Engaging Communities through Community Scorecards to Improve Social Accountab...Rebekah McKay-Smith
Engaging Communities through Community Scorecards to Improve Social Accountability and Health Service Delivery: Lessons learned from MANI Project, Bungoma County, Kenya
Confirming RAI skills in practice - Satu HavulinnaTHL
Confirming RAI skills in practice.
Satu Havulinna, phD, Senior Specialist, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare THL.
World interRAI Conference 2020.
Presentation given at the USAID SQALE Symposium, Bridging the Quality Gap - Strengthening Quality Improvement in Community Health Services, by Charles Mito on behalf of MEASURE Evaluation PIMA. http://usaidsqale.reachoutconsortium.org/
This presentation was given by Miriam Taegtmeyer at a meeting of the Overseas Development Institute on the 20 January 2016. In it she discusses the REACHOUT quality improvement approach.
Engaging Communities through Community Scorecards to Improve Social Accountab...Rebekah McKay-Smith
Engaging Communities through Community Scorecards to Improve Social Accountability and Health Service Delivery: Lessons learned from MANI Project, Bungoma County, Kenya
Confirming RAI skills in practice - Satu HavulinnaTHL
Confirming RAI skills in practice.
Satu Havulinna, phD, Senior Specialist, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare THL.
World interRAI Conference 2020.
Presentation given at the USAID SQALE Symposium, Bridging the Quality Gap - Strengthening Quality Improvement in Community Health Services, by Charles Mito on behalf of MEASURE Evaluation PIMA. http://usaidsqale.reachoutconsortium.org/
This presentation was given by Miriam Taegtmeyer at a meeting of the Overseas Development Institute on the 20 January 2016. In it she discusses the REACHOUT quality improvement approach.
Thomas Forissier - Training of district officials in UP in the strategic use ...POSHAN
Presentation by Thomas Forissier on "Training of district officials in UP in the strategic use of data" at Developing a nutrition training roadmap to support India’s nutrition progress (17-18 Dec 2019)
Measuring and Evaluating Reproductive Health Initiatives MEASURE Evaluation
This presentation provides an overview of the process of updating the Compendium of Indicators for Evaluating Reproductive Health Programs and what the final product will include.
Healtho5 ecosystem of mobile applications will encourage new ways of integrating healthcare Insurance, healthcare service delivery and product sales on a digital platform.
In August 2013, USAID supported the Second Annual Round Table on Governance for Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). The purpose of the round table was to bring thought leaders together to discuss how good governance enables and facilitates better health system performance and outcomes
Join us for a summary of key conclusions from the round table followed by a discussion about new insights into principles and practices of smart governance in the health systems of LMICs.
Clinical Data Quality in Mozambique: A Comparative ExerciseJSI
Presentation for the American Public Health Association & Expo in Atlanta, GA. November 2017:
Ensuring that quality data are collected and reported to the Ministry of Health (MOH) is a priority in Mozambique as it is the foundation for the provision of quality health services. Since 2014, the Strategic Information Project in Mozambique (M-SIP) has provided technical assistance to MOH to conduct annual rounds of data quality assessments (DQA) in each province. Seven indicators were selected as part of the national DQA strategy. Each DQA had a quantitative and a system assessment component. The quantitative component includes tracing and verification of reported data, where recounted data is compared to data reported at three levels: health facility (HF), district, and province. M-SIP conducted all DQAs using the same methodology making the results comparable. After three consecutive national rounds, there is a clear trend of improvement, despite deviations remaining high. The regular, reinforcing nature of this activity and consistency of HF recommendations has had a positive impact on the data quality and results of the assessments. For example, the overall national deviation of the “patients active in ART” indicator decreased from 37% to 22% over the three-year period. The successful implementation of the DQA activity, as well as its unique, inclusive approach to promoting MOH ownership, has resulted in MOH recognition—at all levels—that DQA activities are crucial to future success. The M-SIP and MOH teams are now developing a more methodological approach to MOH staff empowerment, enabling fully independent MOH implementation of this activity while continuing to improve the quality of data.
Procedure-Related Group Incremental Reformmjbinstitute
A presentation from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute to the 4th Meeting of the Joint Network on Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems for the OECD Working Party of Senior Budget Officials (SBO) Forum in Paris, 16-17 February, 2015.
