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6.0 - Rate per 1000 Children Aged 0-14 Living in Otara with Skin Infections Making Them Sick Enough to be Admitted to Hospital
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Story Behind the Curve
The data values reported form the baseline for this indicator and are sourced from Bede Oulaghan - Data Analyst Counties Manukau Health. The data is collected monthly and so can be reported more frequently, perhaps quarterly.
The qualitative story behind the baseline is sourced from Group Think through the following hui:
- Thriving Otara Hui#1, 29 September 2016 (5 Hrs)
- Thriving Otara Hui#2, 04 November 2016 (2 Hrs)
- Thriving Otara Hui#3, 09 December 2016 (2 Hrs)
- Thriving Otara Hui#4, 26 January 2017 (2 Hrs)
- Thriving Otara Hui#5, 23 February 2017 (2 Hrs)
- Thriving Otara Hui#6, 23 March 2017 (2 Hrs)
What's helping to reduce the number of children presenting with serious skin infections
- community based health system and delivery - school based programmes
- marketing using our HERO champions to access unhealthy options
- free healthcare for under 13 years (GP)
- health knowledge - knowing how to identify skin problems
What's not helping to reduce the number of children presenting with serious skin infections
- poorly designed health system e.g. primary health care access
- poor access to good nutrition
- cost of living, cost of medication
- stress/conflict
- unhealthy living environment - inability to provide clean dry bed linen in winter months
- household overcrowding - sharing beds
- low health literacy
- poor health promotion into community
- preschool, no health services (policies)
Partners
| Organisation/Place/Street Name | Contact Name and Role | Contribution This Organisation or Person Offers |
| Public Health Nurses | Nurse are accessible to pre-school children in their centres/homes | |
| GP Otara | Dr Mark Arbuckle - GP | Information about the delivery of medication, treatments. Can provide education, has a nurses clinic. |
| Primary Care Nurses GP Practice | Health navigators , review progress and know about addressing social issues | |
| Otara Localities | Glenys Stilwell - Operations Manager Otara Localities | Offers opportunities to link up/support services which work with families. Coordination of Health, Education, Churches and Social Service providers |
| KINZ Early learning centre | Jane Booker/ Lisa Frank | Agreeable to working together with public health nurses and other health professionals with the early learning centre |
| Auckland Council | Dr Tess Liew - Strategic Broker | Connects up like minded groups on community to work together effectively |
| Pacific Island Churches/Pastors | Connect up and share information with members and relay concerns/promote programmes | |
| Ethnic Groups Temples, Mosques | Socialise information, initiate opportunities to work together, provide feedback on best strategies toward effectiveness | |
| Primary Health Services | Opportunity to work together, share information, undertake joint projects, promote each others services/programmes | |
| Otara Schools | School Teachers | Could be trained to be aware and identify skin infections with kids in the classroom and refer for treatment. |
| Churches | Church Leaders | Could provide washing/drying facilities to help properly air and dry linen and clothes |
What I Can Do Differently to Improve Our Chances for Success
Changes We've Made To This Scorecard
| Date | Hui# | Changes Made | By Who |
| 04/11/2016 | 2 | Changed indicator title - From: Hospitalisation rate for skin infection 5–12 years, Otara Residents To: % Children Aged 5-12 Living in Otara with Skin Infections Making Them Sick Enough to be Admitted to Hospital | Hui#2 Group |
| 20/03/2017 | Changed indicator title - From: Hospitalisation rate for skin infection 5–12 years, Otara Residents To: Rate per 1000 Children Aged 0-14 Living in Otara with Skin Infections Making Them Sick Enough to be Admitted to Hospital This changes (to be ratified) in rate and age was made because the population projections work in five year age bands, and also when reflected as a percentage they are quite low. It should be acknowledged however that it is likely the hospital admission rate is only the tip of the iceberg and a small reflection of what's going on underneath. A small shift toward improvement shown at the tip, might in fact indicate a significant change occurring below. But only if the systemic contributing factors are targeted, and not just a regime of focusing on those individual whanau at the tip is undertaken. | John Coffey |
