The first issue of the Bevan Foundation’s new Equality and Social Justice Briefings is published today, 19th May 2015.
The issue looks at inequalities in health, covering socio-economic inequalities and, where data is available, inequalities between people with characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010 (gender, age, disability, ethnicity, religious belief and sexual orientation). The briefings offer:
- a unnique insight into how people’s social class and characteristics shape their health;
- essential information to help organisations understand their customers or service users better and plan their activities;
- rapid access to vital statistics to support campaigning.
The health briefing covers internationally-agreed key indicators of health, including:
- life expectancy
- infant mortality
- deaths from cancer and cardiovascular disease
- deaths from injury
- reported general health
- mental health
- unhealthy behaviours including smoking, consumption of fruit and vegetables, alcohol consumption, physical activity and being overweight or obese
- low birthweight
- environmental quality (overcrowded housing).
The briefing is one of six a year, published bi-monthly in PDF format emailed to you or in the members’ area of the website. A subscription costs £255 a year plus VAT or is FREE as part of organisations’ Bevan Foundation membership.