Active Suffolk - July '22 Insight Newsletter

July '22 Insight Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the July edition of the Active Suffolk Insight Newsletter!

A slightly shorter edition this month - with summaries of the Public Health Outcomes Framework we're using fairly regularly to benchmark key indicators for Suffolk against England and other county-level data, the updated segmentation tool linking to health inequalities produced by OHID, research showing the effectiveness of doctor-led weight management interventions, and ukactive and Nike's Open Doors blueprint to promote the community use of school sport's facilities.

As ever, if you have a specific insight question, or wish for a topic to be explored in further detail in a future edition - feel free to get in touch with us here.

Public Health Outcomes Framework

The first source we thought we'd share with you in this month's edition of the insight newsletter, is the Public Health Outcomes Framework, produced by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).

Within the area profiles, you are able to set Suffolk as a region and compare against a variety of health indicators to England averages - of particular note is the Wider Determinants of Health subset of indicators - comparing Suffolk's performance in a multitude of factors such as child attainment, employment rates, absence, crime, poverty, social isolation and utilisation of outdoor spaces among other factors.

We find particular benefit in the spinecharts, comparing Suffolk datasets to upper and lower quartiles as well as the England average. The trend marker also plots how the Suffolk dataset has changed for the last 5 recent datasets for the relevant indicator.

Click the adjacent image to access the array of indicators.

Updated segment tool providing information on drivers of inequalities in life expectancy at local area level

Back in May, OHID updated their Segment Tool; based on aggregated data for 2020 to 2021 - the tool provides information on the causes of death and age groups which have driven inequalities in life expectancy during the Covid-19 pandemic.

In this period, life expectancy for males in England was 8.6 years lower in the most deprived quintile of areas compared with the least deprived quintile. For females, the gap was 7.1 years. For both sexes, 15% of this gap in life expectancy was due to higher mortality from Covid-19 in the most deprived quintile compared with the least deprived quintile.

For males, 23% of the gap was due to higher circulatory disease mortality in the most deprived quintile and 16% was due to higher cancer mortality. For females, higher circulatory disease and cancer mortality in the most deprived quintile both contributed 19% to the gap.

Data for regions and local authorities in the tool show how the contributors to life expectancy gaps can differ widely. To access the resource, click the adjacent image.

Research shows doctor-led advice on weight management is effective

New research from Loughborough University has found that doctor-led advice on weight management results in effective weight loss and a reduction in waist circumference for people with obesity. Very recently, Cancer Research UK released a report that highlighted the number of people living with obesity will overtake the number of people with a healthy weight by 2040 - identifying the need to support people to lose weight by offering effective services.

The research - published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) - looked at the results from 27 trials that included 8,000 participants, with 4,149 taking part in weight management interventions and 3,851 not - weight change for all participants was recorded at a 12-month follow-up. The delivery of the weight management interventions varied from face-to-face advice, telephone consultations and online support.

Key findings included;

•	Weight management interventions delivered by primary care practitioners are effective and can help patients to better manage their weight
•	At least 12 contacts with a practitioner are needed to deliver effective weight management programmes in primary care
•	Those who received a weight loss programme lost over 2.3kg more and improved their waist measurements by 2.5cm more than those not involved in the weight loss programme
•	The evidence also suggested that interventions delivered by non-medical practitioners were as effective as those delivered by GPs - both groups showed significant, and important weight loss

ukactive and Nike launch blueprint for unlocking nation's school sport facilities outside of school hours

The Open Doors Blueprint has been launched by ukactive and Nike - a guide which has the potential to further utilise the UK's school sport facilities outside of school hours. The blueprint is based on the Open Doors programme, which was coproduced with Nike and forms part of ukactive's Schools as Community Hubs policy.

The policy represents a universal model for unlocking the sports facilities within each community and to promote the social, mental and physical wellbeing of children and young people - particularly those from low-income households.

While the programme has proved successful in city locations such as London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester - the document is a practical resource aimed at schools, local authorities, delivery partners and funding organisations.

July '22 Insight Newsletter

Public Health Outcomes Framework

Updated segment tool providing information on drivers of inequalities in life expectancy at local area level

Research shows doctor-led advice on weight management is effective

ukactive and Nike launch blueprint for unlocking nation's school sport facilities outside of school hours

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