The presentation includes an overview of the Israeli healthcare system and hospital market; a discussion of the hospital payment reform; and lessons for other countries.
For more information on this or other studies from Israel's leading center for applied social research, visit us at www.jdc.org/brookdale or www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
Thomas Forissier - Training of district officials in UP in the strategic use ...POSHAN
Presentation by Thomas Forissier on "Training of district officials in UP in the strategic use of data" at Developing a nutrition training roadmap to support India’s nutrition progress (17-18 Dec 2019)
Measuring and Evaluating Reproductive Health Initiatives MEASURE Evaluation
This presentation provides an overview of the process of updating the Compendium of Indicators for Evaluating Reproductive Health Programs and what the final product will include.
Healtho5 ecosystem of mobile applications will encourage new ways of integrating healthcare Insurance, healthcare service delivery and product sales on a digital platform.
In August 2013, USAID supported the Second Annual Round Table on Governance for Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). The purpose of the round table was to bring thought leaders together to discuss how good governance enables and facilitates better health system performance and outcomes
Join us for a summary of key conclusions from the round table followed by a discussion about new insights into principles and practices of smart governance in the health systems of LMICs.
Clinical Data Quality in Mozambique: A Comparative ExerciseJSI
Presentation for the American Public Health Association & Expo in Atlanta, GA. November 2017:
Ensuring that quality data are collected and reported to the Ministry of Health (MOH) is a priority in Mozambique as it is the foundation for the provision of quality health services. Since 2014, the Strategic Information Project in Mozambique (M-SIP) has provided technical assistance to MOH to conduct annual rounds of data quality assessments (DQA) in each province. Seven indicators were selected as part of the national DQA strategy. Each DQA had a quantitative and a system assessment component. The quantitative component includes tracing and verification of reported data, where recounted data is compared to data reported at three levels: health facility (HF), district, and province. M-SIP conducted all DQAs using the same methodology making the results comparable. After three consecutive national rounds, there is a clear trend of improvement, despite deviations remaining high. The regular, reinforcing nature of this activity and consistency of HF recommendations has had a positive impact on the data quality and results of the assessments. For example, the overall national deviation of the “patients active in ART” indicator decreased from 37% to 22% over the three-year period. The successful implementation of the DQA activity, as well as its unique, inclusive approach to promoting MOH ownership, has resulted in MOH recognition—at all levels—that DQA activities are crucial to future success. The M-SIP and MOH teams are now developing a more methodological approach to MOH staff empowerment, enabling fully independent MOH implementation of this activity while continuing to improve the quality of data.
Procedure-Related Group Incremental Reformmjbinstitute
A presentation from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute to the 4th Meeting of the Joint Network on Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems for the OECD Working Party of Senior Budget Officials (SBO) Forum in Paris, 16-17 February, 2015.
The presentation includes an overview of the Israeli healthcare system and hospital market; a discussion of the hospital payment reform; and lessons for other countries.
For more information on this or other studies from Israel's leading center for applied social research, visit us at www.jdc.org/brookdale or www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
Higher Education Policy and Institutional Context: Evaluating Israel's Nation...mjbinstitute
A presentation on the Israeli Council for Higher Education's national initiative to increase access to higher education among Arab students. The presentation was delivered by Ayala Hendin, a researcher at the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem who is leading the national evaluation of the initiative. It was delivered at the 2015 international conference of the British Society for Research into Higher Education, held in Newport, Wales, December 8-11.
Young Adults with Disabilities in Israel--Integration into Employmentmjbinstitute
In recent decades, young adults have encountered increasing difficulty in entering the workforce both in Israel and abroad. The issue is more severe for young adults with disabilities and/or low-level education.
This report from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute presents – for the first time in Israel – comprehensive, up-to-date information on the characteristics of young adults with disabilities, the extent of their integration into work and studies, their difficulties, the various systems they rely on, and their needs for assistance. The study aims to raise awareness of their needs and to provide a basis for planning policy and programs that ease their transition to adult life.
For more information on this report or other MJB studies, email us at brook@jdc.org.il, and visit us at http://brookdale.jdc.org.il/ and www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
MJB Facts and Figures on the Arab Population in Israel 2015-12mjbinstitute
An up-to-date summary of key social and demographic statistics about Israel's Arab population, provided by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, Israel's leading center for applied research on social policy and social services.
