholders. Many factors that influence healthy weight are outside individual actors’ control: we need to relinquish power as individual organisations. This is not well supported/incentivised by UK funders & decision-makers 2/6

pvandergraaf.bsky.social•62 days ago

Trusting relationships alone are not sufficient to work across organisations. Public health practitioners need to increase their understanding of available prevention strategies and wider structures in their region in order to action local priorities, build capacity and maintain engagement. 3/6

pvandergraaf.bsky.social•62 days ago

Targeted communication (e.g. for different ethnic community groups) and diverse involvement opportunities (events, activities, working groups, online forums and newsletters) is important to increase the visibility of the approach at community level and for maintaining engagement in WSA. 4/6

pvandergraaf.bsky.social•62 days ago

Existing models and guidance, such as the Leeds Beckett model, need to be tailored to local needs and existing structures. Clear guidance in initial phases of WSA set-up should be combined with aligning the implementation with the organisations’ values and goals. 5/6

pvandergraaf.bsky.social•62 days ago

More information about the evaluation, including working with peer researchers on data collection and interpretation, can be found here: https://phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/healthy-weight-tayside-a-whole-systems-approach-to-child-healthy-weight-in-dundee-city/ 6/6 @fuseonline.bsky.social @nihrsphr.bsky.social

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