title: Influencing population health performance: feedback from managers, population health staff and clinicians on the NSW Population Health Standards for Area Health Services.
abstract: The NSW Population Health Standards for Area Health Services have recently been introduced in NSW to assist area health services assess and improve performance in population health. Greater Western Area Health Service was the pilot site for trialling the Standards as a self-assessment tool. Following self-assessment, managers, population health staff and clinicians were asked for feedback. Staff were either interviewed or participated in a group discussion. Consulting with staff who would be required to use the Standards in the long term was seen as important for facilitating implementation across the area health service. The Standards were seen as credible and potentially beneficial, especially in raising the profile of population health work and encouraging population-based and integrated approaches.
authors.affiliation: Population Health Standards Evaluation Group, Greater Western Area Health Service. jeannine.liddle@gwahs.health.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Jeannine L M
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Liddle
authors.forename: Thérèse C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Margaret S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lesjak
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Milat
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Lyle
authors.forename: Emma L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Webster
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009517:New South Wales; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011634:Public Health / Q000592:standards*; D015980:Public Health Practice / Q000592:standards*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires