Helen Van Eyk
Biographic Data
| ID | 282601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Van Eyk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Eyk |
| SIGNATURE | VAN EYK H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Flinders University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8573-4235 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
To what extent does early childhood education policy in Australia recognise and propose action on the social determinants of health and health equity
Early childhood education (ECE) and development is internationally recognised as important to child health and wellbeing and to enabling children to become healthy productive adults. This paper analyses Australian ECE policy current in 2019. It uses the institutional framework of ideas, actors and institutions to determine the extent to which ECE policy recognises and acts on social determinants of health and health equity. We found that the poli…
Reviving health promotion in South Australia: The role of ideas, actors and institutional forces
Globally health promotion has remained marginalized while biomedical health systems have maintained and even increased their dominance. During 2019–2021 we drew on the local and historical knowledge of actors from multiple sectors through semi-structured interviews and focus groups, to assess the implications of the withdrawal of the state from health promotion in a suburban region of South Australia. Institutional theory enabled in-depth analysi…
Promoting action on structural drivers of health inequity: Principles for policy evaluation
Background: Insufficient progress has been made towards reducing health inequities, due in part to a lack of action on the root causes of health inequities. At present, there is a limited evidence base to guide policy decision making in this space. Key points for discussion: This paper proposes new principles for researchers to conduct health equity policy evaluation. Four key principles are presented: (1) where to evaluate – shifting from famili…
To what extent can the activities of the South Australian Health in All Policies initiative be linked to population health outcomes using a program theory-based evaluation
The theory-based program logic suggests that SA HiAP facilitated improved population health through working with multiple government departments. Public servants came to appreciate how their sectors impact on health. Program logic is a mechanism to evaluate complex public health interventions in a way that takes account of political and economic contexts. SA HiAP was mainly successful in avoiding lifestyle drift in strategy. The initiative encour…
The role of trust in joined‐up government activities: Experiences from Health in All Policies in South Australia
Trust has been consistently identified as an important enabling factor for joined‐up government activity to generate strong, integrated and effective social policy. Despite this, there has been comparatively little detailed analysis of the complexities and dynamics involved. This paper provides a detailed examination of how trust is built, nurtured and, in some instances, lost during joined‐up policy activity. It draws on interview and survey dat…
Health in All Policies in South Australia—Did It Promote and Enact an Equity Perspective
Mobilising cross-sectoral action is helpful in addressing the range of social determinants that contribute to health inequities. The South Australian Health in All Policies (SA HiAP) approach was implemented from 2007 to stimulate cross-sector policy activity to address the social determinants of health to improve population wellbeing and reduce health inequities. This paper presents selected findings from a five year multi-methods research study…
Ideas, actors and institutions: Lessons from South Australian Health in All Policies on what encourages other sectors’ involvement
After publication of the article [1], it has been brought to our attention that Table 1 has been formatted poorly in the original version so that the columns are not aligned with their corresponding information. The correct version of the table is presented below. The original version of the article has now been revised
Designing Better Health Care in the South’: A Case Study of Unsuccessful Transformational Change in Public Sector Health Service Reform
This article presents a case study of a project known as ‘Designing Better Health Care in the South’ that attempted to transform four separately incorporated health services in southern Adelaide into a single regional health service. The project's efforts are examined using Kotter's (1996) model of the preconditions for transformational change in organisations and the areas in which it met or failed to meet these preconditions are analysed, using…
"Evaluating Health System Change-Using Focus Groups and a Developing Discussion Paper to Compile the "Voices From the Field
The authors describe the contribution of a series of focus groups and a progressively revised discussion paper to the evaluation of health care reform in South Australia. The focus groups informed the evaluation about participants' experiences of the impact of reform on their agencies while enabling increased understanding about change in the health system. A discussion paper describing global health service trends and emerging findings from our …
Insider knowledge and outsider objectivity – the benefits and risks of combined evaluator roles in a study of health care reform
