Status

 

Status is a Qipps scale used for indicating to readers of a project the degree to which the author/s believe it has been 'written up'. It has two slightly different applications depending on whether you are looking at a programs or projects which has been documented in the QIPPS individual templateor or one which is located in the public section of the website.
 
In the individual template, users have the capacity to allocate an internal project status, as defined by an organisations internal criteria. There are four ‘status’ options: draft, evaluated, completed and confidential.
Qipps tip: The confidential status can only be allocated by people with manager-level passwords. Only a QIIPPS manager can view these ‘confidential’ projects.
 
In the QIPPS Public Library the Status of the project is an indication of the quality review process that the project has undergone prior to or during its publication on the public section of the website. The public review status categories are draft, evaluated or reviewed.
 
Criteria for lodgement in the public section of the website
The Public Database (sometimes referred to as a library) of the QIPPS website is populated by programs that have been written up and refined using the QIPPS tool.
 
Projects being submitted to the library must meet the following criteria:
 
  1. Are all the appropriate fields adequately completed?
    It is not necessary for the evaluation to have been completed; however, there should be an evaluation plan.
  1. Is it written in a way that someone else could understand it?
    Is the language accessible and appropriate?
  1. Has the lead organisation consented to the program being published in the public database on the QIPPS website?
  1. Are the program goals, objectives and strategies sufficiently clear? And do they relate to the needs assessment and program structure?
  1. Is the project based on accepted health promotion principles? That is, does it:
    1. Address the broader determinants of health
    2. Base activities on the best available data and evidence
    3. Act to reduce social inequities and injustice
    4. Emphasise active consumer and community participation
    5. Empower individuals and communities
    6. Explicitly consider difference in gender and culture
    7. Work in collaboration 
(See page 5 of the Victorian Government Standards for the Guiding Principles for Integrated Health Promotion http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthpromotion/
 
  1. Does it include a mix of strategies or interventions that aim to impact on both individuals as well as populations?
    This generally means that activities and publications are broadly accessible to the target group(s), not just to people registered with the organisation. http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthpromotion/
 
Once projects have been accepted to the Public Database, they will be allocated a status, an indication of the ‘quality review’ process that the project has undergone prior to, or during its publication on the public section of the website.
The categories are draft, evaluated and reviewed.
 
Draft status
The purpose of the draft category is to provide organisations with an opportunity to share projects that are incomplete (or incompletely documented. This category is provided to foster debate about a particular approach and to assist practitioners to learn from each other’s experience.
This status includes programs or projects that have met the minimum standards (described above).
 
Evaluated status
This status includes documented programs, in which:
  • All sections of the QIPPS Individual Program Planning Tool (including the evaluation and recommendations sections) have been adequately completed.
  • The language is accessible and appropriate (i.e. the Health Promotion terms are used in accordance with their definitions) and the meaning/s are clear.
  • The evaluation is consistent with the program goals, objectives and strategies.
 
Reviewed status
This status indicates that the program or project documented in the QIPPS Individual Program Planning Template demonstrates all of the aspects of an elevated status program (as above), and:
  • It has passed through a more rigorous self-assessment process.
  • It has passed through a peer review process.
 
Submitting projects to the QIPPS Database
 
If you wish to submit a health promotion project to the public database, please email qipps@qipps.com.
 
You will be asked to provide the following information:
 
  • Name
  •  Email address
  • Contact phone number
  • Lead Agency details
  • Name of project and its current status (draft, evaluated, completed)
  • A brief description as to how the project meets the criteria (questions 1 to 6 above).
 

last updated 17/07/07