Tackling causes and consequences of health inequalities : a practical guide / by James Matheson, with thanks to John Patterson and Laura Neilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matheson, James, author.

Patterson, John, Dr., author.

Neilson, Laura, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Social aspects.

Public health.

United Kingdom.

Social medicine.

Health services accessibility.

Equality--Health aspects.

Equality.

Healthcare Disparities.

Health Services Accessibility.

Social Determinants of Health.

Medical Subjects:

United Kingdom.

Healthcare Disparities.

Health Services Accessibility.

Social Determinants of Health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press [2020]

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Dr James Matheson Dr James Matheson graduated from St George's, University of London in 2009. He trained in Lancashire and Cumbria before moving to work with Hope Citadel Healthcare, a Community Interest Company which provides primary care in areas of concentrated disadvantage. He has worked overseas and has published in the area of humanitarian disaster response, teaching around this subject at St George's, and holds the Diploma in the Medical Care of Catastrophes. Dr Matheson is passionate about addressing causes and consequences of health inequalities, working as a General Practitioner and teaching and training the next generation of GPs to guard the health of our patients. He is a visiting senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University and, through the Shared Health Foundation, teaches on a number of courses from undergraduate to postgraduate level on subjects around deprivation medicine, health inequalities and the social determinants of health. Dr John Patterson Dr John Patterson is Medical Director of Hope Citadel Healthcare, a Social Enterprise working within the NHS, running practices and walk-in centres in hard-pressed neighbourhoods around Greater Manchester. They currently run nine practices serving a population of 31,000. Dr Patterson is lead for Focused Care, which supports the most vulnerable and needy households. Dr Patterson also works within Oldham CCG. His role initially concentrated on Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) and Medicines Optimisation. Building on previous great work and working with an exceptional team, the CCG has seen a reversal of the largest per capita prescribing spend in the country as well as significant improvement in the quality of prescribing. From 2018 he has taken over the role of Chief Clinical OfficerWhen not at work he is busy getting in trouble with his wife by re-enacting famous Irish Rugby victories with their four willing children. Dr Laura Neilson LauraNeilsonworks in Greater Manchester trying to reduce health inequalities. She set up Hope Citadel Healthcare 10 years ago when she was a medical student. Hope Citadel provides GP services in areas of deprivation, currently holding 3 CQC outstanding awards and running 9 practices. Laura also runs the Shared Health Foundation, an organisation funded through philanthropic donations. Shared Health Foundation pilots innovative approaches to reduce harm from health inequalities and currently delivers work for; young people who are self-harming, families living in temporary accommodation, health literacy for parents of under 5's and a advocacy for young carers. Together with the great team she works with developed Focused Care, a project based in 50 GP practices in Greater Manchester which makes invisible patients visible, unpicks the story behind the story an allows our hard-pressed households to thrive. Laura also works in A&E as a regular doctor! She won the HSJ 'Rising Star' Award in 2016 for her "inspirational style" and teaches on health inequalities. She has three boys and is therefore somewhat of an expert by experience in Minecraft and Harry Potter.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Foreword

Editors

Contributors

Introduction

Part 1 Setting the Scene

1 An Insight from the Front Line

2 An Introduction to Health Inequalities

3 A Multi-level Approach to Treating Social Risks to Health for Health Providers

4 A Tale of Two Cities

Hull and York

Part 2 Knowledge and Skills

5 Our Patients and the Benefit System

6 Fuel Poverty and Cold-Related Ill Health

7 Child Safeguarding and Social Care

8 Domestic Violence and Abuse

9 Substance Use: Our Patients, Drugs and Alcohol

10 How to Address Smoking Cessation in Areas of Deprivation

11 Safer Prescribing: The Threat and Challenge of Caring for People with Chronic Pain

12 Persistent Physical Symptoms

13 Social Prescribing: Connecting People for Health and Well-Being

14 Why Do People Not Engage With Healthcare?

15 Managing Difficult Conversations

16 Motivational Interviewing

17 Person-centred Care

18 Trauma-informed Care

19 Building Resilience Through Self-care

20 Medical Advocacy: The Duty of Physicians as Advocates

Part 3 Populations and Groups

21 Child Health

22 Tackling Health Inequalities in Adolescence

23 Understanding and Responding to Complexity in Young People

24 Addressing the Health and Well-being of Young Carers

25 Women's Health and Health Inequality

26 Men's Health

27 Ageing Unequally

28 How Can We Improve Health and Healthcare Experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities?

29 Engaging with the Health Issues of Gypsies and Travellers

30 The Health and Well-being of Asylum Seekers and New Refugees

31 Homeless Healthcare

32 Veterans' Health

33 Working with People in Contact with the Criminal Justice System and in Secure Environments

34 Mental Health and Primary Care Management of Complex Psychiatric Conditions

Part 4 Successful Models of Learning and Practice

35 A GP Curriculum for Health Equity

36 Examples of Innovative Service Models Across the UK

37 Widening Participation in Medical Education

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 13, 2020).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Matheson, James. Tackling causes and consequences of health inequalities

ISBN:

9781351013918

1351013912

9781351013901

1351013904

1351013890

9781351013888

1351013882

9781351013895

Publisher Number:

99984159577

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.