Evaluating an institutional health partnership using the ESTHER EFFECt tool: A case study of an evaluation of the institutional health partnership between Nigeria CDC and Public Health England

Abstract Background: Bilateral Institutional Health Partnerships (IHPs) are a means of strengthening health systems and are becoming increasing prevalent in global health. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Public Health England (PHE) have engaged in one such IHP as part of Public Health England’s International Health Regulations Strengthening project. Presently, there have been limited evaluations of IHPs resulting in limited evidence of their effectiveness in strengthening health systems despite the concept being used across the world.Methods: The ESTHER EFFECt tool was used to evaluate the IHP between NCDC and PHE. Senior leadership from both organisations participated in a two-day workshop where their perceptions of various elements of the partnership were evaluated. This was done through an initial quantitative survey followed by a facilitated discussion to further explore any arising issues.Results: This evaluation is the first published evaluation of a bilateral global health partnership undertaken by NCDC and PHE. NCDC scores were consistently higher than PHE scores. Key strengths and weaknesses of the partnership were identified such as having wide ranging institutional engagement, however needing to improve dissemination mechanisms following key learning activity.Conclusions: There is a dearth of evidence measuring the effectiveness of international health partnerships; of the studies that exist, many are lacking in academic rigour. We used the ESTHER EFFECt tool as it is an established method of evaluating the progress of the partnership, with multiple previous peer-reviewed publications. This will hopefully encourage more organisations to publish evaluations of their international health partnerships and build the evidence base.

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Indicators Supporting Public Health, Partnership, Liveability and Integrated Planning Practice: The Case Study of the Cardinia Shire Growth Area in Melbourne, Australia

Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being - Community Quality-of-Life Indicators ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-48182-7_7 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 115-135

Author(s):

Melanie Davern ◽

Petrina Dodds Buckley ◽

Pieta Bucello

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Integrated Planning ◽

Planning Practice ◽

Health Partnership ◽

Growth Area ◽

Public Health Partnership

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A Case Study on the Utility of Sustained Evaluation Practice in Public Health Partnership

INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing ◽

10.1177/0046958018818591 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 55 ◽

pp. 004695801881859

Author(s):

Ayana N. Perkins

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Capacity Building ◽

Health Planning ◽

Organizational Level ◽

Future Health ◽

Evaluation Practice ◽

Health Partnerships ◽

Health Partnership ◽

Public Health Partnership

This article explores a case study of the potential influence of a capacity building investment toward public health partnerships (PHPs) targeting asthma. This case study explores what factors were salient among PHPs who were indirect recipients of a funder’s capacity building. Our case study suggests that a funder’s capacity building efforts may be linked to evaluation practice guidelines and decisions toward individual and organizational level use of evaluation use within partnerships. Moreover, examining the contextual factors that were associated with the evaluation of these PHPs explicates where adjustments may be needed in applying capacity building to the PHP setting. This case study has implications for future health planning policies.

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A Multi-Site Time Series Study of Hospital Admissions and Fine Particles: A Case-Study for National Public Health Surveillance

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e519172012-018 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Francesca Dominici

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Time Series ◽

Public Health Surveillance ◽

Fine Particles ◽

Hospital Admissions ◽

Health Surveillance ◽

Time Series Study ◽

National Public Health ◽

Series Study

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Identifying Public Health Problems

10.1093/oso/9780190681050.003.0005 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Scott Burris ◽

Micah L. Berman ◽

Matthew Penn, and ◽

Tara Ramanathan Holiday

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Problems ◽

Health Priorities ◽

Disability Adjusted Life Years ◽

Quality Adjusted Life Years ◽

Disability Adjusted Life ◽

Life Years ◽

Study Designs ◽

Quality Adjusted Life

Chapter 5 discusses the use of epidemiology to identify the source of public health problems and inform policymaking. It uses a case study to illustrate how researchers, policymakers, and practitioners detect diseases, identify their sources, determine the extent of an outbreak, and prevent new infections. The chapter also defines key measures in epidemiology that can indicate public health priorities, including morbidity and mortality, years of potential life lost, and measures of lifetime impacts, including disability-adjusted life years and quality-adjusted life years. Finally, the chapter reviews epidemiological study designs, differentiating between experimental and observational studies, to show how to interpret data and identify limitations.

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Modelling Environmental Impact on Public Health using Machine Learning: Case Study on Asthma

2020 5th International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems and Industrial Applications (CITISIA) ◽

10.1109/citisia50690.2020.9397488 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Lakmini Wijesekara ◽

Liwan Liyanage

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Machine Learning ◽

Environmental Impact

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Changes of Walking Activity During the First Cycle Phases of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Seoul, Korea

HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal ◽

10.1177/19375867211026571 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 193758672110265

Author(s):

Youngjun Park ◽

Haekwon Chung ◽

Sohyun Park

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Physical Inactivity ◽

Voluntary Participation ◽

Walking Activity ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Before And After ◽

Acceleration And Deceleration ◽

Preliminary Study ◽

The Government

Aim: This study explores the changes in regular walking activities during the phases of the pandemic. Background: With the spread of COVID-19 transmission, people are refraining from going out, reducing their physical activity. In South Korea, COVID-19 broke out in the 4th week of 2020 and experienced the first cycle phases of the pandemic, such as outbreak, widespread, and decline. In response to the pandemic, the government encouraged voluntary participation in social distancing campaigns, and people reduced their outside activities. Methods: This article examines the decrease and increase of the Prevalence of Regular Walking (≥30 min of moderate walking a day, on ≥5 days a week) by the COVID-19 phases. This study is based on weekly walking data for 15 weeks in 2020, via the smartphone healthcare app, which is managed by 25 public health offices of the Seoul government. Results: According to the findings, the level of prevalence of regular walking (PRW) has a significant difference before and after the outbreak, and every interval of the four-stage COVID-19 phases, that is, pre-pandemic, initiation, acceleration, and deceleration. The level of PRW sharply decreased during initiation and acceleration intervals. In the deceleration interval of COVID-19, the PRW kept increasing, but it has not yet reached the same level as the previous year when the COVID-19 did not exist. Conclusions: As a preliminary study, this study explains empirically how COVID-19 changed PRW in Seoul. It would be helpful to enhance our understanding of the changes in physical inactivity in the pandemic period.

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