title: HImPs (health improvement programmes). Trusting to luck.
abstract: An analysis of 36 health authorities' health improvement programmes found they reflected national priorities well. The average number of priorities was 13, with coronary heart disease/stroke, mental health and cancer being the most common. One plan set no priorities. Most programmes included some consultation with the public. Only seven HImPs included measurable targets. Many plans were written in a way which would make them difficult for the public to understand. Only 13 provided a glossary.
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gillam
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000592:standards; D006292:Health Priorities; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013222:State Medicine; D017749:Total Quality Management; D006113:United Kingdom