This paper describes the experiences of the authors in conducting a three year evaluation of health system reform processes in the southern region of Adelaide and explores how the evaluation team utilised ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ roles to establish and maintain trust and cooperation with stakeholders and informants in a turbulent policy environment. It uses the results of focus groups and interviews to analyse how the team was able to encourage t…
Learning about interagency collaboration: Trialling collaborative projects between hospitals and community health services
Interagency collaboration has increasingly been viewed as an important strategy to encourage the co-ordination of healthcare. It is seen to have a number of positive outcomes, including: improved service delivery for people requiring multiple services; more efficient use of healthcare resources; and a means for managers to share the responsibility of community care and reduce organizational stress caused by pressures of increasing demand for serv…
Evaluating Healthcare Reform: The Challenge of Evaluating Changing Policy Environments
Evaluators in the health sector struggle to develop effective mechanisms with which to evaluate healthcare reform programmes. Evaluation of these programmes is difficult because they are entangled in complex, inherently political processes and often shift away from their original aims and objectives as a result of policy changes within the health system. This article describes the evaluation of a healthcare reform process occurring in South Austr…
Learning about interagency collaboration: Trialling collaborative projects between hospitals and community health services
Interagency collaboration has increasingly been viewed as an important strategy to encourage the co-ordination of healthcare. It is seen to have a number of positive outcomes, including: improved service delivery for people requiring multiple services; more efficient use of healthcare resources; and a means for managers to share the responsibility of community care and reduce organizational stress caused by pressures of increasing demand for serv…
Promoting action on structural drivers of health inequity: Principles for policy evaluation
Background: Insufficient progress has been made towards reducing health inequities, due in part to a lack of action on the root causes of health inequities. At present, there is a limited evidence base to guide policy decision making in this space. Key points for discussion: This paper proposes new principles for researchers to conduct health equity policy evaluation. Four key principles are presented: (1) where to evaluate – shifting from famili…
The role of trust in joined‐up government activities: Experiences from Health in All Policies in South Australia
Trust has been consistently identified as an important enabling factor for joined‐up government activity to generate strong, integrated and effective social policy. Despite this, there has been comparatively little detailed analysis of the complexities and dynamics involved. This paper provides a detailed examination of how trust is built, nurtured and, in some instances, lost during joined‐up policy activity. It draws on interview and survey dat…
Designing Better Health Care in the South’: A Case Study of Unsuccessful Transformational Change in Public Sector Health Service Reform
This article presents a case study of a project known as ‘Designing Better Health Care in the South’ that attempted to transform four separately incorporated health services in southern Adelaide into a single regional health service. The project's efforts are examined using Kotter's (1996) model of the preconditions for transformational change in organisations and the areas in which it met or failed to meet these preconditions are analysed, using…
Evaluating Healthcare Reform: The Challenge of Evaluating Changing Policy Environments
Evaluators in the health sector struggle to develop effective mechanisms with which to evaluate healthcare reform programmes. Evaluation of these programmes is difficult because they are entangled in complex, inherently political processes and often shift away from their original aims and objectives as a result of policy changes within the health system. This article describes the evaluation of a healthcare reform process occurring in South Austr…
Insider knowledge and outsider objectivity – the benefits and risks of combined evaluator roles in a study of health care reform
This paper describes the experiences of the authors in conducting a three year evaluation of health system reform processes in the southern region of Adelaide and explores how the evaluation team utilised ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ roles to establish and maintain trust and cooperation with stakeholders and informants in a turbulent policy environment. It uses the results of focus groups and interviews to analyse how the team was able to encourage t…
Learning about interagency collaboration: Trialling collaborative projects between hospitals and community health services
Interagency collaboration has increasingly been viewed as an important strategy to encourage the co-ordination of healthcare. It is seen to have a number of positive outcomes, including: improved service delivery for people requiring multiple services; more efficient use of healthcare resources; and a means for managers to share the responsibility of community care and reduce organizational stress caused by pressures of increasing demand for serv…
