Health Inequalities Briefing 10 Mental Health
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Health inequalities: briefing 10 Mental health
www.healthscotland.scot2 neality iein 10 What is this briefing about? This is the 10th in a series of inequality briefings. It outlines two specific strands relating to social inequalities and mental health: (1) mental health inequalities as an (often neglected)
Tackling health inequalities for minority ethnic groups ...
raceequalityfoundation.org.ukBetter Health Briefing 6 Tackling health inequalities for minority ethnic groups: challenges and opportunities. 2 Box 1 . Recent government initiatives to tackle health inequalities Tackling Inequalities in Health – A Programme for Action. This initiative, launched in 2003, set out plans to tackle health inequalities over the next few years.
Briefing: health inequalities and lung disease
www.blf.org.ukBriefing: health inequalities and lung disease This briefing from the British Lung Foundation explains the strong links between lung disease, deprivation and health inequalities. It outlines the main environmental drivers of lung disease - ... For mental health, it …
Health Inequalities: What Are They How Do We Reduce Them?
www.healthscotland.scot2 Inequality Briefing 12 Further examples of health inequalities include: • In the most affluent areas of Scotland, men experience 23.8 more years of ‘good health’ (22.6 years for women).4 • A child’s early life circumstances and experiences shape their physical, social, mental, cognitive and emotional development and negative experiences can have a lifelong
Addressing health inequalities through collaborative ...
assets.publishing.service.gov.ukcontribution to tackling health inequalities, whatever their role. Whilst targeted at AHPs the framework may be of interest to a range of other frontline professionals. Pharmacy teams – seizing the opportunities for addressing health inequalities PHE ; A briefing which sets out the important role that pharmacy teams, located in the
Local action on health inequalities: Building children and ...
assets.publishing.service.gov.ukhealth and their teams within local authorities, health and wellbeing boards, councillors, school staff, and others with an interest in health inequalities, education and wellbeing in their local area. A corresponding briefing on this topic area is …
Race Equality Briefing - Mind, the mental health charity
www.mind.org.ukmental health, such as poverty, unemployment, poor housing, poor neighbourhoods, and school exclusion. 7 For this reason, to have an impact of the experiences of people from BAME communities, changes to mental health services and legislation
Promoting Mental Health - World Health Organization
www.who.int7 Mental health and human rights Drew N, Funk M, Pathare S, Swartz L 8 A conceptual framework for action Walker L, Moodie R, Verins I 9 Evidence and its use in mental health promotion Barry M, McQueen D 10 Social determinants of mental health Anthony J 11 Physical and mental health and illness Raphael B, Schmolke M, Wooding S
Health Inequalities and Smoking
ash.org.ukSmoking rates are also higher among people with a mental health condition, people in contact with the criminal justice system, looked-after children, and LGBT people. • Health inequalities will be reduced through measures that have a greater effect on smokers in higher prevalence groups. In practice, this means both prioritising population ...
Access to health care and minority ethnic groups ...
www.kingsfund.org.ukinequalities in health, and national targets were set in 2002. The NHS has been given a leading role to play in the reduction of health inequalities, including those between ethnic groups20 (although no national targets have been set that relate specifically to minority ethnic groups).