For more information on this or other critical social policy issues, visit MJB at brookdale.jdc.org.il and www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
Poverty in Israel 2015 Facts and Figuresmjbinstitute
MJB's latest data snapshot, examining recent statistics on poverty in Israel--with tables on poverty rates of disadvantaged populations and the relative representation of groups among the poor population.
For more information on this or other issues related to Israel's social policy and social services, visit us at www.jdc.org.il/brookdale or www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
Israel National Strategy for Dementia October 2013mjbinstitute
As populations age, the prevalence of chronic diseases and related disabilities rises significantly. Thus, caring for the elderly, which entails coping with chronic diseases and disabilities, promoting prevention, and helping with end-of-life decisions, is a major challenge for the health and social services today. Dementia is one of the “geriatric giants” – a term coined by the late Prof. Bernard Isaacs to highlight the major illnesses associated with aging.
Dementia is one of the main causes of disability among the elderly (OECD, 2012), and is viewed as one of the most distressing and devastating of conditions that has great impact on those who suffer from it, and on the family members who care for them. Dementia also has a significant financial impact on society and poses a challenge for the health and social service systems. As a result, there is a broad worldwide consensus that there is a need for a systemic response to the implications of the aging of the population, in general, and to the rise in dementia, in particular.
Many countries, including the UK, France, Scotland, Norway, Ireland, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Canada and the US have developed national strategic plans and other countries are in the process of doing so. Recently, Israel has joined these countries by developing a national strategic plan for dealing with the challenges posed by the disease, as presented in this document. The plan was formulated by an interdisciplinary group composed of experts from government ministries (health, social affairs and services, national insurance, and senior citizens), health plans, hospitals, JDC-Eshel, non-profit organizations (Emda and Melabev), and leading academics. The process was headed by the Center for Research on Aging at the Myers-JDC Brookdale Institute (MJB) and the National Geriatric Council, with the support of the Helen Bader Foundation.
The vision of the strategic plan is to enable people with dementia and their families - through a broad array of easily accessible, high-standard supports and services - to live as full, independent and dignified lives as possible. The plan recognizes the need to address dementia from the stages of prevention of risk factors and early detection, to diagnosis and patient care, and through assurance of quality of end of life. It proposes to do so by implementing interdisciplinary work principles and care, and boosting the coordination and cooperation of all the parties involved.
For more information, visit the Myers-JDC-Brookdale website at www.jdc.org.il/brookdale or contact us at brook@jdc.org.
Promotion of Early Childhood Language Skills in the Ultra-Orthodox Communitymjbinstitute
In recent years, ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) society has become increasingly aware of the need to professionalize education, particularly in early childhood.
In 2011, JDC-Ashalim, the Ministry of Education and the nonprofit organization Achiya introduced a pilot to advance language skills in ultra-Orthodox preschools for boys (Talmud Torah) in Bene Beraq and Beitar Illit.
The goal was to provide the melamdim (male teachers in these preschools) with tools to enhance the children's language skills and to respond to the main challenges in early childhood education in the ultra-Orthodox community, among them:
1. A shortage of ultra-Orthodox men with formal training and skills in the area of childhood development and early childhood language skills and literacy
2. Traditional teaching practices, particularly the concomitant utilization of Hebrew and Yiddish, which make language learning a challenge
3. A lack of literature appropriate for the children's language level and for ultra-Orthodox language and culture, and a lack of appropriate didactic and creative games.
The program was implemented for 3 years in 51 classes at 17 Talmud Torah preschools. The participants received lectures as well as supervision and guidance in the classroom. The program also included the development of culturally sensitive books and games as well as training for the melamdim in how to use them as a means to develop language among children.
This report presents the findings of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute evaluation of the program. The findings are based on questionnaires, interviews, and observations in the preschools (based on a structured instrument to assess language environment), which were adapted to the ultra-Orthodox preschool environment.
They reveal that the melamdim had indeed adopted new strategies for imparting language skills and were incorporating them into the standard practices at Talmud Torah.
The melamdim reported a high level of satisfaction with the training. In addition, this is the first study to document the current work practices of the melamdim in detail.
