Using the Delphi Approach to Identify Priority Areas for Health Visiting Practice in an Area of Deprivation
Table 2
Facilitation guidance for stakeholder focus group. Introduction: we have some questions that we have prepared to help you think through what people in Tower Hamlets need and what services HVs should offer. However, we don’t want these to limit you in anyway. Please feel free to discuss things that you think are relevant. Note to facilitators: key questions are in the left-hand column and should be written on your flip charts in advance of the discussion.
Key questions
Triggers if required
What types of needs to you see or know about in your area?
What gaps do you notice in current health and social service provision for families with young children?
What gaps do you notice in public health provision for the local community?
Tell us about local health and social needs in Tower Hamlets. Tell us about the things that you think impact family and community health for example, practical/social issues: housing, legal advice, schools and education, lifestyle issues, physical health problems, and emotional and therapeutic support. What families have the greatest needs? And why? What communities have the greatest needs? And why? What services are offered and are they well received? And why? What services are poorly resourced? What could be done about these?
What are HVs/health visiting teams currently doing in your area?
How does your service interface with health visiting? What things do families report that HVs do for them? What things do HVs do well? What things could be improved? Is there a difference between your personal experience of HV compared to your professional experience? What are your experiences of working with skill mix teams? Nursery nurses, registered nurses, HV assistants
Tell us about what HVs/HV teams could do to support local community and families?
What types of needs could HVs/health visiting teams meet? How could they meet these? Advice? Clinics? Assessment? Therapeutic interventions?
In your opinion what are the most important issues or top priority needs that HVs/health visiting team should address?
