Health data to support local communities
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Mc Carthy, N., Hayes, C., Creane, D., O Ciardha, D., Smith, S. M., & Campbell, A., Health data to support local communities, 1, Trinity College Dublin, January 2024, 2024, 1 - 12Download Item:
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Abstract:
The Robert Emmet Community Development Project (CDP) highlighted community concerns with
health problems among residents of Oliver Bond House, work done to describe building issues, and
difficulties in having these issues addressed. Health data, to accompany other data and community
concern was identified as potentially useful in advocating for action. A group including CDP, TCD
and health service staff scoped options to address this gap.
The group worked with the main local general practice to facilitate the practice in summarising data
on asthma by area of residence and sharing this with the community, and reviewed literature to
identify links between the local housing conditions and health.
Among residents of Oliver Bond House, 18% had evidence for asthma in their GP record compared
to 8% among those not living at Oliver Bond House. Literature review identified evidence that
reversing housing conditions described by Oliver Bond House residents can decrease respiratory
illness.
These data and evidence from published literature were shared with the local community through
the Robert Emmet CDP and used for advocacy. The project shows how collaborations between
local communities and health service providers can identify environmental determinants of health
and the presence of marked health disparities even within local communities.
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PUBLISHEDDemonstration of marked disparity in presence of asthma among residents of a housing complex and those living nearby. This is relevant for housing policy and the importance of granular health data to identify health needs.
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Trinity College DublinType of material:
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Inclusive Society , HOUSING , Medicine , Population HealthDOI:
https://doi.org/10.25546/104420Edition:
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