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Building Boxes - Building Futures
Catherine McClennan - Programme Director
Dave Sweeney - Chief Officer NHS Halton CCG
Belfast 2017
Cheshire and Merseyside
Women’s and Children’s Services Partnership
• Baby Boxes originated in Finland in
1938, in response to the country’s
very high infant mortality
• Government ‘maternity package’
• Reduction in infant mortality rates
• Access early antenatal care and
promotes breast feeding
• Equitable start in life
• Mothers are the happiest in the world
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• The Baby Box Company now provide
boxes to many countries
• Access to Baby Box University Health
Improvement platform for parents and
healthcare professionals
Background
1. Building Boxes Building Futures• 30,000 across Cheshire and Merseyside
• Online support platform Baby Box University
• Pilot social prescribing platform supporting Baby Box community
• Launching innovative partnership between Improving Me, Elemental,
funded through innovation agency
• Baby Box community- a real social movement
2.Game Changer progressing in 36 schools – Early results week 1-
12 show:
• Game Changer – launch of wearable devices and web based
dashboard• Game Changer with Widnes Vikings – rolling out to 11 Super League
Clubs.
Enabling Social Movement
Inspiring Schools
• Through schools signing the ‘Game Changer Pledge’, children are challenged to be active for 80 minutes per day.
• Schools participate in a 24 week Game Changer intervention: 12 weeks delivered by Widnes Vikings, 12 weeks delivered by the school.
• School Teachers are upskilled around how they can embed more physical activity within the school day.
• Game Changer is supported by regular player appearances in the school through their role as health ambassadors who advocate the message for children to participate in regular physical activity and
eat healthy.
TRAKKA™ - TECHNOLOGY AS AN ENABLER
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Data Collected
via Trakka
Insights provided by dashboards to give easy
access to data
Data sent to
the Cloud via gateway in school
Data enriched via IBM Watson
API API
Initial Results
• Cohort One: 12 Week Data (Sep 16 – Jan 17)
• Data taken at week 12 and assessed against week 1 baseline.
Overall Participant %
• 60% reduced their Waist Circumference measurement
• 63% improved their Standing Long Jump Score
• 60% improved their Hand Grip Strength
• 65% improved their Bleep Test Score
• 50% improved their Shuttle Test Score
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