Our public consultations have so far taken place within the context of a ‘space’ of which many community members knew and had some affiliation with; namely the ‘church’. As a result, many of the participants within the study and members of CAHN attend church or have some affiliation with it. For the African and African Caribbean community the ‘church’ is a trusted space and is very much embedded in the community. CAHN decided to become a network that would reach out to faith and community organisations to enable health and wellbeing improvement.
CAHN Network Meeting with Faith Leaders, 4.4.17
Here is a taster from one of our community consultations about the relationship between African and Caribbean faith communities and statutory health services. We are developing our partnership with Maqsood Ahmad from the GM Health and Social Care Partnership whom we first worked with in Phase 1:
Speakers featured:
Faye Bruce (MMU: Critical Race and Ethnicity Cluster)
Maqsood Ahmad (Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership)
Dr Esther Oludipe (Highway Hope and MEaP)
Dr Lorna Roberts (MMU)
Here are some live tweets from the event:
Faye Bruce introducing CAHN health network. Bringing faith leaders& communities together. Creating health hubs @critracemmu @critcommpsymmu pic.twitter.com/UxWMrYvWxG
— Revelation Kollektiv (@revkollektiv) April 4, 2017
Maqsood: Community Leadership Programme. Better civil and political networking and social capital building @critracemmu
— Revelation Kollektiv (@revkollektiv) April 4, 2017
Maqsood: Race and Faith not mentioned at decision making levels. Are our intermediaries benefitting BAMEs?
— Revelation Kollektiv (@revkollektiv) April 4, 2017
GM CAHN members discussing vision, faith hubs and community leadership programme. Thank you 4 invite to speak. Keep up the good work.
— Maqsood Ahmad (@786maq) April 4, 2017
Dr Esther: Sign posting to health services @critracemmu
— Revelation Kollektiv (@revkollektiv) April 4, 2017
Dr Esther: Prevent’ measures in faith comms e.g. Blood pressure, healthy eating classes, exercises classes @critracemmu
— Revelation Kollektiv (@revkollektiv) April 4, 2017
Dr Esther: We need to attend to mental wellbeing. Need to adopt health initiatives that do not contradict faith. @critracemmu
— Revelation Kollektiv (@revkollektiv) April 4, 2017
Dr Lorna Roberts talking about how we collect data in our faith communities. Creative ways, culturally sensitive ways @critracemmupic.twitter.com/UGzt5WJxII
— Revelation Kollektiv (@revkollektiv) April 4, 2017
Here is a flipchart from one of our table discussions about research with faith groups:
Related Research into Public Health England evaluation models
Clennon, O. D. (2014) Evaluation Learning Workshop Report for Pioneers and System Leadership Pilots: National Collaboration for Integrated Care and Support.[report] Warwick: Public Health England (PHE) DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3731.2489