WHO-HPH Task Force on Annual review and future plans Antonio Chiarenza Task Force coordinator Health Promoting Hospitals Network of Emilia-Romagna, Italy 3 rd Advisory Board Meeting 25 May 2005, Palanga, Lithuania 1
STRATEGIC PLAN OF 1. DISSEMINATION AND DEVELOPMENT To identify, develop and make available evaluated examples of good practice and policies. 2. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION To share experiences, inform and participate in public events (website, conferences, publications ) 3. PARTNERSHIPS AND INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS To foster cooperation and alliances between internal and external networks 4. WORKING GROUPS AND THEIR ACTIVITIES To identify priorities and to develop practice oriented knowledge and tools in areas of common interest 5. ORGANISATION AND INFRASTRUCTURES To support and lead the whole process and activities 2
ACTION PLAN May 2005 May 2006 Strategic objective 1: development and dissemination Task Force AB meetings: 1. Dublin: 1 day, presentation of the, 32 attendees 2. Courmayeur: 1and 1/2 days, activation of the WGs, 20 attendees 3. Palanga: 1 day, presentation of working papers on practice oriented knowledge and tools for each of the WG topics WGs have collected/shared best policies and practices and selected priorities relevant to their topic area Some partners of the former an project are continuing and expanding its implementation (Italy, Ireland, UK, Sweden, Spain, Denmark..) Regional/national Networks are adopting the MFH approach to develop initiatives at local level: Ireland has developed a National Cultural Diversity Initiative and participated in the development of a national study to identify the training needs of staff 3
ACTION PLAN May 2005 May 2006 Strategic objective 2: information and communication participation at international conferences: Primary care for all: Overcoming linguistic barriers, Toronto, 4-6 May 2005 13 International HPH Conference, 18-20 May 2005 (2 parallel sessions) Respecting Culture and Diversity: Innovations in Healthcare Delivery 23-24 June 2005, Melbourne 9 National HPH Conference of the Italian Network, 29-30 September 2005, Courmayeur, Italy (1 workshop) 13 Annual Conference of WHO Regions for Health Network, 24-25 November 2005, Katowice, Poland 9 Consensus Conference on Migration, 27-30 April 2006, Palermo (Sicily) 2 Workshops: Intercultural Communication in Courmayeur and Policy and service quality for migrants in Palanga External communication: Development of a specific web site for at the WHO CC in Vienna Internal communication: Development of specific web pages for at the WHO CC in Copenhagen 4
ACTION PLAN MAY 2005 MAY 2006 Strategic objective 3: partnerships and international contacts WHO CC in Barcelona, Spain: Integration of migrant specific and cultural competency standards with HPH standards; IUHPE/ (IHDRC) International Health Development Research Centre, University of Brighton, UK: Development of Health Promotion indicators WHO CC, LBI. University of Vienna, Austria: Development of project proposal aiming at improving access to health services for Undocumented Migrants; Trillium Health Centre, Canada; Bradford Teaching Hospitals; University of Leeds; Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity, University of Medicine of New Jersey, USA: Development of best practices for staff training; Health sector group of EFQM, Germany: Development of MF and CC policy and service quality; Società Italiana di Medicina delle Migrazioni, Italy: Shared knowledge and information on Undocumented Migrants and Refugees; La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia: Development of a partnership with the Australian HPH network: 5
ACTION PLAN MAY 2005 MAY 2006 Strategic objective 4: working groups and their activities 1. Service policy and quality development Werner Schmidt + 14 members 2. Professional training and development Gurwinder Gill + 17 members 3. Patient and community empowerment Lai Fong Chiu + 7 members 4. Intercultural communication Sarah Miangu + 13 members 5. Research and evaluation Antonio Chiarenza + 13 members 6. Trans-cultural psychiatry Manuel Fernandez + 7 members WG leaders developed an initial proposal containing a strategy for each WG. In Courmayeur: members discussed and further developed the proposals of the WG leaders. WG leaders developed working papers containing operational tools for health organisations In Palanga: members are to discuss initial proposals for the development of migrant specific and cultural competency standards and guidance for healthcare organisations. 6
ACTION PLAN MAY 2005 MAY 2006 Strategic objective 5: organisation and infrastructures Coordination and Secretariat: Regional HPH Network of Emilia-Romagna Advisory Board: 19 members Communication Network: 33 members Working groups: 36 members Terms of reference Web site: Vienna and Copenhagen Funding: Contribution of the Emilia-Romagna network 7
ACTION PLAN May 2006 May 2007 Advisory Board meetings: 30 th November 1 st December 2006. Berlin, Germany 11-13 April 2007. International HPH conference, Vienna. Thematic workshops (working groups): Service policy and quality (Berlin, Germany - December 2006) Professional training and development TBC Patient and community empowerment TBC Trans-cultural psychiatry - TBC Website: WHO CC Vienna. Informative pages. To make resources available WHO CC Copenhagen. Interactive pages. To have a platform for discussion and to share documents (AB + WGs). Development of practice oriented knowledge and tools: Migrant specific and cultural competence standards and guidance. Piloting MFCC standards/guidance in HPH organisations. Training modules for regional/national networks. Project proposals involvement (submitted to DG-SANCO) EUHPID 2. an Health Promotion Indicator Development NOWHERELAND: to improve access to health care for UDM (creative) Funding? Consultancy, training, summer school, mentoring for HPH networks 8
CREATIVE FUNDING HOW TO BECOME AN INTERNAL CLIENT OF THE HPH NETWORK? Acting as consultants in developing MFCC organisations and staff. Mentoring and advising new Health Promoting Hospitals Developing new projects or supporting organisations who want to develop projects Disseminating information and creating a resource library POSSIBLE ROLES 1. Advising/consultancy for service development 2. Localised/expert training for regional/national networks 3. Other roles? POSSIBLE INTERVENTIONS: Pilot training. Reggio-Emilia is interested in hosting the first pilot training next autumn-winter. Summer school. To be organised the day before the next International HPH conference in Vienna. 9