Launched in December 2021 by best-selling author Dr Kathryn Mannix (With the End in Mind, Listen), the ‘ Planning Ahead’ Project works with members of the public, healthcare professionals, care homes and the third sector (e.g. An oral history project, the experiences and stories of the participants can be seen here.
In collaboration with the History Department at Aston, this project examined the experience of Black healthcare workers in Birmingham and the Midlands. By examining the use of this information for patients with multimorbidity, it seeks to map an understanding of how patients manage the many different types of health and lifestyle advice they receive in order to manage their conditions. This project examines how health and lifestyle information is used and understood by people with multiple health conditions, and the healthcare staff who care for them. Managing Multimorbidity with Health and Lifestyle Information This project is a collaboration between the Centre for Health and Society, Birmingham Community Healthcare, Citizens UK, Aspire, BLESST, SH, Huda Community Centre, Aston Student Union, Welcome Change, Age Concern Birmingham and Bringing Hope. Based on findings, local community groups have received money to develop pilot projects to reduce barriers to good health. This project aims to better understand health inequalities in some of the most deprived wards of East Birmingham by engaging local communities and students in co-designed conversations on local health challenges to better understand barriers to co-produce solutions. Research projects Current projects Understanding Barriers to Healthy and Sustainable Communities As part of this commitment the Centre works with partners, such as the Inequalities in Health Alliance, to provide the evidence base needed to lobby for change to policy and practice that improve the communities we work with. We work directly with our beneficiaries to optimise the impact of our research on individual and population health. We feel that research can only create real change when it works with the people, communities and sectors it seeks to benefit. Co-Production in Research and Research Translation Our research focuses on improving understanding of how social and economic inequalities affect health, and identifying practical ways of improving health for all of society. Income, education, unemployment, working conditions and food insecurity all influence health equity. The social and structural determinants of health have an important influence on health inequalities –avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries. Reducing Inequalities in Health and Well-Being Through Research All of our research is guided by our key strategic priorities, which centre on reducing inequalities in health and well-being through co-produced research and research translation. Our members work with colleagues from across disciplines to develop innovative approaches to healthcare delivery, policy and practice that better support health and wellbeing in the real world.Ĭentre co-directors: Dr Gary Fooks and Dr Alexis PatonĪt the Centre we work in partnership with regional, national and international colleagues and organisations to examine the relationship between health and society.
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It includes leading academics who combine internationally leading research with a wealth of experience working with organisations involved in policy-development, professional regulation, and health promotion. The Centre acts as a hub, connecting academics, health practitioners, and health advocates to explore how we can improve people’s health and wellbeing. At the Centre we examine the many ways that these and other social and economic factors influence health. Factors such as where you live, how much money you earn, or what work you do, are just as important. How healthy you are is determined by factors well beyond lifestyle choices, clinical care, or genetics. These are called the social and structural determinants of health. The Centre for Health and Society looks across society at broad-ranging questions, examining how technology, commerce, ethics, economics and politics influence health.Īt the Centre for Health and Society we want to understand the ways that society shapes individual and population health.
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