Health Inequalities-Measures of
deprivation
Presented by Dr Zeb Sattar
,Aims
An understanding of the social determinants of health
An appreciation of the measurements and analysis of disease
frequency in place and time to the practice of Epidemiology
Critically analyse disease patterns in the UK and internationally
,Definitions
Health inequalities are unjust disparities in health outcomes bet
individuals or groups. They arise from differences in social and
economic conditions that influence people’s behaviours and life
choices, their risk of illness and actions taken to deal with illnes
when it occurs (WHO)
Inequalities in these social determinants of health are not inevita
and are therefore considered avoidable and unfair.
, Inequalities: Policy References
National
• The Black Report 1980
• Whitehall Study of British Civil Servants
• The Acheson report 1988
• Fair Society, Healthy Lives: The Marmot Review 2010
• Healthy Lives, Healthy People: our strategy for public health in England
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-lives-healthy-people-our-strate
public-health-in-england
• Public Health Outcomes Framework
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-health-outcomes-framework
• Local action on health inequalities: evidence papers PHE and UCL Institute of Heal
Equity
deprivation
Presented by Dr Zeb Sattar
,Aims
An understanding of the social determinants of health
An appreciation of the measurements and analysis of disease
frequency in place and time to the practice of Epidemiology
Critically analyse disease patterns in the UK and internationally
,Definitions
Health inequalities are unjust disparities in health outcomes bet
individuals or groups. They arise from differences in social and
economic conditions that influence people’s behaviours and life
choices, their risk of illness and actions taken to deal with illnes
when it occurs (WHO)
Inequalities in these social determinants of health are not inevita
and are therefore considered avoidable and unfair.
, Inequalities: Policy References
National
• The Black Report 1980
• Whitehall Study of British Civil Servants
• The Acheson report 1988
• Fair Society, Healthy Lives: The Marmot Review 2010
• Healthy Lives, Healthy People: our strategy for public health in England
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-lives-healthy-people-our-strate
public-health-in-england
• Public Health Outcomes Framework
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-health-outcomes-framework
• Local action on health inequalities: evidence papers PHE and UCL Institute of Heal
Equity
