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The Self-Care Matrix: Strengthening Self-Management Through Digital Frameworks
The Self-Care Matrix: Strengthening Self-Management Through Digital Frameworks
Project Summary
Project Summary
The Self-Care Matrix is a digital framework developed and evaluated with ARC Northwest London support to help health systems assess, categorise, and strengthen self-care support across populations. It provides a structured way to understand how individuals manage their health and how services can better enable prevention and self-management.
Background
Background
Self-care plays a critical role in preventing illness and managing long-term conditions, yet support for self-care is often fragmented.
The Self-Care Matrix was developed to:
provide a common language for self-care
support system-level planning and evaluation
inform digital and non-digital interventions
strengthen prevention and personalised care
Associated Themes
Associated Themes
Multimorbidity & Mental Health ¦ Innovation & Evaluation ¦ Knowledge Mobilisation
What We Did
What We Did
NIHR ARC NWL supported evaluation and application of the Self-Care Matrix by:
testing the framework across different settings
examining how it supports planning and decision-making
assessing its usefulness for practitioners and systems
supporting dissemination and uptake across organisations
What We Found
What We Found
The framework helped organisations better understand self-care needs
Supported more targeted prevention and self-management strategies
Provided a flexible structure applicable across conditions and populations
Supported consistent evaluation of self-care initiatives
The Self-Care Matrix has since been adopted internationally.
What This Means
What This Means
The Self-Care Matrix has influenced how self-care is conceptualised and operationalised at system level. NIHR ARC NWL’s contribution has:
supported uptake across ICSs
informed prevention and personalised care strategies
contributed to international adoption, including by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
strengthened the evidence base for self-care as a core component of sustainable health systems
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