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ALL-IRELAND OBESITY OBSERVATORY: PROGRESS TO DATE

Informing efforts to tackle obesity. ALL-IRELAND OBESITY OBSERVATORY: PROGRESS TO DATE. Kevin P Balanda. What is an obesity observatory?.

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ALL-IRELAND OBESITY OBSERVATORY: PROGRESS TO DATE

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  1. Informing efforts to tackle obesity ALL-IRELAND OBESITY OBSERVATORY: PROGRESS TO DATE Kevin P Balanda

  2. What is an obesity observatory? “A collaboration that aims to better inform efforts to tackle obesity by providing a focus for the systematic and co-ordinated development, dissemination and application of relevant health intelligence”

  3. Possible functionsSource: English Obesity Strategy • Secondary source of data and evidence • Co-ordinating surveillance • Data analysis and reporting • Advice on evaluation of pilot interventions • Gathering information on best practice • Links with international bodies

  4. Origins of all-Ireland obesity observatory • INIsPHO (within IPH) and APHO • Two research centres • HRB Health & Diet Research Centre • Centre of Excellence for Public Health (NI) • English Obesity Observatory, SEPHO, APHO • Tripartite partnership with IPH lead

  5. Draft values • Partnership: networks, collaboration, meaningful engagement, reciprocity • Supporting existing groups: co-ordination, advocacy • Valuing and adding value to existing work • Independent and trusted voice

  6. Proposed arrangements • Bridge academic & service public health • Principally a secondary source of data • Analyse data & use it to support key public health functions • Located within the IPH (INIsPHO) with an all-Ireland steering group • Links to Britain (via APHO) & elsewhere

  7. Feedback from the childhood obesity database symposium, Belfast • Obesity observatory a welcome initiative • Independent / trusted • Broader determinants & inequalities • Provide simple effective information • Not a data repository (a secondary source); it should analyse & use information • Logistics: Who’s the audience? Level of data access? Funding? Governance?

  8. Discussion questions for this workshop (1) • What added value can the obesity observatory bring? • How can the obesity observatory help me (and my organisation)? • What can I (and my organisation) bring to the obesity observatory?

  9. Discussion questions for this workshop (2) • How should the obesity observatory distribute its work between data collection, research and analysis, enhancing access to data, knowledge brokering and health information systems development? • How do I (and my organisation) want to be involved?

  10. THANK YOU.ANY QUESTIONS? Informing efforts to tackle obesity

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