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26 Cards in this Set
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In Manchester, boys can expect to live almost eight years fewer, and girls almost seven years fewer than their contemporaries
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kensington, chealse and wesminster
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Life expectancy for males in social class V is over 7 years less than ..
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professional social classes
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life expectancy age gap for females in low vs higher class
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5.5
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• Babies with fathers in social classes IV and V have a birthweight that is on average _______ lower than that of babies with fathers in classes I and II.
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130 grams
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Low birthweight is closely associated with......
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death in infancy, as well as being associated with coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes and hypertension in later life.
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Supporting families, mothers and children
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Care to Learn – universal child care scheme for young parents in learning or training
Child Tax Credit Children and Young People’s Unit Children’s Green Paper ‘Every Child Matters’ Children’s Trusts Connexions Extended Schools Excellence in Cities Sure Start Teenage Pregnancy Unit Wired for Health |
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Engaging Communities and Individuals
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Strengthening capacity to tackle local problems and pools of deprivation, alongside national programmes to address the needs of local communities and socially excluded groups:
Creative Partnerships Drug Action Teams Homelessness Act 2002 National Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy National Drugs Strategy National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal Positive Futures Sure Start Sustainable Communities: Building for the Future (2003) Valuing People – A New Strategy for learning Disability for the 21st Century White Paper Youth Offending Teams |
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Preventing Illness and Providing Effective Treatment and Care
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5 a day
Healthcare Commission Local Exercise Action Pilots National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence National Service Framework for Cancer, for CHD, for Mental Health, for Older People National Treatment Agency NHS Cancer Plan NHS Modernisation Agency NHS Plan Primary Care contracting Tobacco Policy |
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What is meant by health innequalities
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Any unfair or unjust difference in health status between groups
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When was the black report ?
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1980
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The black report what does it say ?
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-Upper socio-economic classes have greater chance of avoiding illness and staying healthy than those in lower classes
-Differences in the risks to men and women -Variations in ‘healthiness’ of living in different parts of the country |
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a small income difference across society is associated with_________
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better health
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how can health be improved ?
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by building social capital
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When was the acheson report ?
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1998
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what were the recommendations for action in the Acheson report ?
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poverty
employment the environment nutrition gender child, adult, older people’s health education housing transport ethnicity the NHS |
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what year was Tackling Health Inequalities – A Programme for Action?
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2003
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what was decided upon in Tackling Health Inequalities – A Programme for Action 2003
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-Set out plans to tackle health inequalities over a 3 year period
-Provided basis for meeting the 2010 national health inequalities target on life expectancy and infant mortality -Acknowledged the need for a long term plan |
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Health Inequalities Public Service Agreement (PSA) Targets
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By 2010
Narrow the gap in life expectancy by geographical area by 10% Reduce infant mortality by 10% |
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Priorities for meeting PSA targets - increase life expectancy by
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Reduce smoking
Prevention and management in primary care Environmental improvements Targeting over 50’s |
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Priorities for meeting PSA targets- improve infant mortality
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Sure Start
↓ smoking in pregnancy ↓ teenage pregnancy Improve housing Early intervention for NHS |
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Other considerations when trying to reduce health inequalities
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Need cross-sector approach at local and national level
Need to break the cycle of inequalities Tackle the major killers Improve access to public services Strengthen disadvantaged communities Target specific groups |
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Breaking the cycle of inequalities
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child’s health is significantly affected by parent’s socio-economic status
need to tackle poverty and deprivation if the health gap is to reduce education and employment are fundamental determinants of health inequalities reduce differences in early years development of children teenage pregnancy is strongly associated with deprivation and associated health risks for the baby |
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New PSA targets added in 2004
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↓ inequalities gap between the fifth of areas with the worst health and deprivation indicators and the population as a whole by at least 40 % for cardiovascular disease and by at least 6 % for cancer
↓ adult smoking prevalence in routine and manual groups to 26% or less by 2010 decrease rise in obesity in young kids under 11 by 2010 decrease under 18 conception rates by 50% by 2010 |
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policy objectives identified in Fair Society Healthy Lives
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— Give every child the best start in life
— Enable all children young people and adults to maximise their capabilities and have control over their lives — Create fair employment and good work for all — Ensure healthy standard of living for all — Create and develop healthy and sustainable places and communities — Strengthen the role |
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What are the Key Messages of ‘Fair Society, Healthy Lives’?
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-Reducing health inequalities 1 is a matter
of fairness and social justice. -There is a social gradient in health – the lower a person’s social position, the worse his or her health. -Health inequalities result from social inequalities. -Focusing solely on the most disadvantaged will not reduce health inequalities sufficiently. -Action taken to reduce health inequalities will benefit society in many ways. -Economic growth is not the most important measure of our country’s success. -Reducing health inequalities will require action on six policy objectives -Delivering these policy objectives will require action by central and local government, the NHS, the third and private sectors and community groups. -Effective local delivery requires effective participatory decision-making at local level. |
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What is the Institute for Health Equity and what is its role/purpose?
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The Institute is supported by the Department of Health, University College London and the British Medical Association. It will seek to increase health equity through action on the social determinants of health
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