I’m doing some reading to try to understand the development of environmental justice in the UK and its engagement (or relative lack of) with ethnicity and racism. Anyone have any good reading suggestions?

MAIHDA papers are like buses, you wait for ages then 2 come at once! This w/ Dr. Clare Evans Daniel Holman et al in Soc Sci & Medicine addresses concerns raised by a previous paper. TL;DR: the concerns are unfounded, based on subtle but important misunderstandings

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Want to use MAIHDA to study intersectional inequalities, but don't know how?

This tutorial paper w/ Dr. Clare Evans and others runs through an example analysis, from theoretical framework, data prep, and model spec through to data viz and interpretation

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Ten places have opened up on our 5-day Intro to Causal Inference Course for Health & Social Scientists (16-20 Sept 2024, Leeds, UK)

For more info & to register visit: causal.training

Please share! #CausalIntroCourse #EpiTwitter #CausalTwitter

No progress made on half of UK government’s levelling-up targets - FAILURE on reducing regional health inequalities which have increased since 2010 theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

The 2nd study from my PhD is out today in The Lancet Public Health projecting socioeconomic inequalities in multimorbidity in England up to 2049 🎉☀️

📖 bit.ly/3TCSdJb

Martin O'Flaherty Sagar Mohite

🚨🗺️📊Calling all UK local data nerds… After more than a year of development, we’ve just launched #ExploreLocalStatistics , a brand new way to explore 57 datasets from across government right down to a local authority level!
…lore-local-statistics.beta.ons.gov.uk
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Really honoured to have my name included on this list alongside so many brilliant women! 🤩 Thank you so much NHSA

🗓️ Save the dates: June 3rd and 4th!
Join us for the inaugural workshop of QAR-Net Care hosted by the The University of Sheffield & ESRC Centre for Care 'Bridging Care Gaps'. 🌍
🌟 Calling for high-quality papers aligning with our focus! Apply now via Google form : centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2023/1…

Really pleased to share this graphic from our @ARC_NENC project on how fuel poverty impacts mental health. The graphic was shaped by our conversations with @ARC_GM public involvement panel and Edberts House community centre in Newcastle. Scoping review on the topic soon to follow

'The insurance industry body said ethnicity was not a factor in pricing'

This is a great example of how a prediction model can discriminate (e.g. by ethnicity), even when the discriminatory variable (e.g. Ethnicity) is not included in the model...

bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

This is shocking -> A total of 34% of UK households or 9.6m are living in cold, poorly insulated homes theguardian.com/society/2024/f…

We know how the UK’s health compares to that of other countries* using life expectancy as a measure.
But less discussed is how our levels of health inequality compare? 🧵1/10

* below that of western European countries, ahead of US

My comment piece for the The Yorkshire Post on the horrific rise in child poverty in the UK - and the political decisions that have led to this unacceptable situation particularly for Children in the North

Restructuring of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities is a further step in the wrong direction for tackling health inequalities bmj.com/content/384/bm… The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL Sir Michael Marmot Fuse Health Equity North

Areas across England where the highest proportion of ethnic minorities live have the poorest access to GPs, with experts attributing this disparity to an outdated model being used to determine funding. with Carmen Aguilar García
theguardian.com/society/2024/f…

Our new opinion piece in the BMJ: The health costs of political failure bmj.com/content/384/bm…

Our new paper, published today in The Lancet Psychiatry, examines the detrimental effects of the Conservatives Government's #HostileEnvironment policy & subsequent #Windrush scandal on #mentalhealth in the UK.

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We find that:

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Welcome to the Health Equity Evidence Centre

We use machine learning technology to map what works to address inequalities in primary care.

Check out our new website

heec.co.uk

#healthinequalities #healthequity