Self Care in Bradford

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Self Care inBradford Airedale tPCT

• Darren De Souza
• Senior Health Promotion Specialist Housing,
  Environment and Self Care
• Ros East
• Health Promotion Specialist Self Care

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Background

• Bradford Airedale Previously 4 PCTs
• Only PCT to host Self Care for People Self Care
  for Professionals April 05
• Bradford District Health Development Partnerships
• 528,000 population with 300 languages / dialects
• 1/3 live in a rural area
• Approx 24 ethnic minority population 40
  births to South Asian families
• High Inequalities PCT Priority

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Aims

• Deliver Self Care Skills Training Course 9
  hours 3 x 3 hours or 6 x 1.5 hours
• 288 Research Participants
• Target Parents of Toddlers and Workplaces (men)
• Resources (Sept 05)
• 0.5 wte Senior Health Promotion Specialist
• 0.5 wte Health Promotion Specialist Time
• All trainers are skilled and experienced

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Engaging Groups

• Our Approach
• Targeted Existing groups no open courses.
• Use existing networks contacts
• Use skilled trainers

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• Health of Men Parks Landscapes

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Groups

• Parks Landscapes - Staff
• Social Services Social Workers, Family Centres
  - Staff
• Women's Refuges Clients
• Asian Children Womens Centre - Clients
• Community Housing Trust Staff
• SureStart Clients
• Keighley College Staff
• Coral Windows Staff

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Challenges

• Making the course appropriate for each group
• Making the course accessible to each group
  e.g. child care, transport, language, gender of
  trainers
• Responding to the needs of the group

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Challenges (cont)

• Need a good trainer who can be flexible and
  understand group dynamics
• Recruitment of groups
• Organising groups/logistics needs to be done
  by the group worker

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Style of Delivery

• Relaxed and informal
• Interactive
• Sit in a circle
• Get people talking and listening
• Wear appropriate clothes
• Pitch the dialogue at the right level for each
  group

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Engaging Groups

• What we have learnt
• Recruitment of participants is hard
• Recruitment Takes time
• 3 months with no groups running
• Community development works
• Open courses havent worked
• Build relationships / partnerships

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Future

• Seek long term commitment from PCT
• Link to other local work Health Trainers

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Future

• Seek long term commitment from PCT
• Link to other local work
• Health Trainers,
• Social Prescribing,
• Healthwise,
• Expert Patients.
• Health Improvement training Programme
• Train Trainers tPCT aspiration
• Partnership Working
• tPCT staff Induction

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The Course

• Sessions 3 and 4 Self Esteem, Confidence and
  Stress.
• Most Challenging to Deliver
• Most Challenging for Participants
• Potentially most Powerful sessions
• Definitely the most important sessions
• Adapt to suit the group

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Self Esteem
Confidence

• Motivation

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Importance
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Time to Talk