All Outputs (38)
Systematic review of community business related approaches to health and social care (2019)
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This report provides insight into the impact of community business-related approaches to health and social care on users’ outcomes, in particular exploring how effective
they are in delivering outcomes for users. Community businesses are rooted with... Read More about Systematic review of community business related approaches to health and social care.
A review of the evidence assessing impact of social prescribing on healthcare demand and cost implications (2017)
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The bio-psycho-social model of illness encourages healthcare practitioners to think beyond anatomy and physiology to consider how the interplay of mind, body and social circumstances affect health and wellbeing. Medicine has much to offer in treating... Read More about A review of the evidence assessing impact of social prescribing on healthcare demand and cost implications.
Building connections: Golden key local evaluation phase 2 report (2017)
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This report summarises findings from Phase 2 of the UWE Local Evaluation of Golden Key (GK) in Bristol (March 2016 to Feb 2017). GK is one of 12 Big Lottery funded Fulfilling Lives partnerships across the UK, where local organisations are working to... Read More about Building connections: Golden key local evaluation phase 2 report.
Reaching out: Golden Key local evaluation phase 1 summary report (2016)
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This report summarises the findings from Phase 1 of the local evaluation of Golden Key though the first 18 months of initial development, progress towards delivery and operational services delivery from Autumn 2014 to Spring 2016.
Bristol Golden... Read More about Reaching out: Golden Key local evaluation phase 1 summary report.
Reaching out: Golden Key local evaluation phase 1 full report (2016)
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This report presents a preliminary analysis of the evidence collated for Phase 1 of the local evaluation of Bristol Golden Key. Evidence has been collected between November 2014 and March 2016 through a variety of means, including interviews with aro... Read More about Reaching out: Golden Key local evaluation phase 1 full report.
Evaluation of Food for Life 2013-15: Summary and synthesis report (2016)
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This is the final report of the phase two evaluation of Food for Life undertaken by the University of the West of England, Bristol 2013-15.
The research encompassed five workstreams:
1. Long term impacts and durability - understanding how and w... Read More about Evaluation of Food for Life 2013-15: Summary and synthesis report.
Food for life: A social return on investment analysis of the locally commissioned programme. Full Report (2016)
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A Social Return on Investment Analysis of two locally commissioned Food for Life programmes
Evaluation of living well, taking control: A community-based diabetes prevention and management programme (2016)
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Introduction
Type 2 diabetes is a serious, expensive and growing public health challenge. In England, national guidance recommends intensive lifestyle interventions promoting weight loss for people at risk of diabetes and programmes of individualise... Read More about Evaluation of living well, taking control: A community-based diabetes prevention and management programme.
A SROI analysis of the Penwith Community Development Trust’s: Plant Eat and Teach (PEaT) project (2015)
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Using our Well-being Questionnaires and stakeholder interviews we have established the impact of the PEaT project on beneficiaries. Participating in the PEaT garden leads to improvements in beneficiary’ sense of well-being, reduction in social isolat... Read More about A SROI analysis of the Penwith Community Development Trust’s: Plant Eat and Teach (PEaT) project.
Final SROI report on Living Well Taking Control, diabetes prevention and management programme delivered by Westbank CHC, Devon.
This is part of a Big Lottery Funded evaluation of South west Wellbeing programme. This led to a total of nine SROI an... Read More about Social Return on Investment Report (SROI) final report on a type 2 diabetes prevention and management programme delivered by Westbank CHC.
Evaluation and SROI analysis of a mental health promotion project delivered by For All Healthy Living Centre, Weston-super-Mare.
This is part of the evaluation of the South West Wellbeing programme delivered by a consortium of third sector agencie... Read More about For All Healthy Living Centre's Healthy Connections Project. Final evaluation report and Social Return on Investment (SROI) Analysis.
Meeting the challenges of the Health Visitor Implementation Plan at the University of the West of England, Bristol (2014)
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Drawing on the Health Visitor Implementation Plan (DH, 2011a) and Educating Health Visitors for a Transformed Service (DH, 2011c), this evaluation aimed to assess the extent to which the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Programme meets the... Read More about Meeting the challenges of the Health Visitor Implementation Plan at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
This research evaluates the impacts of a holistic social prescribing Wellbeing Programme delivered by the Wellspring Healthy Living Centre, Bristol. As a holistic social prescribing approach it is representative of many third sector led intervention... Read More about Measuring the economic impact of the wellspring healthy living centre's social prescribing wellbeing programme for low level mental health issues encountered by GP services.
Developing a social prescribing approach for Bristol (2013)
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This report will outline three different models of Social Prescribing (SP) to help to describe the types of SP practice provided across the city: Light, Medium and Holistic. It briefly outlines local examples of each. All of the Holistic projects id... Read More about Developing a social prescribing approach for Bristol.
Assessing the impact of the LinkAge hub in Whitehall and St.George, Bristol: Briefing report (2013)
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This is a briefing report. Briefing reports are typically used to keep those who make decisions appraised of an issue they wish to focus on. They are often used to appraise an organization of a particular project or piece of work. LinkAge, Bristol co... Read More about Assessing the impact of the LinkAge hub in Whitehall and St.George, Bristol: Briefing report.
Food for life partnership evaluation: Full report (2011)
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Full report on the evaluation of the Food for Life Partnership programme. May 2011
Food for life partnership evaluation: summary report (2011)
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Summary report of the Food for Life Partnership evaluation conducted by UWE,Bristol and Cardiff University. May 2011
South West well-being programme evaluation: briefing (2011)
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