CORE ACTIVITIES:

1)   An introduction to using the Public Health England Fingertips Tool

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_8WJUDldb8&feature=youtu.be

2)   Locate your local health authority profile here: 

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles

3)   What makes us healthy? An introduction to the social determinants of health

A guide written by the Health Foundation and a link to their website.

https://www.health.org.uk/sites/default/files/What-makes-us-healthy-quick-guide.pdf

https://www.health.org.uk/what-we-do/a-healthier-uk-population/what-makes-us-healthy

RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES:

4)   The King’s fund podcast: Professor David Williams on racism, discrimination and the impact they have on health

How do our life experiences shape our health? What can we do to tackle social inequalities? In this podcast Professor David Williams from Harvard University talks about his research into the social influences on health and the interventions that could make a difference.

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/audio-video/podcast/david-williams-racism-discrimination-health

5)   The health gap: Doctors and the social determinants of health

This article outlines a lecture given by Sir Michael Marmot on the role of health professionals in action on the social determinants of health.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1403494817717448

6)   ‘Covid-19: an opportunity or risk to addressing health inequalities?’

A BMJ blog that points out the covid-19 pandemic has highlighted how health inequalities must be tackled to improve health outcomes.

https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/05/01/covid-19-an-opportunity-or-risk-to-addressing-health-inequalities/

7)   Integrating climate action for health into covid-19 recovery plans:

BMJ 2020;370:m3169

This article argues that recovery from the covid-19 pandemic must safeguard the health of current and future generations in the face of the climate emergency

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3169

8)   Ethnic and racial disparities in COVID-19-related deaths: counting the trees, hiding the forest

Yaya S, Yeboah H, Charles CH, et al, BMJ Global Health 2020;5:e002913.

This article explores how COVID-19 has further exposed the strong association between race, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status and health outcomes. The socioeconomic factors that negatively influence health outcomes must be identified and contextualised to tailor global policy responses.

      https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/6/e002913