Find below slides and recordings from previous Festivals of Evidence, as well as other related resources and suggestions for further reading.
Refresh your thinking on how you can find, collect and use health and wellbeing data and evidence to improve services in Hertfordshire.
Try the Evidence Pie - A simple way to understand and use different types of evidence for better decisions. We have advice to help you reflect on the evidence you collect and the gaps you could fill - introducing the evidence pie.
Evidencing the need: use this StoryMap to find reliable sources of health and wellbeing evidence to support your work in Hertfordshire
StoryMaps – See our collections of interactive guides to health and wellbeing evidence in Hertfordshire, including tips on where to start and how to use them:
Find our Evaluation toolbox, a range of useful resources and our Evaluation Reports here: Evaluation (hertshealthevidence.org)
Contact our Research and Evaluation Team: PH.Evaluation@hertfordshire.gov.uk
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Here are tips on data collection and an effective evaluation process from research and evaluation officers:
These YouTube guides from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) may also be helpful:
Find our Evaluation toolbox, a range of useful resources and our Evaluation Reports here: Evaluation (hertshealthevidence.org)
Contact our Research and Evaluation Team: PH.Evaluation@hertfordshire.gov.uk
View a collection of research and evaluation StoryMaps here: Evidence into Action: Show Your Impact! It includes reminders on aspects of data collection, research and evaluation, and promoting the recommendations for your work.
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Evaluation and Research Posters
Evaluation and Research recorded presentations
Hertfordshire's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) looks at the specific health and social care needs of our local population and points out areas of inequality. It helps public bodies decide what type of local services to commission.
The JSNA contains a variety of needs assessments, each looking at a different issue. They are regularly updated to reflect the changing needs of the population.
Hertfordshire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
Contact our Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Team: JSNA@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Slides and recordings from previous Festivals of Evidence
Posters about the JSNA
The Public Health Evidence and Intelligence teams have access to datasets covering the health and wellbeing of Hertfordshire residents. The teams also use a wide range of data sourced from other departments within Hertfordshire County Council as well as other agencies, such as the NHS and Public Health England.
Find out more About our data (hertshealthevidence.org)
Search for resources by different geographies, document types and topic themes Data tools & reports (hertshealthevidence.org)
See the Epidemiology team’s Service Offer to explore the different ways they can support your work, from evidence to decision support, monitoring and systems solutions. Have a data request? Make an enquiry and we’ll get back to you Make an enquiry (hertshealthevidence.org)
Tools and dashboards
Posters
Tutorial videos
Key Sport & Physical Activity Trends in Hertfordshire
(Presented by Herts Sports and Physical Activity Partnership and PressRed)
Latest resources and insight are available from the Herts Sports and Physical Activity Partnership at Evaluation and Insight - Herts Sports Partnership (sportinherts.org.uk).
There are also Physical Activity resources in the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment at JSNA documents (hertfordshire.gov.uk). Topics include Barriers and Enablers to Physical Activity in Older Adults, and Physical Activity and Covid.
Hertfordshire Public Health Masterclasses are presented by Hertfordshire Public Health Connect, a partnership between the University of Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire County Council Public Health Department.
Hertfordshire Public Health Connect aims to bring together information about excellent public health research, practice and education for all professionals and students involved in Public Health in Hertfordshire and the East of England.
Herts Public Health Connect – Herts Public Health Connect (hertsphconnect.org)
Recordings and slides are available at this page: Masterclasses – Herts Public Health Connect
Smoke Free Generation – January 2025
The session included what action is being taken in Hertfordshire to tackle vaping in young people and to reduce illegal vapes for sale in Hertfordshire. It also looks at what the evidence from research tells us about the best way to design services and interventions that will reach smokers and support them to quit successfully.
Healthy Ageing – May 2023
Improving the health and lives of older people, including those living with dementia is a now global public health priority.
Further information about Healthy Ageing from partner organisations:
Barriers faced by the Gypsy, Roma & Traveller communities in Herts & the UK (presented by Hertfordshire Public Health Connect) – May 2023
Overview of the challenges and barriers faced by the Gypsy, Roma & Traveller communities in Hertfordshire & the UK.
We have a set of tools you can download for free here. There are tools and dashboards that you can use to create your own products, or to explore local intelligence on health and wider determinants of health to support your reporting.
If you would like further resources, a personal presentation or support at one of your team meetings, please email ph.intelligence@hertfordshire.gov.uk.