This research study to learn more about health inequalities and their link to wider determinants of health consisted of two phases: • The first phase focused on recruiting and training a co-creation group of seven residents of Southwark and Lambeth in co-designing the priority areas in relation to learn more about health inequalities. [...] As quotas were not interlocked to this level, the proportion of Muslim respondents who are White is significantly higher than is the case in the actual population and the answers given by these respondents tend to be different to a degree that distorts the findings for the Muslim subsample as a whole. [...] Racism and discrimination lead to a lack of trust The lived experiences of discrimination and racism which participants spoke about in the first half of the sessions, played their part in causing a lack of trust in the healthcare sector. [...] Other issues that cause a lack of trust A couple of participants mentioned that their lack of trust is caused by a belief that issues (of wrongdoing) within the healthcare system are covered up and not addressed sufficiently, and that there are a lot of inconsistencies in the level and type of care that is given. [...] This was a grid asking participants to imagine that they were talking to a healthcare professional (such as a GP, nurse, pharmacist) about a health problem and asked the extent to which they would trust that healthcare professional to do each of the following: ● …take me seriously ● …take my problem seriously ● …believe what I was telling them ● …be aware of issues affecting people from my backgro.
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Table of Contents
- 1. Project background 5
- 2. Health and Wellbeing Survey – the overall picture 9
- Self-reported health 9
- Prevalence of long-term conditions 13
- Social health and wellbeing 15
- Loneliness 18
- Sense of belonging 21
- 3. Key Theme 1 | Discrimination and lack of trust within healthcare 26
- Discrimination within healthcare 26
- Survey findings about discrimination in healthcare 28
- Lack of trust within healthcare 34
- Survey findings about lack of trust within healthcare 35
- Suggested ways to reduce discrimination and increase trust within healthcare 47
- 4. Key theme 2 | Access to healthcare 50
- Access to services 50
- Confidence in services 61
- Factors influencing confidence in health services 65
- 5. Key theme 3 | Housing and health 66
- What is poor quality housing? 66
- How does poor quality housing affect health? 68
- The experiences of social and private tenants 70
- Survey findings related to poor quality housing and its impact on health 72
- Ideas from participants to improve poor quality housing 83
- 6. Key Theme 4 | Living in Lambeth and Southwark 86
- Ratings of local services 86
- Air pollution in the local area 89
- Safety in the local area 90
- Self-reported health 98
- 7. Future improvements 102
- 8. Appendices 105
- Methodology | Phase one - co-creation 105
- Methodology | Phase two - engagement 111
- Full quantitative questionnaire 128
- Discussion guides for the exploration labs 149
