Module 4 Week 4: The implementation of interventions (meso-level)

 Welcome to the last week of the fourth module of this e-learning!

 In module 3 you have learned about, and practised, the implementation of interventions on an individual level. The knowledge you have gained there is very useful in this week, where interventions on a meso-level are central. Should you have forgotten the basics of implementation, please go through the material of module 3 again. 

Keep in mind that the structure, or planning, of implementation in general, can be applied in all situations, including the meso-level.

 Despite this, notice that there is one major difference with the micro-level, and that is that this time you have to deal with more actors than the individual end-user only. 

 In the next few days, you will focus on the mesolevel. Within this level, you will learn about three different perspectives: 

  • one from a residents-perspective (case LGRA, remember?), 
  • one from the perspective of a care organisation (eg a nursing home) and
  •  one from the perspective of the municipality.

 This week, you will make 2 implementation plans: one for the LGRA and one for a heat-health action plan in Climatown.

 In healthcare and welfare, organizations are responsible for taking care of their residents and patients. 

 

 

During heatwaves, these people are extra vulnerable to complications of heat stress. To deal with that, many organizations have so-called heat protocols. In these protocols, it has been formulated who has to do what, and why, in times of heatwaves. In practice, these protocols vary a lot. Please visit the Good-Practices database of this e-learning.


 See if you can find some good examples of heat protocols on an organizational level. If you can’t find any, in this database, please check the internet. Once you have found an extensive heat protocol, write down the main characteristics. And think critically about whether or not it is clear for every professional involved what to do in times of heatwaves.

 The third assignment this week is about local heat-health-action plans. Please find the WHO report on this topic (week 3), and go through it with an ‘implementation perspective’. What are the tips and tricks that the WHO suggests for a proper implementation plan? And how does that relate to the plan you made for the LGRA? What are the similarities, and what are the differences?

 Finally, please read the case of Climatown. You are asked to develop a heat-health action plan. Please do. And do not forget to use the information provided by the WHO report!

 Knowledge Check

This week’s knowledge check is rather straightforward and voluntary. Should you choose to not skip this assignment please find out:

a.     The criteria that are commonly used to determine whether or not people are vulnerable concerning heat waves. This is of importance for the input of any heat action plan.

b.     The possible role of GP’s, respectively of hospitals, in a heat action plan.

 If you have problems with finding the right answers? They can be found in the WHO report.




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