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Changing the Culture of Misuse of Alcohol and Drugs, Northern Ireland |
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Future Search helped the Addiction Services community of Belfast to see themselves as a system with different approaches and priorities, but with common goals.
Northern Ireland has a fragmented public administration. Years of conflict and political vacuum put non-governmental organisations in charge of public services like education, housing, and tourism, far from political control.
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| Early Childhood Comprehensive Health Systems, State of Maine, USA |
The
State of Maine, Department of Human Services, Maternal and Child Health
program, has received funding from the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services for the Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Grant. It
is entitled "Humane Systems for Early Childhood in Maine". The State
Maternal and Child Health Program, in partnership with the Maine
Children's Cabinet, will direct the project.
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| Functional Assessment in Job Injuries in Southern Ontario Province, Canada |
On
September 25-28, 2002, a future search was held, to
look at how functional assessment of injured workers is done in
Southern Ontario Province in Canada. The stakeholders included
injured workers, health care representatives, assessment providers,
labour groups, employers and the Workplace Safety Insurance Board.
The theme of the conference was "Functional Assessment: A Time
for Consensus, A Time for Change."
Additional
Resources:
Conference Newsletter1.pdf
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| Functional Assessment in Job Injuries in Southern Ontario Province, Canada -- Link to Evaluation |
Click below to see an evaluation of this future search.
Additional
Resources:
Conference Evaluation.pdf
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| Medsanchast-168 (Clinic & Hospital). Novosibirsk-Akademgorodok, January, 2001 |
| A health clinic in Russia used future search for long range strategic planning.
Additional
Resources:
medical_facilitiy.doc
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| Adolescent Reproductive Health in Ethiopia, 2001. |
| Packard
Foundation sponsored future search to develop a nationwide plan for
adolescent reproductive health. They included 30 youth. |
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| Adolescent Reproductive Health in the Philippines, 2001. |
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funded by Packard, this future search helped develop a nationwide plan
for adolescent reproductive health. Each of these efforts are hosted by
local NGOs. |
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| Medical Hospital #168, Siberia, 2001. |
| "Medical
Hospital #168 in 2005 How to Become Even Better ". Funded by the
Rotarians. Stakeholders included administrators, heads of departments,
medical doctors, senior nurses and nurses. There was a great shift from
looking for somebody to help to seeing themselves as resources to
improve their work and life. Printed report given to wider community
immediately after the conference. |
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| Québec City, Quebec, Canada, 2000. |
| Seventy-two
partners of a large University Health Center got together to clarify
their mission and address these issues: relations between the health
network and the community, services offered, relations with patients
and their family, management philosophy and the role of one of the
three newly-merged hospitals. A year later, 175 enthusiastic persons
attended a one-day session to learn about, discuss and support on-going
major projects from mutli-partner taskforces created at the future
search. |
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| Reproductive Health in Northern Nigeria, Africa, 2000. |
Future
search, sponsored by David and Lucille Packard Foundation, brought
diverse stakeholders into the room to establish a comprehensive plan
for reproductive health in Northern Nigeria. A year and one-half later,
a second future search was held to build on the initial effort, include
more people, and broaden the impact of the work. The
American Public Health Association has selected a paper by Mike A.
Egboh on this future search to be presented at the association annual
meeting in San Francisco, CA on November 15-19. The
paper is entitled: "Reaching common ground on RH services in Islamic
communities: Impact of Future Search methodology in northern Nigeria"
Additional
Resources:
 Visit website
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| "Designing the Patient Experience." Lakeland Regional Health System, Berrien County, Michigan, 1999 |
| In
December of 1999, a large group of physicians, nurses, patients,
hospital administrators and community leaders (hyperlink to
lakeland_health.jpg), assembled for the purpose of improving 'the
patient experience" in their local healthcare organization. Lakeland
Regional Health System (LRHS) is a recently integrated system of
hospitals, nursing homes and outpatient facilities, located in
Southwest Michigan. As part of a new strategic and facility planning
effort, Lakeland the foundation chose future search as a tool for
improving "patient satisfaction through the delivery of more convenient
and effective, patient-centered care". Additional
Resources:
Lakeland_Summary_Report.doc
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Future Search Network www.futuresearch.net
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Philadelphia, PA 19144
215.951.0328 or 800.951.6333
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