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How to talk about the building blocks of health
A communications toolkit showing people how to tell a more powerful story about health.
Some key social determinants of health are: our education and employment opportunities; our housing; our social networks; and where we live and the extent it facilitates exercise, a good diet and social connection. The Health Foundation’s programme of work on healthy lives complements our portfolio of work to improve health care delivery, and draws on our experience of making change happen in complex systems.
Our recent work and content on this topic is listed below.
FEATURED
A communications toolkit showing people how to tell a more powerful story about health.
Rose Minshall from Innovation Unit explains what HALN has achieved so far, and how the network now has plans for even bigger impact.
Charles Tallack argues for credibility and plausibility in messaging about tackling health inequalities.
Health Foundation responds to new DWP data on health conditions for Universal Credit claimants.
This analysis shows how international comparisons can be useful to guide policymaking on reducing health inequalities.
What's happening to life expectancy in the UK? Myriam Vriend and Anna Gazzillo interpret the latest data on period and cohort life expectancy.
Sharlene McGee shares some key lessons from the Health Foundation's Economies for Healthier Lives programme that could help inform the government's new WorkWell pilots.
Ellen Coughlan shares initial findings from work looking into how local government can make better use of data to tackle health inequalities.
The public health grant has been cut by 28% on a real-terms per person basis since 2015/16.
Katherine Merrifield responds to the publication of the final local government finance settlement.
Luke Munford and Hardeep Aiden discuss a project that’s enhancing how we can interpret health data in relation to local places.
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