I’ve recently started to write a post about how our education system could be structured to nurture to the full spectrum of health that an indvidual has (physically, emotionally, psychologically, socially, spiritually). I’m thinking about drawing from many different fields of science such as neuroscience, psychology, sports science, sociology, public health (my own field), and education management.
As you may know, cardiovascular diseases and mental health are on the rise in the west and are becoming pressing problems for our society, which may accumulate in the future if nothing is done to alter the course.
Let me know what you think and if this is the right place for such a post.
Hi Felix, I’d personally be very interested in reading such a post !
Things I think might make this more interesting / that are may be typically missing from such evaluations are :
what country are you talking about? Why the country?
what kind of positive effects for society would these changes produce ? On what timescale?
which solutions create the most value or could be prioritised above others? (If we would need to implement multiple changes, why?)
are any of these solutions cost effective ? I’d be especially curious on the cost of advocacy, not just implementation costs, especially if the solution requires policies to change
who are the current actors in this space and what is their track record? If they haven’t been very successful why?
is this relevant to any other regions of countries?
These kind of questions would help people understand the scope of the problem, and be more action-relevant if they are interested in the topic!
Hey, Vaidehi! Thanks for your feedback, I hadn’t considered these questions before and they are of great help. Do you have any idea on where to find more information on the cost of advocacy and implementation costs? I feel like this is outside my current knowledge.
That’s a good question, I am not sure of specific resources on advocacy in particular, but highly recommend checking it Charity Entrepreneurship’s resources on their idea evaluation process and how they evaluate different interventions. Some of their research reports also cover interventions that include advocacy (e.g. they previously looked into tobacco policy).
It might also be interesting to see about ACE (Animal Charity Evaluators) evaluates their top recommendations, because most of them do advocacy work.
Sorry about lack of links, I’m on mobile. But you can just Google the names of the orgs. If you have any trouble finding info or these aren’t that useful let me know!
No worries! I’ll be sure to check them out and see if they’re relevant to the post I’m thinking about writing. I bet I could also just google randomly lik “advocacy work cost” or something like that to see what comes up. Thanks for your help man! :)
Hello!
I’ve recently started to write a post about how our education system could be structured to nurture to the full spectrum of health that an indvidual has (physically, emotionally, psychologically, socially, spiritually). I’m thinking about drawing from many different fields of science such as neuroscience, psychology, sports science, sociology, public health (my own field), and education management.
As you may know, cardiovascular diseases and mental health are on the rise in the west and are becoming pressing problems for our society, which may accumulate in the future if nothing is done to alter the course.
Let me know what you think and if this is the right place for such a post.
Thanks!
Hi Felix, I’d personally be very interested in reading such a post !
Things I think might make this more interesting / that are may be typically missing from such evaluations are :
what country are you talking about? Why the country?
what kind of positive effects for society would these changes produce ? On what timescale?
which solutions create the most value or could be prioritised above others? (If we would need to implement multiple changes, why?)
are any of these solutions cost effective ? I’d be especially curious on the cost of advocacy, not just implementation costs, especially if the solution requires policies to change
who are the current actors in this space and what is their track record? If they haven’t been very successful why?
is this relevant to any other regions of countries?
These kind of questions would help people understand the scope of the problem, and be more action-relevant if they are interested in the topic!
Hey, Vaidehi! Thanks for your feedback, I hadn’t considered these questions before and they are of great help. Do you have any idea on where to find more information on the cost of advocacy and implementation costs? I feel like this is outside my current knowledge.
That’s a good question, I am not sure of specific resources on advocacy in particular, but highly recommend checking it Charity Entrepreneurship’s resources on their idea evaluation process and how they evaluate different interventions. Some of their research reports also cover interventions that include advocacy (e.g. they previously looked into tobacco policy).
It might also be interesting to see about ACE (Animal Charity Evaluators) evaluates their top recommendations, because most of them do advocacy work.
Sorry about lack of links, I’m on mobile. But you can just Google the names of the orgs. If you have any trouble finding info or these aren’t that useful let me know!
No worries! I’ll be sure to check them out and see if they’re relevant to the post I’m thinking about writing. I bet I could also just google randomly lik “advocacy work cost” or something like that to see what comes up. Thanks for your help man! :)