Abstract
Background
A shift to an outcomes approach in Scotland has been triggered by the creation of the National Performance Framework (NPF). The aim of the NPF is to focus public reporting on progress towards achieving national outcomes. The Scottish Government tasked NHS Health Scotland with supporting this shift. One type of support has been to provide resources (outcomes frameworks) that help planners link local activities with the NPF. NHS Health Scotland has recently led the development of an outcomes framework for Scotland's National Parenting Strategy in collaboration with a wide range of partners. The aim of the framework is to identify the key outcomes for Scotland's National Parenting Strategy; specify those local activities that might be undertaken to achieve these shared outcomes; understand the contribution of partnership activities to delivering outcomes; and bring together and summarise the existing relevant evidence for effective interventions to support parents and families. We present an overview of the framework and the evidence contribution to its development.
Methods
Three logic models underpin the outcomes framework. Two nested models—interventions to support parents, families, and society; and structures and systems—flow into a strategic model. Together, these models set out the actions, reach, and outcomes for the strategy and its contribution to other national outcomes. In turn, these models were informed by a series of evidence reviews carried out by NHS Health Scotland and the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy.
Findings
The evidence reviews established the best available evidence for effective interventions to support parents and families. They covered interventions for parents of infants and children in the early years; interventions for parents of older children and adolescents; and characteristics of effective and ineffective adolescent health interventions with a parental component. These reviews were used to develop the rationale for national and local activities in supporting the identified key outcomes.
Interpretation
Outcomes frameworks like that for Scotland's National Parenting Strategy can help implementation of public health science into both national policy and local practice.
Funding
None.
A shift to an outcomes approach in Scotland has been triggered by the creation of the National Performance Framework (NPF). The aim of the NPF is to focus public reporting on progress towards achieving national outcomes. The Scottish Government tasked NHS Health Scotland with supporting this shift. One type of support has been to provide resources (outcomes frameworks) that help planners link local activities with the NPF. NHS Health Scotland has recently led the development of an outcomes framework for Scotland's National Parenting Strategy in collaboration with a wide range of partners. The aim of the framework is to identify the key outcomes for Scotland's National Parenting Strategy; specify those local activities that might be undertaken to achieve these shared outcomes; understand the contribution of partnership activities to delivering outcomes; and bring together and summarise the existing relevant evidence for effective interventions to support parents and families. We present an overview of the framework and the evidence contribution to its development.
Methods
Three logic models underpin the outcomes framework. Two nested models—interventions to support parents, families, and society; and structures and systems—flow into a strategic model. Together, these models set out the actions, reach, and outcomes for the strategy and its contribution to other national outcomes. In turn, these models were informed by a series of evidence reviews carried out by NHS Health Scotland and the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy.
Findings
The evidence reviews established the best available evidence for effective interventions to support parents and families. They covered interventions for parents of infants and children in the early years; interventions for parents of older children and adolescents; and characteristics of effective and ineffective adolescent health interventions with a parental component. These reviews were used to develop the rationale for national and local activities in supporting the identified key outcomes.
Interpretation
Outcomes frameworks like that for Scotland's National Parenting Strategy can help implementation of public health science into both national policy and local practice.
Funding
None.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | s69 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | The Lancet |
Volume | 384 |
Publication status | Published - 19 Nov 2014 |