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Evaluation of Health Care Development Projects in Hungary: The Case of Lifestyle Development Programmes. Norbert Kiss Hétfa Research Institute Corvinus University of Budapest 25th April, 2013. Lifestyle development programmes in 2009: overview of applications.
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Evaluation of Health Care Development Projects in Hungary:The Case of Lifestyle Development Programmes Norbert KissHétfa Research Institute Corvinus University of Budapest25th April, 2013
Lifestyle development programmes in 2009: overview of applications • App. 250.000 participants (SMIS-monitoring) Source: SMIS-reporting (10th Jan 2013) Evaluation of Health Care Development Projects in Hungary:The Case of Lifestyle Development Programmes
Geographic targeting of the lifestyle development projects Evaluation of Health Care Development Projects in Hungary:The Case of Lifestyle Development Programmes
Adequateness of content and impact of lifestyle development projects • Motivation for individual and/or community level lifestyle changes were in the focus • Capacity building, changes in the local environment to promote healthy lifestyle were given lower priority • Difficulties with identifying and following the real professional content of the projects – assessing whether the content has met the needs is also difficult • Quality assurance of the professional content was missing from the selection procedure (except for LAMR applications) • Non-LAMR health plans were often only formally adequate • Recommendations and resources of the (central) research and methodological development institutions were rarely used • „Copy-paste” type content was typical in communication materials • Long lasting impacts are not achievable (according to expert opinions) • Low value of grants – high administrative burden Evaluation of Health Care Development Projects in Hungary:The Case of Lifestyle Development Programmes
Contribution to improvement of local conditions • Not clearly demostrated how the health plans are connected to the local needs and demands • Health plans, prepared during the projects, have not become a central part of local health development planning • Methodological support was provided for LAMRs • Inclusion of partners: mostly from the social sector • Partnership agreements were typically made for the duration of the projects • Occasionally „simple and inexpensive” solutions were less preferred („this is the time when we have the money…”) • Equal opportunity appeared as a horizontal objective • The practice of „one size fits all” was strong • A large part of the experiences have been incorporated into the newer calls in 2011-2012 Evaluation of Health Care Development Projects in Hungary:The Case of Lifestyle Development Programmes