SelfCareAcademic

ResearchUnit(SCARU)

DrAustenEl-OstaActingDirector,SelfCareAcademicResearchUnitImperialCollegeLondona.el-osta@imperial.ac.uk

1948

• ThemostpopularinstitutioninBritain

• Passivepatient

• Paternalisticapproach

• Downstreamapproachtodiseasemanagement

2017

Activeindividual

Passiveindividual

Thepast Thefuture

+GPForwardView

+Policydrivers

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• Increasedrecogniton asameanstoempowerindividualstotakecontroloftheirownhealth&wellbeing

• PotentialtoreducepressureonNHSresources

• Ofnational,European&internationalimportance

• Noonehasmadethe‘absolutecase’forselfcare

• Wedon’thaveavalidatedframeworktoobjectivelyevaluateselfcareinterventions&pilots

• Thereisn'tanacademicbaseforselfcareinEngland

SchoolofPublicHealthHorizonScanningExercise

VISIONTobetheleadingacademicbaseforselfcareinEngland,focusedonthecontributionsthatindividuals,networksandcommunitiescanmakeinhelpingpeopletopreventdisease,improvetheir

wellbeingandself-managetheircondition.

MISSIONTomaketheabsolutecaseforselfcare,byidentifyingand

studyingthewaysinwhichindividuals,communities,andexistinghealthinfrastructurecanimprovepeople’sself-carebehavioursandoverallwellbeing,addressinginparticularextantopportunitiesand

barrierstoself-careinthecontemporarysetting.

DavidWingfield(GP)

RenataChavda(Dementiacarespecialist)

MauriceHoffman(Laymember)

ShaminiGnani(GP&PublicHealth

Specialist)

DavidMummery(GP&CCGRes.Lead)

MalikGull(SocialNetworks)

RickyBanarsee(R&DDirector,PHE/CCG)

BezHale(DelgarnoTrust)

PaulThomas(AcademicGP)

DavidWebber(President,ISF)

PeteSmith(GP,SCF)

AustenEl-Osta(R&D)

ProjectLeads

SCARUExecutiveGroup(SCF– ISF– Imperial- H&FGPFed.)

Strategy&directionoftravel….

Director

Steering&

ReferenceGroup

Patient&publicinvolvement

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Aformidablealliance

1. Evidencesynthesistoinvestigatevariousaspectsofselfcare&howthislinkstoempowerment,healthliteracy&resilienceinthecommunity

2. EvaluateSelfCareinterventions,pilots,initiatives&existingservices,includingauditsoflocal/nationalimportance

3. Workwithindustrysponsorsanddevicemanufacturerstosupporttechnologyenabledself-careapproaches

4. Maketheabsolutecaseforselfcare,byunderstandinghowitcanbenefitthewiderhealtheconomyfromtheperspectiveoffundingofoutcomesasopposedtoactivities

5. Establish&maintainadatabase/repositoryofevidenceonself-care

6. Develop&championSelf-careinmentalhealththeme

7. Influencenationalpolicyonselfcareforpatientbenefit

Programmeofactivity

4 PointPlan(2017-18)

3keypapers

SCARULaunchevent

Buildcapacity

Apr2017 Apr2018Sep2017

Fundedprogrammeofactivity

1 2 3 4

1. SelfCareMatrix2. SelfCareInterventionDesignToolkit3. SelfCareEvaluationFramework

Engagement

1.TheSelfCareMatrix• Harmonizesextantdefinitions&modelsofselfcare,andincorporatestheSelfCareContinuum&the7Pillarsofselfcare

• Conceptualizesvariousaspectsofselfcare;anewpointofdeparture

2.TheSelfCareInterventionDesignToolkit• Considersvarioustangible&intangibleaspectsofselfcareatplanningstage

3.TheSelfCareInterventionEvaluationFramework• Pragmaticframeworktosupportobjectiveevaluationofselfcareinterventions

SCARUcontribution

85%

60%

60%

Nextsteps• PublishSelfCareMatrixpaper

• NationalSelfCareWeek(November)

• Embedselfcareethosinlocality

• Furtherengagementwithmixofstakeholders&industrypartners

• Launchappliedresearchprogramme,includingrepositoryofevidenceintoselfcare

• Buildcapacity&capabilityacrossSCARU

Thankyou

DrAustenEl-OstaActingDirector,SelfCareAcademicResearchUnitImperialCollegeLondona.el-osta@imperial.ac.uk

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