PQ0311 - Community Health Profiles Evaluation

The Communities Team, Public Health Division, are developing a series of short evidence summaries focusing on specific communities of interest. These are based on religion, ethnicity, disability, experience, and sexual orientation. This supports the Public Health Division's work to improve the understanding into the diverse communities of Birmingham.

The Community Health Profiles provide desktop analysis of published evidence, grey literature, and population survey data within a specific community of focus. The profiles offer insight into the community's inequalities (health needs). They will be shared across Birmingham City Council (The Council) and externally across Birmingham.

There are common objectives for each of the evidence summaries, which are:

o To identify and summarise the physical health, mental health, lifestyle, behavioural and wider determinants of health-related issues affecting the specific community both nationally and locally o To identify and summarise gaps in knowledge about the physical health, mental health, lifestyle, behavioural and wider determinants of health-related issues that may be affecting the specific community nationally and locally. o To collate and present this information under the ten key priority areas identified in the Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Birmingham 2021 o To engage with the local communities on the evidence found and any gaps o To promote these summaries for Local Authority and wider system use for community and service development.

As part of the evaluation, we are seeking for an organisation to select profiles that cover diverse communities within our range of communities of identity, place, and experience. A portion of these profiles is expected to be used as the bases for more in-depth case studies. The application questions will require the provider to describe their methodology for selecting them.

The Council are keen to explore the potential of the Community Health Profiles in Birmingham, the West Midlands, and the UK. We want the awarded supplier to assess the reach of these profiles in a range of settings, including but not limited to the NHS, ICS, grassroots community organisations and commissioning services.

The project is due to start on 1st April 2023, for period of up to 2 years until the 31st March 2025.

The Council expect the successful provider to work closely with the Public Health Communities Team and our commissioned partners, as the evaluation must help inform and support the delivery of the Community Health Profiles themselves. We are seeking an experienced organisation to deliver the evaluation. We envisage that it will include internal council teams (Public Health directorate and wider), grassroots organisations within Birmingham and key stakeholders within Public Health. We are undertaking an evaluation to help determine how well the Community Health Profiles are achieving their objectives and identif...