Open AccessCollective Impact Approaches to Promoting Community Health and Wellbeing in a Regional Township: Learnings for Integrated Care
Author(s) -
Alan Hayes,
Margaret Freestone,
Jamin Day,
Hazel Dalton,
David Perkins
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of integrated care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.083
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 1568-4156
DOI - 10.5334/ijic.5617
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , integrated care , perspective (graphical) , public relations , mental health , community engagement , intervention (counseling) , health care , nursing , sociology , political science , medicine , geography , archaeology , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , computer science , law
This Perspective Paper explores the challenges of implementing local initiatives guided by the tenets of the Collective Impact (CI) approach. As such, it draws implications of CI for integrated health and social care efforts to improve and sustain health and social outcomes within a community-wide context, based on our efforts to deploy a CI intervention in the regional town of Muswellbrook, New South Wales (NSW) Australia. A program of health and wellbeing activities providing mental health and wellness messages and activities was implemented in the township over 2 years by the Family Action Centre (FAC), University of Newcastle, Australia. A key takeaway was the importance of authentic community engagement and active involvement as opposed to mere consultation.