Work Package 1: Geographical Analysis of the Local Health Context
Work Package 2: Prospective Cohort Study of Health Inequalities in Stockton-on-Tees
Work Package 3: Urban Ethnography of Health Inequalities
Work Package 4: A Biography of Health and Place
Work Package 5: Women, Health And Austerity
Health Inequalities
Health Inequalities Team
North and South: Regional Health Inequalities in England
Led by Clare Bambra (PhD, FAcSS, HonFPH, Leopoldina), Professor of Public Health at Newcastle University, the North and South: Regional Health Inequalities in England project, is a 6 year study funded by The Wellcome Trust.
There are deep-rooted and long-term regional health inequalities across England, with a two-year gap between the north and the south in how long people are expected to live. However, despite the size of the 'north-south health divide', we know little about how regional health inequalities have developed over time, what causes them, and how people experience, represent and perceive them. This is becoming an increasingly important issue which needs to be examined now - as health inequalities are worsening and the north is falling further behind.
Combining data and ideas from different academic disciplines, the project team will provide a detailed investigation of the 'north-south health divide' and regional health inequalities in England - now and in the past. They will also compare England to other European countries. This project will increase our understanding of health inequalities and how to reduce them.