The study findings were used to enhance the program while the pilot was in progress. Moreover, the study indicates strategies for developing similar programs in the field of education in the ultra-Orthodox community.
Following the pilot and study findings, the Ministry of Education and JDC-Ashalim have developed a system-wide program to promote early childhood development, which will be implemented in 7 ultra-Orthodox localities in Israel.
The study was commissioned by JDC-Ashalim and funded with its assistance.
For more information on this subject or other issues of social policy, visit us at http://brookdale.jdc.org.il/ or www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute
Whole systems change across a neighbourhood
How can we collaborate with people to help them build their resilience? Get under the skin of the culture and the lives people live. Identify people’s feelings and experiences of community and understand what people think is shaped by different values and by the environment and infrastructure around them. The future of collaboration could bring many opportunities but people find it more difficult to live and act together than before. How can we help people…and communities build their resilience? Understand people’s different situations and capabilities to develop pathways that help them build resilient relationships. Help people experience and practice change together. Help people grow everyday practices into sustainable projects. Turn people’s everyday motivations into design principles. Support infrastructure that connects different cultures of collaboration. Build relationships with people designing in collaboration for the future…now.
The Quality Management webinar series, hosted by the IAASB in collaboration with IFAC, takes a deep dive into aspects of the IAASB’s International Standard on Quality Management 1, Quality Management for Firms that Perform Audits or Reviews of Financial Statements, or Other Assurance or Related Services Engagements.
The webinar series focused on:
Webinar One: All You Need to Know about the Firm’s Risk Assessment Process
Webinar Two: Resources: Expectations for Firms and Engagement Partners
Webinar Three: What’s New for Firms’ Monitoring and Remediation Processes
Webinar Four: Bringing it All Together: Exploring all the Components of a Quality Management System
ISQM 1 is part of the IAASB’s suite of quality management standards. Firms are required to have systems of quality management designed and implemented in accordance with ISQM 1 by December 15, 2022. Learn more about the quality management standards at: iaasb.org/quality-management
CPHA 2014: Partnerships for Health System ImprovementHealth Evidence™
Slides from an oral presentation given at the Canadian Public Health Association's annual conference, Public Health 2014. This presentation presented the results from a Partnerships for Health System Improvement study.
10 Things to Know about Aging in Israel 2020 (Hebrew)mjbinstitute
Presentation by Dr. Yitschak Shnoor, Research Scholar in the Aging Team (Family Research Group) at the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, as part of a webinar on Aging in Israel, September 9, 2020
Are children with disabilities more likely to experience abuse and neglect? I...mjbinstitute
Presentation by Dori Rivkin, Senior Research Scholar and Research Team Leader, Family Group, the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, Israel's leading center for applied social research.
Presented online to Haruv Virtual Summer Series, Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
The report of the evaluation of the Digital Leader program for municipal civil servants in Israel. The evaluation was conducted by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem.
מצגת זו מסכמת את ממצאי ההערכה של המחזור השני של תוכנית "מובילים דיגיטליים" לשילטון המקומי, המכשירה מובילי חדשנות דיגיטלית בשירות הציבורי
Personal Welfare among Young Israeli Adults: 2003 2017mjbinstitute
Analysis of survey data related to young Israeli adults and their sense of personal welfare, published by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem..
Prof Mendel Singer Big Data Meets Public Health and Medicine 2018 12-22mjbinstitute
Presentation by Prof. Mendel Singer of Case Western Reserve University, on the issue of "big data" in health care and policy research. Presented at the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem.
User Involvement in the Regulation of Welfare Services: A Conceptual Framework mjbinstitute
Presentation by Hilla Dolev, of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute (Jerusalem, Israel), presented at the European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, 7th Biennial Conference (Lausanne, Switzerland). July 2018.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2018--Israel Datamjbinstitute
A presentation from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute on statistics and data about Israel's population of people with disabilities (in Hebrew). The presentation was developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and the Commission for Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities.
Creating Community Resilience to Improve Children's Well-being in Disadvantag...mjbinstitute
Evaluation of the Better Together Program, which focuses on creating community resilience by improving the well-being of children and youth and their families in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Israel. This Hebrew-language report was prepared by Smadar Somekh, Aya Almog, and Dalia Ben-Rabi of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem.
