ECC Research & Citizen Insight developed a series of resources, below, intended to support Public Health Accelerator bid applications and awarded projects with the planning, design and delivery of their project evaluation. 1) Mapping your evaluation journey: This provides guidance and key lines of thinking to developing an evaluation tailored to specific projects, based on the project position, scale and timescales....
A set of slide packs looking at how outcomes vary across the protected characteristics in Essex. Each slide pack shows the distribution of residents who have the protected characteristic across Essex. The slides also compare the distribution of the protected characteristic in the general Essex population and in residents who have a specific outcome (e.g. disability). For example if black people make...
Projects applying to the PHAB programme for £15,000 or more are classified as major grants. Major grant projects awarded funding are required to deliver an evaluation of their project (at suitable project timelines), as outlined in the evaluation specification documents. These resources are is intended to support PHAB projects to deliver their project evaluation, covering ranging potential research methods.
Projects applying to the PHAB programme for £15,000 or more are classified as major grants. Major grant projects awarded funding are required to deliver an evaluation of their project (at suitable project timelines), as outlined in the evaluation specification documents. These resources are is intended to support PHAB projects to commission their project evaluation externally if required.
Healthy life expectancy is the number of years a baby born today is expected to live in 'good health', provided that current mortality and health trends remain fixed over their lifetime. There is interest in understanding how healthy life expectancy varies within Essex. This has not been possible due to the data not being available at small areas below district...
The Essex Resident Survey is Essex County Council’s biggest survey exercise and aims to generate insights on residents’ aspirations, views and values, helping to shape strategy, and to inform key delivery programmes and our engagement with residents. With just over 6,500 residents responding to the 2023 survey, it allows us to better understand the diversity of views and experiences within...
Essex County Council commissioned the University of Essex to undertake research exploring the financial barriers to apprenticeships for 16-18 year olds in Essex, particularly those from low-income families. The research was a small-scale study conducted during 2023 involving young people, parents and representatives from colleges and other stakeholders, and provides insight on: To what extent finances are a barrier to...
The Essex Youth Vaping report provides the insights from the research project conducted to understand more about children and young people’s (CYP’s) vaping in Essex. With findings from CYP, parent’s/carer’s of CYP, and secondary schools, this includes Essex information on: Scale of youth vaping, and the culture, experiences, and activities around it Levels of knowledge and awareness around vaping,...
Supporting people to live healthy lifestyles is one of the Everyone’s Essex commitments, and increasing levels of physical activity among children and young people is a key priority for the county. To inform the expansion of the Find Your Active campaign, research was needed to better understand children and young people’s attitudes and behaviours around physical activity, to inform the campaign...
Reporting the Essex picture for Conceptions and Abortions for those under the age of 18