"Evaluating Health System Change-Using Focus Groups and a Developing Discussion Paper to Compile the "Voices From the Field
The authors describe the contribution of a series of focus groups and a progressively revised discussion paper to the evaluation of health care reform in South Australia. The focus groups informed the evaluation about participants' experiences of the impact of reform on their agencies while enabling increased understanding about change in the health system. A discussion paper describing global health service trends and emerging findings from our …
Designing Better Health Care in the South’: A Case Study of Unsuccessful Transformational Change in Public Sector Health Service Reform
This article presents a case study of a project known as ‘Designing Better Health Care in the South’ that attempted to transform four separately incorporated health services in southern Adelaide into a single regional health service. The project's efforts are examined using Kotter's (1996) model of the preconditions for transformational change in organisations and the areas in which it met or failed to meet these preconditions are analysed, using…
Health in All Policies in South Australia—Did It Promote and Enact an Equity Perspective
Mobilising cross-sectoral action is helpful in addressing the range of social determinants that contribute to health inequities. The South Australian Health in All Policies (SA HiAP) approach was implemented from 2007 to stimulate cross-sector policy activity to address the social determinants of health to improve population wellbeing and reduce health inequities. This paper presents selected findings from a five year multi-methods research study…
Ideas, actors and institutions: Lessons from South Australian Health in All Policies on what encourages other sectors’ involvement
After publication of the article [1], it has been brought to our attention that Table 1 has been formatted poorly in the original version so that the columns are not aligned with their corresponding information. The correct version of the table is presented below. The original version of the article has now been revised
To what extent can the activities of the South Australian Health in All Policies initiative be linked to population health outcomes using a program theory-based evaluation
The theory-based program logic suggests that SA HiAP facilitated improved population health through working with multiple government departments. Public servants came to appreciate how their sectors impact on health. Program logic is a mechanism to evaluate complex public health interventions in a way that takes account of political and economic contexts. SA HiAP was mainly successful in avoiding lifestyle drift in strategy. The initiative encour…
The role of trust in joined‐up government activities: Experiences from Health in All Policies in South Australia
Trust has been consistently identified as an important enabling factor for joined‐up government activity to generate strong, integrated and effective social policy. Despite this, there has been comparatively little detailed analysis of the complexities and dynamics involved. This paper provides a detailed examination of how trust is built, nurtured and, in some instances, lost during joined‐up policy activity. It draws on interview and survey dat…
Reviving health promotion in South Australia: The role of ideas, actors and institutional forces
Globally health promotion has remained marginalized while biomedical health systems have maintained and even increased their dominance. During 2019–2021 we drew on the local and historical knowledge of actors from multiple sectors through semi-structured interviews and focus groups, to assess the implications of the withdrawal of the state from health promotion in a suburban region of South Australia. Institutional theory enabled in-depth analysi…
Promoting action on structural drivers of health inequity: Principles for policy evaluation
Background: Insufficient progress has been made towards reducing health inequities, due in part to a lack of action on the root causes of health inequities. At present, there is a limited evidence base to guide policy decision making in this space. Key points for discussion: This paper proposes new principles for researchers to conduct health equity policy evaluation. Four key principles are presented: (1) where to evaluate – shifting from famili…
To what extent does early childhood education policy in Australia recognise and propose action on the social determinants of health and health equity
Early childhood education (ECE) and development is internationally recognised as important to child health and wellbeing and to enabling children to become healthy productive adults. This paper analyses Australian ECE policy current in 2019. It uses the institutional framework of ideas, actors and institutions to determine the extent to which ECE policy recognises and acts on social determinants of health and health equity. We found that the poli…
Political science (12 works) · Public relations (10 works) · Health care (9 works) · Business (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Health Policy (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (5 works) · Social determinants of health (5 works)