Creating Community Resilience to Improve Children's Well-being in Disadvantag...mjbinstitute
Evaluation of the Better Together Program, which focuses on creating community resilience by improving the well-being of children and youth and their families in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Israel. This report was prepared by Smadar Somekh, Aya Almog, and Dalia Ben-Rabi of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem.
Presentation by Yael Ashkenazi, from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute's Smokler Center for Health Policy Research, presented at the Engelberg Center for Children and Youth's annual conference, Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in Jerusalem.
Smadar Somekh and Aya Almog Better Together Neighborhood Intervention 2018-07_10mjbinstitute
Presentation by Smadar Somekh and Aya Almog, from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute's Engelberg Center for Children and Youth, presented at the Center's annual conference, Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in Jerusalem.
Ruth Baruj-Kovarsky Attendance Officers in Israel 2018-07-10mjbinstitute
Presentation by Ruth Baruj-Kovarsky, from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute's Engelberg Center for Children and Youth, presented at the Center's annual conference, Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in Jerusalem.
Dganit Levi Interministerial Cooperation for Children's Services: Youth Cente...mjbinstitute
Presentation by Dganit Levi, from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale institute's Engelberg Center for Children and Youth, presented at the Center's annual conference, Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in Jerusalem.
Residential school counselors_2018-05-30mjbinstitute
A presentation from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute's Division on Quality in Social Services, discussing a research study on the successful work practices of counselors working in residential schools for at-risk youth. (Hebrew)
When Home Becomes a Battleground: Children in High-Conflict Divorce Families mjbinstitute
A presentation made by Miriam Navot, Director of the Engelberg Center for Children and Youth at the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem, at the MJB Board meeting in New York iin October 2017.
Dr. Shuli Brammli Greenberg Presentation 2017-10-25mjbinstitute
A presentation on how the work of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute's Smokler Center for Health Policy impacts national reform of health policy, presented by Dr. Shuli Brammli Greenberg, Senior Researcher at the Smokler Center.
EMET--Culturally Fair Testing In Israelmjbinstitute
The EMET (Culturally Fair Testing) Program was established by JDC-TEVET in 2010 following reports by employers on the difficulties of hiring Ethiopian-Israelis for positions dependent on successful employment testing. The main goals were to reduce the employment barriers for Ethiopian-Israelis and broaden their employment horizons by encouraging employers to use screening tools that are culturally appropriate for minority populations.
The program was accompanied by a comprehensive two-stage study conducted by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute.
Stage 1 reviewed the methods for reducing the gaps between different groups in employment screening according to the professional literature, and examined whether the existing tools prevent the hiring of Ethiopian-Israeli candidates. These findings were summarized in 2013 in MJB’s report, Culturally Fair Testing: A Review of the International Literature on Employment Screening Methods and an Examination of its Implications for Israel, and were presented before human-resource personnel, researchers, professionals, and field staff working with Ethiopian-Israelis.
Stage 2 began with the development by JDC-TEVET, together with a multidisciplinary team of professionals, of eight new culturally appropriate employment screening tools that assess mathematical, verbal, interpersonal and other skills. MJB, in partnership with the Adam Milo Institute, conducted a validation study to identify which tools were most effective at predicting job performance and reducing gaps between the groups.
The findings are helping to expand the employment options of minority groups and for encouraging employment diversity.
The study was supported in part by the UJA-Federation of New York.
Assessing the Quality of End of-Life Care for Older Persons with Advanced Dem...mjbinstitute
Dementia is one of the most devastating illnesses affecting older persons. According to a survey from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, approximately 5% of Israeli elderly living in the community have advanced dementia.
This first study of the care of older people with advanced dementia in Israel reveals a wide range of unmet health and social service needs. It points to the need for a comprehensive policy for developing services to improve the quality of care and reduce the burden on the families.
The findings are contributing to the implementation of the national strategic plan for addressing the challenges of dementia, currently being implemented by the Ministry of Health, and to a new national program for palliative care for people with terminal illnesses, which is in the planning stages as a joint initiative of the Ministry of Health, JDC-ESHEL, and MJB.
The study was funded with the assistance of the Helen Daniels Bader Fund of Bader Philanthropies of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Israel's Ethiopian Population Progress and Challenges 2015-05mjbinstitute
An up-to-date snapshot of the social and demographic characteristics of Israel's Ethiopian population, provided by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, Israel's leading center for applied research on social policy and social services.
