"This week I have been working on a major strategy for service design -- it is easy to get solely focussed on hospitals, performance targets, and work force planning -- all very important; but at the same the needs of young people and how we need to work across agencies to address the health needs of today and tomorrow must be recognised. SHEU is founded to do just this."
Getting the evidence into practice and policy to improve young people's health: Some barriers and facilitators.
MacKinnon,D Backett-Milburn,K 2005. Getting the evidence into practice and policy to improve young people's health: Some barriers and facilitators. Rather than just focusing on the viewpoint of researchers, this article illustrates that there are challenges for policy-makers and practitioners too including adopting a more multi-stakeholder approach that involves recognising different interests, greater collaboration and becoming skilled communicators,. Education and Health 23(3),47-48. PDF