Luton health equity town prize 2023
Health equity town prize winners
Inequalities in health are a big challenge in Luton. The Health Equity Town Prize aims to support actions by residents, communities and organisations to tackle health inequalities.
Description of projects
Frequent Attendants
This project aims to identify frequent attenders age 16 to 64 in general practice, and will analyse the reasons for those attendances with aim to explore the health behaviours and the underlying psychological and social determinants. And to identify the preventative care needs.
- Then to develop a proactive multidisciplinary approach to addressing and supporting those care needs with the aim of facilitating and empowering the individual to enable to manage health and the wider determinants of health.
- To engage with wider system partners in supporting this proactive approach
Prevention and Enablement Pathway (PEP) – learning disability
Looking at low employment figures for adults with a learning disability, by ensuring recording and to have clear pathways. Support with employment in Luton is not only provided by the DWP, but by community groups and charity organisations.
- The PEP team have started to work with students at Woodland college, which is a local specialist school for young people with learning Disability and difficulties.
- An employment advocate to mentor three young people looking for employment so that they could do a blog/vlog on their experience.
Grow your potential - Community Interest Company (CIC)
The ‘Luton Youth Health Initiative: Building Stronger Futures’ is a youth club-style project designed to empower young people, provide them with essential life skills, and promote healthy behaviours, ultimately addressing health inequalities in Luton.
- Aimed at children and young people
- Focus on Perinatal, and life skills workshops
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