For more information on this or other critical social policy issues, visit MJB at brookdale.jdc.org.il and www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdfSaeed Al Dhaheri
This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
What is the point of small housing associations.pptxPaul Smith
Given the small scale of housing associations and their relative high cost per home what is the point of them and how do we justify their continued existance
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
Understanding the Challenges of Street ChildrenSERUDS INDIA
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2. 2
Main Goals of the RAF Method
1. Monitor adherence to the standards and regulations
2. Encourage continuous improvement at all levels
3. Enhance management capacities of the care facilities
4. Provide database for policy making
3. Residential settings for:
• The aged
• Children at risk
• Juvenile offenders
• People with physical disabilities
• People with developmental disabilities
• People struggling with alcohol, drug, and gambling
addictions
3
Services Utilizing the RAF Method
Services in the community:
• All community services for children and youth at risk
• Rehabilitative preschool facilities for children with
disabilities
• Service for treatment of addictions
• Social Service departments at the municipalities
4. 4
Prior to RAF:
• The regulatory process: not systematic and not uniform
• Inspectors serving mainly as advisors
• Hardly any written documentation in the:
Facilities
Inspection system
• No computerization
• No systematic database
• Minimal follow-up of correction of deficiencies
5. 5
1. Collecting client data
2. Analyzing client data
and producing reports
3. Constructing personal
care plans
Regular
inspector
visits
Regular
inspector
visits
Regular
inspector
visits
4. Collecting facility
level data
5. Year of Comprehensive Inspection
Process
Comprehensive
visit
Feedback to the facility
& constructing a yearly
work plan
Initial
follow-up
Regular
inspector
visits
5. Year without Comprehensive
Inspection Process
Constructing a yearly work plan
6. Internal quality
assurance processes
7. Decisions about
licensing the facility
Regular
inspector
visits
Regular
inspector
visits
Index:
Multi-Annual Inspection, according to the Raf Method
Inspection processes
Inspection processes
6. 6
Types of Data Provided by the RAF System
1. Data on clients
• Demographic and administrative data
• Profile of their problems (tracers)
2. Data on quality of care in the facilities:
• Treatment
• Management
• Infrastructure
• Client's perspective
3. Information on implementing inspection
• Meeting work plan requirements
7. 7
The Impact of the RAF: The Inspection Level
1. Creating uniform and systematic tools for inspection
2. Streamlining the process of regulation
3. Transparency and improved dialogue with the care
facility
4. Incorporating the client viewpoint as part of the
regulation process
5. Decisions based on data
6. Help in dealing with irregular incidents
8. 8
The Impact of the RAF: The Level of the Care Facility
1. An enhanced sense of fairness
2. Improved service
3. Improved record keeping
4. More structured work procedures
5. Triggering organizational learning processes and
data-based decision making
9. 9
The Impact of the RAF: The Service Management Level
1. Data-based policymaking
2. Upgrading standards and regulations
3. Creating a common language and basis for
comparison
4. A solid base for steps of enforcement
5. Improving the ability to monitor the regulation
process
10. 10
Contributing Factors for Successful Implementation
1. Awareness and motivation to change
2. Commitment of the leadership
3. True partnership between people in the field and the
advisory body
4. Gradual implementation
5. Providing resources and infrastructure
6. Using opinion leaders to serve as agents of change
7. Flexibility
8. Presenting data in a user friendly way
9. Immediate response to obstacles
11. 11
The Ministry of Social Affairs
The RAF System
The Children and Youth Services
1413121110987654321AgeGenderFirst
Name
Family
Name
I.D.
10M
10M
9M
10F
9F
7M
10M
11M
13M
10F
11F
10F
13. Suicidal
behavior
11. Drug abuse9. Enuresis7. Problematic
social behavior
5. Problematic
relations with family
3. Running
away
1. Low achievement
at school
List of
Tracers
14. Problematic
sexual behavior
12. Depression
and anxiety
10. Alcohol use8. Theft6. Aggression4. Physical
self-neglect
2. Behavior at
school
No problem
Having no difficulty with tracer
Difficulty with tracer – no change from the previous year
Difficulty with tracer in previous year – improvement noted this year
Sample Report
