A guide to enabling the spread of person and community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing

"This guide outlines how behavioural science can help spread the take-up of person- and community- centred approaches to health and wellbeing. It is aimed at people who champion these approaches in health and social care, in other statutory bodies and in community-based organisations."

Spreading change: A guide to enabling the spread of person- and community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing
H Burd, M Hallsworth, The Behavioural Insights Team
Nesta and the Health Foundation
September 2016

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Communications in health care improvement - a toolkit

"This toolkit is for health care professionals working in improvement who want to understand and use communications to better plan, implement and spread their work."

Communications in health care improvement - a toolkit
The Health Foundation

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Using communications approaches to spread improvement

"The guide is intended for those actively engaged in health care improvement work. It introduces key
concepts about spreading ideas, and examines the evidence about the role communications can play. It then suggests practical actions you can take to effectively communicate and spread your improvement work."

Using communications approaches to spread improvement: A practical guide to help you effectively communicate and spread your improvement work
S Randall
The Health Foundation
March 2015

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Advancing the science and practice of scale-up and spread in health

"Conference attendees identified and prioritized five recommendations (and corresponding sub-recommendations) for advancing scale-up and spread in health: increase awareness, facilitate information exchange, develop new methods, apply new approaches for evaluation, and expand capacity."

A stakeholder-driven agenda for advancing the science and practice of scale-up and spread in health
WE Norton, CJ McCannon, MW Schall, BS Mittman
Implementation Science, 2012, 7:118

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Spread and Adoption Tool

Developed by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, this tool helps health professionals increase the scale and pace of the spread and adoption of innovation in the NHS.

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