Sources of data on health inequalities

Charlotte FellowsPrincipal Public Health Intelligence AnalystLondon Knowledge and Intelligence TeamPublic Health England29th October 2014

London Knowledge and Intelligence team (KIT)

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London Knowledge and Intelligence Team (KIT)• Our core purpose is to produce high quality public health intelligence and

insight to protect and improve the nation’s health and reduce health inequalities.

• Three national priority areas:

• Public Health Outcomes Framework

• Health Inequalities

• Tobacco

• Local contribution

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Sources of data and information on health inequalities

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PHE data and knowledge gateway

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datagateway.phe.org.uk

LKIT website (London Health Observatory)

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www.lho.org.uk

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Health Profiles

www.healthprofiles.info

Local Health

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www.localhealth.org.uk

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Public Health Outcomes Frameworkhttp://www.phoutcomes.info/

Public Health Outcomes Framework• 2 overarching indicators

• Increased healthy life expectancy

• Reduced differences in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy between communities

• 66 supporting public health indicators, split over four domains:• Improving the wider determinants of health

• Health improvement

• Health protection

• Healthcare public health and preventing premature mortality

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PHOF overarching indicators• Healthy life expectancy - upper tier LAs – 2009-11, 2010-12

• Inequality in HLE (measured by slope index of inequality) – England – 2009-11, 2010-12

• Life expectancy – all LAs – 2000-02 to 2010-12

• Inequality in life expectancy (measured by slope index of inequality) – England & all LAs – 2002-04 to 2010-12

• Next update: Tuesday 4th February, 2015

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PHOF Inequalities tab - now

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PHOF Inequalities tab - November

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Profiles of socio-economic determinants of health during the economic downturn

http://www.lho.org.uk/lho_topics/data/economicdownturn.aspx/

Local action on health inequalitiesInstitute of Health Equity – commissioned by PHE to write

series of evidence reports and briefings about practical, local actions to tackle health inequalities through the social determinants of health.

The papers include evidence, practical points and case studies on approaches and actions that can be taken by local authorities on range of issues to reduce health inequalities.

Topics include children and young people, education, employment, the living wage, fuel poverty and understanding the economics of investments in the social determinants of health

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Plans for further work this year

• Collaborative work on inequalities among people with protected characteristics, starting with sexual orientation.

• Model social determinants where clear impact on health can be quantified and broken down by local authority.

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Contacts and links to resources LondonKIT@phe.gov.uk

London KIT: www.lho.org.uk

PHOF data tool: www.phoutcomes.info

Data and Knowledge Gateway: http://datagateway.phe.org.uk/

Local action on health inequalities papers: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-action-on-health-inequalities-evidence-papers

UCL Institute of Health Equity: http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/home

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