Part 1: Introduction and agenda
Strand 3: The Reality of a Whole Systems Approach
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Learning Objectives
After watching this section, you should be able to:
- Identify the main themes covered in this strand: framing and communication, community engagement, driving commitment, and progress to date
- Recognise why WSA is talked about and communicated as a foundational concern, rather than an afterthought
Key Points
- This strand shares practical learning from introducing a whole systems approach to healthy weight
- Framing, language, and communication are presented as a practical tool for delivering a WSA
- Community engagement and gathering local insight are crucial for identifying recommendations and evidencing what actions are needed
- The “action stage” — driving commitment across partners — is the next step after framing and insight-gathering
- Progress is framed around four pillars of healthy weight delivery: system-wide delivery with strategic partners, prevention, a healthier food environment, and support for residents
Further Reading
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Knowledge Check
Complete the questions below before moving on.
This introduction outlines four stages that structure the rest of the strand. Which stage is described as being about “driving commitment” across partners?
The correct answer is The action stage. The introduction describes the “action stage” as the point at which the focus shifts to the actual doing — driving commitment across partners and working out what those partners need to do to move the whole systems approach forward. Framing and communication comes earlier and concerns how the approach is talked about; community insight concerns gathering local evidence; and progress review comes last, covering what has been achieved so far.
- False — community insight is about gathering local evidence and recommendations, not driving commitment.
- False — framing and communication is about how the approach is talked about, not about driving commitment.
- False — progress review covers what has been achieved so far, not the process of driving commitment.
- True