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the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and your
Community
What is the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)?
• Despite the name it’s not a military task force
• Set up from the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007
•Assessment of health inequalities carried out by the NHS in conjunction with the local council
What is the Joint Strategic Needs
Assessment (JSNA)?
•Identifies the critical health inequalities existing in the borough
•A frame work for commissioning services
•Addresses health inequalities in a holistic way
•Looks at two areas, ‘health and wellbeing’ and ‘risk factors and wider determinants’
What is the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)?
• Harnessing the voices and knowledge of the community is critical to the success and integrity of the assessment
What is the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)?
What is the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)?
What is the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)?
How can my community benefit from the
JSNA? • Addresses opportunities for development, and recommendations for improvement
•Offers a path for more community expertise in addressing the health and wellbeing of communities
•Quantitative information which can inform the fundraising strategy of community groups
•Offers the opportunity to have community voices heard
How can my community benefit from the
JSNA? Example 1 – Cardio Vascular Disease (CVD)
•The biggest killer in Islington - JSNA focus on tackling socio-economic risk factors
How can my community benefit from the
JSNA? Who can help? How can they help?
Islington Somali Forum / Somali organisations.
Providing healthy eating and fitness classes, smoking cessation projects
Culturally specific approaches to promoting healthier lifestyles.
Islington BME Forum / BME groups
Reducing mental health inequalities
Promoting good mental health, which impacts on physical health.
Sport Islington Promoting the role of sport and exercise in a healthy lifestyle
Services to promote the uptake of exercise.
How can my community benefit from the
JSNA? Example 2 – Mental Health
•Islington has higher level of mental health – very complex
•JSNA areas of opportunity - long-term mental health problems & mental health stigma / discrimination
How can my community benefit from the
JSNA? Who can help? How can they help?
Islington Refugee Forum / the Refugee Therapy Centre
Providing mental health services for a particularly vulnerable group.
Provide tailored services to this specific community
Islington BME Forum / BME groups
Reducing mental health inequalities, promoting good mental health.
Profile raising events, aimed at reducing stigma and promoting early prevention and detection.
Camden and Islington Providers’ Forum
Services to raise awareness of mental health issues,
Services aimed at helping users realise their life ambitions.
How can my community benefit from the
JSNA? Example 3 – Housing and Homelessness •Housing is vital for good health
•Homelessness is also an issue - number of households in temporary accommodation
• JSNA highlighted effective advice
How can my community benefit from the
JSNA? Who can help? How can they help?
Community Investment Group of the Islington Housing Group (IHAG)
Engaging communities into regeneration schemes,
Promote health and social impact assessments.
Homelessness Forum Providing services to rough sleepers, for example advice and assistance into housing / shelter.
Advice Network Provide effective advice on housing and housing related legal issues.E.g. refugees and their ‘limited leave to remain’ status.
Provide support strategies for overcrowded households.
Conclusion – using local expertise
•JSNA highlights the main health and wellbeing issues
•A framework to commission quality services
•Formed through engagement with the community and voluntary organisations
•Benefits community and voluntary organisations by showing where their services could be used, and funded
•Services and expertise offered by the ICN members and their groups is an amazing asset
Presentation compiled and written by:
Duncan McLagganProject Officer – Community NetworkVoluntary Action IslingtonE: [email protected]: 0207 832 5829
