Recognising and Reducing Health Inequalities: community development in action in a rural community

By: Community Development and Health Network

This case study explores the impact of the Elevate programme on a volunteer group that supports farmers and their families in the rural communities. Elevates workshop and mentoring support led the group to think about inequalities and make connections in the local community through collective action.

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Research

Published on: 1st October 2011

Food on a Low Income: four households tell their story

Qualitative research on the everyday experience of food among four low-income household groupings across the island of Ireland. The research focuses on lone parents, two-parent household families, single males and single older people.

Presentation

Published on: 23rd September 2020

The Covid-19 Pandemic, Inequality and Mental Health

Gavin Davidson's presentation gives a overview of existing inequalities in mental health, including social gradient and inequity, the impacts of Covid-19 on mental health among the general population and those with pre-existing mental health problems in the UK, policy responses and long term implications. The presentation draws on Mental Health Foundation's reports and McCartan's et al 2020's International Policy Guidance and Responses to Covid-19 Mental Health Recovery.

Guides/Factsheets/Toolkits

Published on: 1st January 2005

Discovering Community Power: a guide to mobilizing local assets and your organization’s capacity

This guide by John Kretzmann et al. will help organisations produce strong community-based projects. Using an asset-based framework, the guide provides practical checklists and worksheets to identify (and strengthen) your proposal's relationship with and utilization of community assets, your organisation's assets and tools which help connect both projects and organisations to community assets.